You're describing p.r.n. status, not IC. You need to look for a company who hires sm

• IC status - anon
  • How do you think MTSO can figure this way of working into her business plan? - nm
  • If you are an IC... - sm
    • Thanks - that was always my - anon
    • An MTSO can say I need these lines by this time, and you, as an IC, either say yes or no. - nm
      • True but I got news for ya - you aren't going to get steady work anywhere that way.- - MTSO2
        • consider the MT already has a full-time job, though - hmm
        • Whenever I feel like it, as long as - deadlines are met. (nm)
          • You're describing p.r.n. status, not IC. You need to look for a company who hires sm - nm
            • see msg - not true

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are for the most part unable to do acute care.  Most of them seem to be from really small hospitals/doctor offices and have never been exposed to a wide variety of drugs, surgical procedures, therapies, you name it.  Most of them are also not interested in learning anything, they just want to type and get paid and have me do their hard work for them.

http://www.qedtrans.com

I work for AcesUp as a full-time transcriptionist.  I have found the management team to be easy to work with.  I have experienced above average accounts in terms of ESL dictators (very little), etc.  It has been a dream to work for them compared to other well recognized national companies.  You can work for this company and still have a life!!

Sara

I've been there about 3 months and I love it.  Bayscribe was very easy to learn.  The people are fantastic. 

a job on here today...HIP or Health Information Partners. I didn't find much in the archives about them but what I found was favorable. I have been employee status my whole life but with the new Medquist pay scales this year, my paychecks took a big nosedive. I think I am only going to apply to companies that have IC status even though I'm somewhat afraid of doing that. I just need bigger paychecks and more flexibility with scheduling and I'm hoping if I do get hired as an IC somewhere, I will learn to really like it and earn more money!!

I am caught between a rock and a hard place and figure this is the place to get the best advice from those in the know.  I have been an IC for the past 5 years and love the flexibility but was interested in a job with benefits.  I started a new job about a month ago with good pay (2 lph more than I was making) and benefits......very happy with company but as an employee, obviously have a schedule.  I am working both jobs currently and starting to burn out.  On the new job, I am struggling to get the 1200 lines per day required but on my old.... I can easily get 150-400 lph depending on the dictator but again, it is IC and less lph than the new job.  Obviously, the platform is different and not paid for template headers/footers wheras the old one, I am paid for those.  Now to my question.  Is it just me?  Is it because I really enjoyed the freedom of ic status and therfore seem to be struggling?   Anyone else experienced this before?  Tempted to go back told job and lose benefits/more pay because in the end, maybe it works out be the same pay because of amount of time I spend getting the job done?   Not sure if this makes sense but hoping you can all offer some advice!!  TIA

1.  Pays more per line and has better benefits.  

2.  Doesn't send work overseas and never ever ever will.

3.  Always tells you how much you're appreciated.

4.  Never says a negative thing about anyone or anything.

5.  Always tells the employees what the current and future business plans are. 

Correct?   If so then tell everyone where you work so we can all apply for jobs there.

and I think you'd be very happy should you decide to take a position with them.  It has been a long time since I have encountered such caring people as an employer.

And thanks for the compliment on my baby.  Maltese doggies are cute too.  (And no, this isn't the right board for such things but what the heck.)

Good luck! 

low on work, just within the past 10 days. I know it's due to the hurricane though. My main account was in New Orleans and just isn't dictating and won't be for a while, I guess. They didn't dictate each day but when they did send work about 3 times a week, I could work for 2 straight days w/o running out of their work. I type a lot of lines each day and for me and the others on that account, we are now on our secondary and third accounts which takes takes work away from others.

AND, if you don't NEED us for anything, then why are you HERE!!  Go away!

whose workforce is predominantly Indian?  You're okay with the loss of American jobs, the falling recession we are in and the falling economy due in big part to the offshoring of American jobs?  How okay will you be when you lose your job to an Indian and you have to apply for food stamps and unemployment?

Sell-out MTs like you are the reason good MTs cannot make a decent wage anymore, why good MTs cannot find a good job anymore, and why sweats shops in third world countries are thriving.  How do you look at yourself in the mirror?

Focus Infomatics employs 800 American MTs and over 3000 Indian MTs.  Tech support is in India.  The company itself is still run by the same Indian man who started the company and sold out to Nuance.  He made a bundle when he sold and he is still making a bundle running the company while he pays his own countrymen and woman peanuts!  He's selling out his own people and you are selling out yours!  On second thought, I guess you belong at Focus with your own kind!

MDI-FL hires employess with benefits.  :)