You have to go to NJ to train and pick up their computer & she pays a low per-page rate. nm
Posted By: wanderer on 2006-10-03
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Do you live in NJ? You have to go their to train and pick up their loaded computer. nm
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Do you live in NJ? You have to go their to train and pick up their loaded computer. nm
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Are you in NJ? You have to go therre to train. They used to pay a low per-page rate, don't know
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Think you still have to go to NJ to train. Was offered a very low per-page rate several years ago.
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Pays per page, top rate less than what I made 10 yeasr ago, benefits high
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Heard from her last week. You still go to NJ to train and pick up their puter. Still pay by the
Don't you have to go to NJ to train? And pay was only 1.75 per page. nm
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MQ pays 70% of your MT rate. More than anyone else.
Per page rate
What is a good rate per page? Usually you don't see a rate per page rate, just lines. Any responses would be appreciated!
MQ pays 60% of transcription rate for VR.
The pay they offered used to be a very low per-page rate. nm
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MQ pays hourly. Their starting rate
was the highest of all the top nationals who are still paying hourly, plus they provide all your equipment, pay for your internet and the benefits are great.
Webmedx also pays 70% of your current rate. nm
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Transcend only pays 55% of line rate for editing...
I could have dealt with an 80% cut. I think that is a very fair rate. That is my whole point. I do not have a problem with the fact that they are moving to ALL editing. I have a problem with the cut being too large. I think 6 cpl would have been fair. That allows you to make a decent wage, but 4 cents is absolutely ridiculous. If voice recognition is the way of the future, at least MQ is doing something right, at least trying to be fair. Transcend is just greedy!!
Webmedx pays 70% of your line rate. I make more on VR s/m
with them them straight typing, a lot more.
Webmedx pays 70% of your regular line rate. nm
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Medquist no longer pays hourly rate for QA - that
It is MME. You do QA for 3 cents a line. Then when that runs out, which it does, you do Editing at 5 cents a line. And you also get straight transcription which is 8 cents a line.
Was in the pilot program and got more Editing and straight Transcription than QA.
No more QA department for MQ.
They used to pay a low per-page rate & the subsequent partial pages
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When MDI-FL pays vacation time, is it hourly rate or an average
do you find being paid per the minute pays better than per line pay rate?
Thank you so much for your help!
She means Webmedx - which pays VR at 70% of your normal line rate. nm
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Webmedx pays a flat training rate for 3 days. nm
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Who in the heck pays you that insulting rate. As Dr. Phil says, "Are you kidding me" LOL
There is no way. I cant get over it, 2 cpl a line???? just pennies a line what an insult for your time. I dont care if you are an old MT or newbie that is ridiculous and when people accept that kind of pay it just drives down the cpl for all of us. I mean heck if they can get people to do it for 2 cpl, why pay 5 cpl so they can pay their bills. That just blows my mind. You'd be better off working an 8-hour shift at McDonalds.
if you had to pick one; medscribe or CyMed .. who and why would you pick em? considering both
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They have created a new position that pays hourly. Anyone know what the hourly rate range is? NM
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Not at all. Worked for the NJ company. Used to pay by the page or partial page. Don't know about
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Some comments on page 2 of this board, middle of the page. nm
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I wanted to use my own computer and get rid of the RENT on TT computer, but Vista is not compatible.
Good way to make them money. Not have to upgrade software so that Vista is compatible with Vista. Huh?
there is a thread further down this page or possibly the next page
I transcribed for Compuscribe years ago. Had no problems, just low pay but no problems.
Go to the bottom of the page and click on a page
number to get the most recent archives and then can do Ctrl F and do a search for WebMedX. I wouldn't call them a small national.
Page 2, scroll down towards the middle of the page, NM
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One more computer question. I got my computer today and
trying to set it up. Man unpacking the box and setting everything up is a major undertaking; more so for me because I used a laptop before and my desk isn't tower friendly. Anyway, no info came with the tower and I don't yet have the password to get in (paperwork says to call M-F). Is the tower WiFi compatible? My DSL is hooked to a different computer and I wanted to know if I can setup new computer as WiFi or if I need to move modem to new computer and set other computer up as WiFi.
Some WMX posts on page 4 here near the top of the page. nm
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they are willing to train
The training is not so much.... if you can type medical ....... and typing is the MAIN thing with lawyers.... you are IN. If you will show up for work... you are IN. The legalese is based on latin and so knowing the medical terminology, it's a breeze of a transition. They don't have all that much legalese. It is mostly English and stuffy forms of English. They dictate usually on a dictaphone. CHECK IT OUT. I know lawyers are weird, but how do you get weirder than what has happened to this MT business???? This is horrendous. Lawyers aren't going to cut your pay! I had my pay cut in MT two, no THREE different times, for no good reason excpet the owner wants to keep more money. That is not the way to treat a hard worker.
But ... you travel to train to CA ... what's not to like about that/ :-) sm
You can take it as a business expense. Of course, I have no family to consider and love to travel, so obviously I am not like a lot of people (in many ways! ha).
I only know that you have to train in their office
in NJ for a few days. I live in NJ, but the other end of the state, and it just is not feasible for me to travel 3 or 4 hours each way for a few days. Too bad, though, as they missed out on an awesome MT! 
Any companies that will train...
on radiology until one is up to speed. I have 6 years experience with ER, clinic, discharge summaries, acute care, pathology and podiatry. I was looking to gain radiology experience. Thanks!
Let them train all their new hires on
My problem is that I cannot see why should I be moved to another account when my account is going to the new MT's they keep training? Problem lies in overhiring and not enough accounts!
Sounds like you may have to train twice
No, they are still using ExText - don't see why you would have to train twice.
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Sorry not interview, train M-F. nm
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TRAIN WRECK!
Let's just move on! Remember emails are often misunderstood as we cannot see or hear those speaking. Who cares anymore about the ridiculousness of this thread! BYE BYE
Been there, done that...The Train Wreck
A couple of weeks ago I posted that the hospital I worked for is outsourcing and dumping their inhouse transcription dept. I appreciate all the nice things people here said because so many of you have been there, done that.
I also guess that a lot of you have thought about starting up your own business. The other people I worked with at the hospital and I were always talking about it in a joking way because, to be honest, the people who ran the business at the hospital know nothing about transcription and they think we are just typing drones.
I stopped back in the office where I used to work and I am pleased to report that it was total chaos. The administration is trying to dump all the dictation onto an outside company based in India. They kept on a couple of Transcriptionist to clean up stuff. The person now in charge of the whole transcription process used to work in the billing office and she is now going to be proofing and overseeing the outside transcription service. They are pleased with themselves and very smug about all the money they will be saving the doctors.
The doctors are all spoilt. Most of their dictation for years has been An 88 year old female. Severe DJD. Bilateral knees. Referred by the bozo down the street. Yada yada yada. An we knew what they meant and would zip out a three page professional sounding report and referral letter. We corrected their mistakes, made sure they were talking about the right patient (often they weren't) and that they didn't commit any legal boo-boo like saying the patient was a drug addict. (One doctor I used to work for said this. I told the supervisor that he should not say things like that or he would get sued. She said the doctor knew what he was doing. Since she was not a transcriptionist she believed that. The doctor and the practice got sued and doctor went to work in a little clinic far, far away.)
I have to admit that I am enjoying the vision of the coming trainwreck. This is the second hospital I have worked for that jumped on the outsourcing train. The first one fired the service in six months and tried to rehire us transcriptionists, who by then had gone on to greener pastures. And this current hospital has handled the decision to outsource in such an unethical and nasty manner that I would not work for them again under any circumstances.
So, in short, has anybody thought seriously about starting up their own company? Of course other transcriptionists have done that and of course it is not as easy as it seems. What is the first step? I have the skills and I know many transcriptionists and a lot of doctors who are going to be really ticked off when the billing person they put in charge of their dictation goes belly up. And I have some really neat names in mind:
Typed In the USA.
Been There Done That.
Fingers For Hire.
Utalk We Type.
Transcribers Anonymous.
WordsRUs.(how do you make a backwards R?)
Anybody want to join me?
Why don't you ask your manager to train you - sm
at least as a backup- on one of the accts they are hiring for? The reason they have ads out is that they have new accounts coming on all the time; current MTs cannot fill all the spots (think midnight shift, weekends, etc) and that's why they still look for other MTs.
I never could figure out why, when the train - sm
whacks someone (who 99% of the time committed suicide), the whole rail system has to come to a halt for an investigation, and hundreds of people on the train are late for work.
Investigate what?
Cause of death = 'Hit by train'! How hard is that to figure out?
So, why don't they just cross train?? NM
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for MQ STAT employees tier rate applies to ME rate as well and how calcluated?
for a STAT MQ employee: Does anyone know if the tier rate is going to be applied to the ME rate as well or are they going to go with the 80% of the MT rate for each tier level? If the tier rate doesn't apply as well to the ME rate then going by the 80% of the MT rate is less than if the tier rate would be applied. I'm sure that MQ is going to go by whatever keeps money in their pockets. Guess this is a question for the supervisor tomorrow.
Agreed. What you train on is not necessarily what
you'll end up with. You'll never know what account you'll be on from day to day or hour to hour. I agree with the 1 to 2 days for support, but that is too long IMHO if you have several similar reports back to back and have to leave blanks in all of them.
Fellow IP train rider here. For why pay was off,
I worked there and had personal friendships with a couple of the acct managers and team leads. We were not getting paid for spaces. That is what I was told by middle management.
I was supposed to train last week -
I was supposed to train on Thursday and got an email saying that the trainer was going to have to reschedule. I called on Monday and she told me that she had been put on hold for scheduling because they were losing a major part of a big account and that there was no work for new people. The email on Thursday had just made it seem as if she had something going on and could not work us in that day. All this was after they had been calling me and emailing me for weeks about coming to work for them.
They didn't even have enough work to train me
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