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True IC work - Posted By: taxydeer To take up where someone else left off - are there any true "IC" jobs out there where the MTs work hours are truly flexible? I work now as an IC but my shift is dictated which is completely against the 20 rules that the IRS states - and of course I do not always have work. With 15 years of experience, I would think that I could find the "perfect" job, but have struggled over the last few years to find anything like what I worked a mere 10 years ago. I stay where I am because I have not been offered anything more than what I have where I am - and am actually pretty satisfied, other than the hours not being flexible - I am just wondering what has happened (other than outsourcing) to have changed this field to what is is now. Do any of you other MTs have a hard time suggesting this as a field of study for people who ask about it? I do know that with the price of gasoline more and more companies (other than MT) are offering their workers the opportunity to work from home, but it is so hard to leave the field that you have loved for so long. Lost another client - so distraught! - Posted By: Distraught I'm so distraught I've been in tears since yesterday morning when I learned a client of mine for eight years will no longer be needing my services as he's going to EMR. He's a one-man practice - orthopaedic surgeon - who's VERY busy between seeing back-to-back patients, performing surgeries, head of a hospital, and running around to meetings in his spare time. I just don't see how he's going to have time to do all of this! Do you think this point and click EMR thing is REALLY going to work? Does it do IME's, too? How can it possibly include all of the patient's info in a transcript?? Can anyone give me advice, words of wisdom or anything? I'm just plain distraught. Do you think EMR is really going to take over this profession and make us all dinosaurs or do you think there's a real need still for MTs? Thank you for any info/comfort you can give me I'll be checking the board hourly for responses. Please let me hear from you - the good and the bad and anything else you'd like to throw in. Signed, a totally distraught MT IC in NC. Feedback about Medware? - Posted By: Terry Okay, gang, here is one more. I see that they are listed as the 2005 and 2002 AAMT Employer of the Year, and I am scheduled to test with them tomorrow. Any feedback, good or bad, on Medware? Tingling in ear - Posted By: MT I tried posting this last night but I guess it didn't take, so I apologize if it's a repeat and I'm overlooking it. Has anyone ever developed tingling and maybe slight numbness inside their ear from wearing headphones? I had some that were too tight when I first bought them (they fit over the ears like regular headphones, not inside the ear) but wore them anyway and got use to them. I've had this on-and-off tingling sensation ever since. Now I've switched to some lightweight ones that fit inside the ear and it's still doing it and may be worse. Just wondering if it's the headphones, can't imagine what else it could be? Cannot bellieve wages. - Posted By: Typingfool Many companies now only want to pay 6.5 to 8 CPL. This is even for seasoned MTs. Even ICs are not offered much more compensation. I have friends working at WalMart making more than some MTs. If you type 200 LPH at 7 cpl that is $14.00 an hour, but the health insurance is very expensive at these companies. You must have over 98% on QA scores, but they don't want to pay more for quality and experience. Plus many jobs are IC and you have higher taxes. I feel that wages have been falling steadily in the past years and continue to fall. No wonder there is a shortage of experienced MTs (so I hear). More likely it is a shortage of experienced MTs that want to work for such low wages and no raises in the future. This is only a test of the URL link spot. - Posted By: test Hospital confidentiality breach in RI. - Posted By: americanmls A hospital in Rhode Island breached patient information of over 2000. Federal investigation underway. Patient's names, SS#, telephone, etc., put out for all to see and caught by a patient who "googled" her own name. They say it was only face sheet info and hospital offered to pay for credit check or credit fraud alert. (Which is free by the way!) So please be careful who you get involved with. I don't believe it was medical transcription or medical records since it was face sheet information but believe me, all subcontractors to this hospital are now on alert and you should be as well. It's out there! The scum bags who post info are at it again. They also had a scandal at a RI supermarket chain where the credit card swiping machines were altered by crooks who are being charged with federal crimes, two would keep the cashiers busy while another would alter the card swiping machine, put it back to collect information, then come in again, take out the swiping info and people as far away as California were charging to these poor innocent people in RI whose cards were swiped while doing their weekly shopping. So don't think your information is safe anywhere. These stories can be confirmed by the local newspaper in RI, "The Providence Journal" at their website, "projo.com". Check it out!!
AAMT now just AMT? - Posted By: mighty This is in reference to their now teaching overseas to outsource our work:
I myself do NOT feel comfortable having my information sent overseas, including my name, DOB, and often SSN listed in the demographics screen of each note. I have heard stories of prosecution (or lack there of) by identity theft from people in other countries. Maybe Americans should start boycotting or protesting the healthcare industries that outsource overseas!!!!!!!!!!!!
TO QA OR NOT TO QA-THAT IS THE ??? - Posted By: Renee I've been an MT typing for 20+ years. Lately, have been contemplating a position doing QA instead of typing all the time. My wrists and fingers just don't wanna move fast sometimes! My question is, do you make as much $$ doing QA compared to typing? And, what is a good rate per line for doing QA? Any info and all info. would be much appreciated. Thanks, outside temperature where you are - Posted By: dls okay, I think we have ran this in the ground and hurt enough feelings. Lets choose another topic. I am in GA and it is roughly 90 degrees but has cooled off some. My monitor is slowly dying...sm - Posted By: Gracie I have a Dell computer and monitor, but my monitor appears to be on its last leg. I'm already looking for its replacement but instead of ordering another Dell, does anyone know of any other brands that are compatible or not compatible with Dell? I'd really rather not pay the shipping from Dell, but I do remember when I originally purchased the computer my printer was not compatible. Thanks for your help. Pharmaceutical Companies To Rename Popular Medications - Posted By: arcogal716 . grammar - Posted By: janett Has anyone used Grammar Slammer?
That Pepto-Bismol Commercial song! - Posted By: American MT I now know who actually sings on that Pepto-Bismol commercial - "Upset stomach, diarrhea, -- YEAAAAAAA" It's the doctors I transcribe for! You have to check out this Microsoft VR....sm - Posted By: casey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkeC7HpsHxo Anyone see Gilmore Girls tonight? My VCR - Posted By: tape ran out and I missed the end I saw right up to the part where Rory went to April's mother's store and then nothing!
Need help with this please... - Posted By: wise1 Where is the setting that will allow more than one window open at a time? When I have something up and start another page it closes the first page, and I don't want that... but can't find where to change the setting... THanks in advance. AAMT Book of Style-2nd Edition - Posted By: Angie I am a new MT, I was wondering if anyone was selling any "AAMT Book of Style-2nd Edition" or the CD Rom version? Also looking for a current Medical Spellchecker?
Please let me know
Angie angifogg@aol.com Bagism, anyone? - Posted By: Grrrr I think John & Yoko were on to something when they came up with the idea of "bagism" - all of us should wear bags completely covering our bodies to prevent people from judging you by appearance. I think that is what we need today, how 'bout U?
Have a friend looking into MT school. Not sure which one is best. - Posted By: MI-MT Any iformation appreciated that I can pass onto her about Career Step, MTech, or Andrews. The price range of each seems way different than the next. TIA! Unusual word turned simple. - Posted By: Carol I just started work in a hospital and this doc, a Chinese gynecologist who is MY DOCTOR, was saying "peewah". I finally realized, it was "period"! Good heavens, I thought I was losing it and was going to have to find a new doctor in the process. I love him, but that word was making me crazy.(period or peewah, whatever you prefer) Zoinks! Question about Internet speed - Posted By: Margi Does anyone know what speed Internet an MT should have? I have cable (but didn't purchase the fastest) and have run tests on a free site to check it, but I'm not really sure what I am looking for as far as results. Also, I am the one who posted about routers. I failed to ask before if the router can also affect the speed performance of the computer and, if so, what to look for there. Any help much appreciated! Do all MT employees have to abide by 40-hour week law? Always been a SE - Posted By: Dixierose nm doctors lie - Posted By: what do you think?
then - a friend of mine had a bariatric procedure and developed a stricture - he then had an egd under conscious sedation (he is 21 years old) and he became combative on the table. The doctor came into the RR and told us all about how he had been up and down on the table and how he was not able to do a dilation because of this - then when we got his records - the report said that he had used 3 different balloons and dilated the stricture successfully. However, my friend was not able to keep anything down - so the doctor went in and did the egd again under general - and could not even find the anastamosis site - he was sent to a specialist who did an egd using dye and fluoroscopy. Another stricture is forming and the specialist is going to place a stent which is not approved for bariatric patients - it is something they place in people who have esophageal cancer which allows them to eat until they die since the cure rate for esophageal cancer is so low. I wouldn't let them touch me again - but this is a young kid and he doesn't know any better. I might also add that the anesthesiologist and the nurse that was in the room on the first EGD came to the RR and told us how bad the situation had gotten before the doctor gave up. long story long - do ya'll think this is common? can we no longer trust doctors with our lives? I realize they are scared of malpractice suits - but, as with my friend, we know that the doctor messed up his tissues - and the specialist told us how bad the tissue looked - like it had been "stabbed through with a knife, inflamed and beginning to scar up". But do you think that they lie in all of their reports where something goes wrong - or that they color the situation so that they come out smelling like a rose? NEED RECOMMENDATIONS on foot pedal compatible w/Express Scribe (sm) - Posted By: CAMT I realize they sell them on the Express Scribe website, but I was just wondering if anyone found any that were cheaper, worked well, and were still compatible with Express Scribe. TIA! Need help quick. I have a friend who just emailed me about an internet company sm - Posted By: Dancin Shoes at itidata.org- It is an internet based training company who guarantees they will find you a job in data entry field if you sign up with them at 99.00 for training, you get manuals, etc. She wanted me to look over this company. Sounds fishy to me. What do you think? Ever heard of them? Any experiences?
Thanks!
I really hate feeling this way! (sm) - Posted By: Mushroom I've worked at home as an MT for over 15 years. Even though I worked at home, until recently I considered myself part of a team doing an important job in patient care, and for the most part felt that it was appreciated that I had the knowledge - and took the time - to make my reports as accurate as possible. Now it seems we are more or less in an adversarial position with the companies and have to fight for every scrap. We're told to type verbatim - who ever came up with that one? And we now use abbreviations everywhere on the acct I work on, even in diagnoses. It seems to me it's just a process of "dumbing down" so VR and ESL MTs can do the job, no real need to actually have an idea of what the doc is talking about. Also, of course, it makes for lower line counts. It just makes me sad! (Sorry for the vent!) Hand Pain - Posted By: Hand Pain I have just gone back to transcribing after editing the last 4 years. I am having a problem with a very painful left hand. I work a secretary job during the day and transcribe for 4 hours at night. After 2 shifts, the pain starts. After the 3rd shift, I am in extreme pain. Does anyone know of anything that could help relieve this pain? Thanks in advance! Another Toth Sucker - Posted By: gabby After reading about Toth in the archives, I needed to put in my two cents worth. I have worked for them for the past six months and every month I had to ask and beg for my check. Well, this time it is a month late, and I was told (every time) that it was lost in the mail. Last night I told them that I wouldn't work for them anymore until I saw the check. The reply back to me was very nasty and rude and basically told me to quit my whining and the only way I would get money would be if I turned in my two week's notice. If not, the money owed me would be cancelled.
My advice to anyone: DO NOT WORK FOR TOTH TRANSCRIPTION!!!!! Sten-Tel Mass. - out of work? - Posted By: anon Anyone else with Sten-tel on the ASP platform out of work or is it just me that is sitting here twiddling my thumbs? Who uses ESCRIPTION? - Posted By: FLMT Please let me know. Thanks I remember when.... let's start a new thread. It will - Posted By: be fun. Read msg.
As a child I remember when: TV's were big boxes that sat on the floor. Only black and white picture - no color. Cars were all manual shift (my mom drove) As a teen I remember when: Gas was 25 cents a gallon, then the 'oil crisis' hit and it doubled to 50 cents - cost more to fill up my '65 mustang. Bread was 35 cents a loaf. Oh for the good ol days! can any answer a couple if Winscribe questions?(sm) - Posted By: newbie Winscribe MT I'm a fairly new MT and have done all my MT-ing so far with C-phones. I am being switched to a Winscribe system. My question is this: Will the MTSO be able to monitor how fast or slow I'm transcribing? I'm not trying to get away with anything. It's just that I've read horror stories from some MTs on certain platforms where the MTSO can see (and calls) whenever they're "off the system" (bathroom breaks, looking up a word, legitimate coffee-breaks) etc. I work as an IC and have a window in which to get my work done rather than a set number of hours. What I'm wondering is if the MTSO, with this new system, will now be able to "see" if I'm not typing every single minute. TIA Joke of the Day - Posted By: msbeanctr It's a beautiful day in the neighbor. Sun shining, have been outside with my short sleeved scubs, sat on the porch drinking coffee. TAT is 15 minutes, life's good. Check e-mail and my lead thinks so too. She sent this joke and I had to share it... THE SHORTEST FAIRY TALE EVER TOLD
Once upon a time, a girl asked a guy "Will you marry me?" The guy said, "NO!" And the girl lived happily ever after and went shopping, dancing, drank cocktails, always had a clean house, never had to cook, had sex with whomever she pleased and farted whenever she wanted. THE END
Do we work M-F, Sun-Thurs, Tues-Sat, or every day? nm - Posted By: still wandering s Anyone using MyDocsOnline? - Posted By: RMT Looking at different options for my business and was hoping to get opinions about this service. Thank you
Adjust speed on Cphone - Posted By: nm Does anyone know what to do to adjust the speed on the CPhone? Foot pedal Alternative - Posted By: michelle is there an alternative to the traditional foot pedal? I know i could probably use the keyboard, but I am wondering about devices. Headphones - Posted By: Simplyme Hi All, I know everyone has their own specifications for headsets, but I am trying to look for the most clear sounds. I just tried the Logitech Clearchat ones and I am taking those back after having used them for about a week. I don't like them, mainly because I can't adjust the sound without having to do it from the master volume on the computer. They also made my ears sore. They are the earmuff kind. I spent almost 50 bucks on them. So, if anyone has any that have simply superb sound for about that much money, I would be forever grateful!
footpedal - Posted By: EvaEv Can anybody tell me if the Olympus footpedal with serial (COM) port works with escription (EditScript) ? TIA
I see posting all the time about transcription, why are you staying, really? - Posted By: Why, why, why? First of all let me tell you about myself. I am way past the time when I have to "make" a living, do not have children to raise, can work if I want and not if I want, have just reached that point of not having to put up with much of anything anymore. My question is to you- yes you- the one who is posting here complaining and complaining about how this work has gone downhill and it has. If you are younger and really need the money and need to work and make a decent salary, why are you hanging on to something that does not look like it will change? I see the letters supposedly being written to the president, 60 minutes and the like. What do you think that will do, if anything? I am really surprised that the trend in this job is sinking even further in the money department, no raises ever and if you want more money, then work long, long hours and 7 days a week. Instead of fussing and being irritated about the lack of work, the lack of money, etc., why in the world do you not try to find another "real" profession before you get to an age to where you would really be stuck, that is not ever being able to pull out from this hole ever. I could not raise a family on what I make now but that is the difference in me and most I read on here. Ladies (with an occasional gent thrown in here or there) what are you thinking about? Why not make a change while you are young and can? There are loads of jobs for the medical field, if this is what interests you. Staying at home with the kids was perhaps ok at 1 time but not anymore. Why not get out while the getting is good and you still have a chance to really enjoy your job while at the same time being able to survive? Think about it.
with what you are getting in terms of payment... - Posted By: NeUroTiC
Then outsources like us are getting ripped off... I barely make $5 for 8 hours.. you think that's fair. .. cause I sure *&%# don't.
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