At our base the civilian employees are treated worse
Posted By: Not mine on 2005-12-12
In Reply to: Don't know about transcribing for the Military, but...sm - Marie
than the prisoners from the nearby federal prisoner. Military thinks civilians are the scum of the earth. You will never get a promotion or recognition unless you are married to an active duty person.
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ICs -- are you being treated like employees? (sm)
I filed IRS form SS-8, and boy did I get results!!
It took months. I had to fill out the very detailed form describing my work situation. The IRS then notified the MTSO and had them fill out the form. I just received the ruling that I was in fact an employee, so the MTSO now has to pay back taxes and penalties!!
It feels so good when something works the way it should, doesn't it?
That's Civilian Personnel Office (CPO)...Sorry.. NM
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Worse. Far, FAR worse. (no mssg)
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You may actually be treated better too
in working in that environment, Burger King. It's shameful for the level of difficulty this job is, that the pay is this lousy and the treatment by supervisors/management is disrespectful and horrendous.
Not sure...I HAVE been treated in...
I have been treated several times in France and in the U.K. and found the care excellent and their pricing for everything medically-related far better than in this country. I know about their waiting lists and Canada's too. I'm not sure what the answer is nor is SiCKO giving an answer. I do know that trying to get an appointment in a VA Hospital in this country also has 3-6 month waiting lists.
I wish we all had an answer.....
Some people at SS are treated
better than others. The special ones get paid for their spaces, while some others do NOT.
Wow, that's really awkward that you are being treated
Are you sure they aren't getting these kinds of emails even tho their work shows the same errors on final copy?
This is a tough one.
Can you actually COMMUNICATE with her, instead of emailing? That seems to clear some kinds of things up, when emails just feel too awful.
Good luck. This must be an awful feeling.
You may well have been treated unfairly
There are so many different situations. I'm not saying you weren't treated badly. What I deal with sometimes is ridiculous. Totally made up words, no effort to digest feedback, no effort to look drug spellings up. AND an attitude toward me!
If we were treated like professionals, we might be
Management IS the devil. By the way, what's it like up there in mananagement, with your 6-figure income, your executive healthcare, and salary-not-hourly status? Especially when you sit in your office all day surfing Amazon & eBay? Must be nice, Beelzebub. But I'll never sell my soul for it.
So true!!. You can only be treated bad if you
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You have to be psychic to be treated.
"Instructed the patient to take Benadryl the day before she feels like she is getting the hives."
You are WAY off base ...
WE don't have any control over any such thing at all.
The MAIN focus is patient care. We're part of the team that helps document that care but that's it.
I do NOT want such politics playing in my healthcare as a patient, I can tell you that.
Those physicians are very intelligent and educated and we need them. I know US physicians that are far worse dictators. The US is a melting pot (I believe Eyetype has already stated this all so eloquently); that is what we are made up of and will continue to be.
Get over it. We just don't have that much power...NOR SHOULD WE.
We have 500 at a base already SM
As early as today, the Ft. Custer Training Center, a fenced-in military base just west of Battle Creek, will become home to 500 Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
I don't think you could be any more off base
Just getting my power back and being able to access the internet after Wilma, I know exactly what it's like. We're in an area that had to ride out the whole eyewall front, side, and back. At least with the eye going overhead you get a 2 to 3-hour break. We didn't. Our power went out in the early morning hours before the storm even hit and we JUST got it back. The east coast of FL where I am was told to expect a cat. 1 storm by the time it reached us. Usually that means limited power outages with restoration of power within 24 to 48 hours. The eye made landfall over the Everglades and it was moving so quickly that by the time it got to us it was still a cat. 3, and with the forward motion of the storm at 25-30 mph, it intensified the wind gusts to a cat. 4 in some areas. This was much different than the storm we were expecting.
We've got more than enough water and canned goods to last us, and DS joked that we had enough batteries to power a third-world country. But, we were on the verge of being out of fuel for the grill, camp stove, and lantern, out of batteries for the flashlights and radios, NO ice whatsoever because there is no way that ice will last for 3 days. Think about preparing for the storm. If you buy or make ice and your power goes out before the storm even hits, that means day 1 is over before the storm is even over. By the end of day 2 (which is considered storm day 1 by FEMA) your ice is already starting to melt. By FEMA day 3, you're already ending your 4th day and beginning your 5th. Any perishables you had are long gone.
In Broward County we were promised that ice would be delivered by 2 p.m. on the day after the storm (which had already been almost 48 hours since preparations were completed and the power went out). People had been waiting in line since 6 a.m. that morning. By 8:00 that evening the lines were already 1000s of people long and the ice hadn't arrived yet. Some people's medications had already gone 24 hours without refrigeration by that point. It was at that point that the announcement was made that ice wouldn't even be delivered to our area by FEMA until the next day.
So while it may seem to you that all those people are just standing there with their hands out, it isn't quite the picture you paint it. Ice was more importance than the water and the MREs, but FEMA doesn't let you take 1 without the other. So while it looks to you that all those people were waiting for meals because they didn't prepare, the majority of them were waiting for ice because what we had was long gone.
Coming originally from an area that was well known for blizzards in the winter time, the preparation for hurricanes is a lot different. In the blizzards when the power went out there were blankets for warmth and indoor natural gas stoves for cooking. Perishables could be placed outside and ice would keep for days. Frozen goods would stay frozen. Not so in Florida. Until you've actually gone through it you don't really appreciate the difference. And until you've actually gone through it, you're in no position to judge "all those people" waiting for handouts.
Way off base
Hopefully you answered to the wrong poster as she said nothing about investing in anything to help her KEEP the account she doesn't have it. If not, you are way off base and rude. Most of us charge by the line normally and it depends where you live and what you will be providing, printing, is it pick up and delivery, etc. What kind of doctor, etc. But most of the time between 12 and 15 cpl, I am at the lower end but that is me.
Never been treated so badly in my life
Just signed on with a company, had 1 week of work, now I am on my second week with no work. I am a single mother with children to feed...it's just not right. Searching for a new job and have 3 offers on the table already......
How many jobs do we take until we might be treated decent
I am on my third in a year
Which companies were you at where you were not treated very well. I am job hunting and would like
to know.
It's just one more reason why MTs are treated like dirt. (nm)
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i've been very well treated by my state's
BC/BS -- and have had several expensive accidents...but maybe it depends on your state too.
For what it's worth, I don't think that you were treated dirty...sm
They decided to go to EMR, which is their choice. It sounds as if you financially made out extremely well (very, very well) doing their transcription. How about charging a nominal fee to assist them in setting this up? In the end how do you know that the EMR will work out for them, and 3 or 4 months later they decide to go back to using a MT? It sounds like you made out like a bandit doing their work, and for what it's worth I would be quite reasonable fee-wise with this one in the hope that they may retain your services in the future. I don't think that you are going to run into too many gravy situations making $100.00 dollars an hour doing MT, and acyually they are not treating you dirty by deciding to try EMR.
You LET self be treated bad. Hard to feel sorry
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treated badly and pentalized
Has anybody here had a company treat you badly because you want to work? I was offered a full-time employee position. I took it and then I was barely getting 200 lines a day. I was also told I would have a back up account. When I questioned what was going on, I was given the cold shoulder. What's the deal? I want to work! I am use to getting at least 1500 lines a day.
I concur....MTs are treated with respect at MDI-MD....
Best MTSO out there, in my opinion.
He was my least favorite on that show and after how he treated Brenda,
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Mine started doing this as well. I have high BP which I'm being treated for (sm)
but the doctor told me it is the position of where the back of my thigh rests against the edge of the chair, puts pressure on it and makes the leg swell. Now that I'm more aware of this I try to position myself differently and it seems to work.
I don't understand your question at all. She was being treated in Mexico
so what does that have to say about the US? Makes no sense.
not true. Crux is, she is being treated differently than others
Tell that to my friend. They had a dog they treated as a member of their family. That is, until it a
Dogs need to be trained and need to know they're lowest in the pack. I tried telling my friend this, but she wouldn't listen and she continued to treat the dog as a member of the family instead of as a dog. And eventually that "member of their family" decided it didn't want any more competition for affection, and attacked their son. Thank God he survived, 92 stitches and some nasty scars tho. If you love your family and you love your dog, then TRAIN your dog. Don't treat him like an extra child.
A lot of women are treated badly in general sm
not just in the Amish community. How many women are abused daily, behind closed doors and in public. I remember an incident when I was visiting Atlantic City. Had just walked into the casino and there was this man, wife, and child in a stroller along with some other friends. Don't know what their argument was about, but the man hauled off and smacked his wife across her face like it was nothing and the friends seemed so embarrassed. The poor lady just shielded her face and cried. The man acted as if he had done nothing wrong. If this is the treatment he gives her in public, imagine what goes on behind closed doors. I told my husband if you ever even think about it I will put your poor soul to rest.
We cannot generalize by culture because it is the world we live in. To the Amish community I am sure they receive "normal treatment."
The gist of it all is no one should have to suffer the pain these children nor their families have endured with these school shootings, molestations, and abuse. If you are that miserable (they end up killing themselves anyway most of the time), why not just go ahead and take your own life and leave others alone. I pray for them all and hope that they can find peace in the midst of all this tragedy.
What company are you currently at, what is your base
pay, and how many years experience do you have? Me, i'm 10+ years, MQ, 9.5 cpl. Wondering if i'm at the top of the scale and the only way to go is down? I hate switching jobs as it is, was back and forth between Edix and MQ, pros and cons of each, but I want BIG BUCKS!!!!!
Does anyone have any idea what my base pay
will end up being on the new payment plan? I do clinical and ER reports/discharge summaries. I've been a Transcriptionist for 8 yrs (worked with them for six). I currently make 8 CPL as it is.
I really need to know what I might make with this new plan. I NEED THE MONEY. I SURVIVE ON THIS PAYCHECK. Nervous as all he** right now.
Obviously not part of the base of
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I am making 8 cpl base
I average 1800 to 2000 lines per day and gross 40K with just 8 cpl with incentive and that's not including any overtime. Maybe my production is above average, but my pay rate certainly is not.
Again, you can't base your rates on what
Are you an MTSO yourself, Suzanne? I would say not because if you were, you'd know there are just too many variables. How do they charge? 65-char. line or gross line? Are they paying for spaces or no spaces? What kind of account is it? What supplies will you need to service the account? What equipment will you use and what kind of maintenance does it need? Will you need to hire SCs to work on the account? All of those things will make a HUGE difference. For example, a gross line at 8 cpl is actually more like 10 cpl using a 65 char. count (do the math and you'll see). Saying one MTSO charges 15 cpl and another charges 13 cpl is not comparing oranges to oranges unless their account specs are identical, which you cannot be sure of from an anonymous MB.
You take all of the above into consideration and come up with a line rate for each client on a per-client basis. The only time you need to worry what others are charging is to see whether you are competitive or not. Find out what you need to make and if it happens to be too far above what others in the area charge, you can negotiate a little in order to obtain the business.
I do not undercut myself because I do all of the above and charge what I need to charge for each client in order to turn a profit. I couldn't care less what other MTSOs charge in MI and MO. I know the market in my area and each person needs to consider that when branching out on their own.
Me thinks you are way off base.
You may want to find a new career. When you refer to drop in for an hour or two, you are speaking about ICs who in no way are any less professional than you are working from your home as an employee. Some MTs work from a typing pool meaning they can take a job at a time and make money in that fashion as a contribution to the household (paying bills I might add). Many professions offer at home employment. We are not the only ones. I think you have a bad attitude and should probably find somewhere else to drone in your sorrows. Many of us here are professionals even at home with a husband and children. It kind of sounds like you are jealous about husbands that make money and have insurance. You may want to re-think what you are saying in regards to MTs working from home and not being considered a professional. In my experience, my friends and relatives are envious of my being able to make a living from my home office, so I'm not sure who you have that talks about you to where you cannot defend yourself, but that is usually a psyhiatric entity called paranoia. Sorry to say, but you make as much as you'd like as long as you can "hang with the big dogs". If you are not making enough money, then that is for you to either take some courses in typing and anatomy or just go with the flow. To blame at home MTs is way off base.
Sure, base it off of 1 experience....
that makes a whole lot of sense  . You must be the same person who said Radiology was an "easy specialty," right?
I would certainly base my decision around what
What are your hobbies or activities that you really enjoy? Look for a way to find training/employment in those areas.
It's not too late to go back to school at all. Though it will take some time and investment. You might discover your perfect interest along the way!
I'd open an Internet Cafe that serves gourmet baked goods, sandwiches, etc. :)
Oh really? That's why it's a fact that Zarqawi was treated in Baghdad for injuries.
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It is gratifying to see an MT who refuses to be treated as a second class employee. Way to go!!
:)
I would be proud if my records, with my name erased, could be used to help an MT be treated fairly.
:P
Base for the ball chairs
I actually bought my exercise ball/chair through ebay and it came with a base which has a small back support as well as wheels. It works out great.
Thank you your reply. He/she says the client base
is there and I know the funding is there. The plan is in its early stages, but they are ready to go forward and will. I can't decide whether this is something I want to get involved in or not and I appreciate your input!
Don't base your quote on rates
Why are you a better deal than anyone else? It's not because of rate, it's because you care about your work and you're reliable -- what else?
ASK them what they've been paying -- they won't know because they probably won't understand their invoice. Ask them to send you a copy of the invoice. Reply to me privately if you need to, I'll help you figure it out.
But even if you get that, keep the focus of the discussion off price, keep it on your quality, your caring, your reliability, what you can offer them. Do you buy EVERYTHING based on price? If not, think about the things you buy based on quality and base your letter on that.
If your sole value is because you have the lowest price, you're fighting a losing battle.
Our president has even alienated his own base.
I visit a local political board that is primarily conservative (something I am totally not, but it's still fun to go watch the "fireworks") and even the hardcore Republicans are peeved at him. Apparently this immigration "amnesty" bill he's pushing has really not settled very well with his "peeps." I didn't vote for him twice, so my conscience is clear, but I still think he's a tool, president or not. I never had respect for him and never will. I know I am not alone either and I'm sorry if that offends you, but I'm exercising one of the primary freedoms that our poor soldiers are dying and getting wounded for--freedom of speech.
This is my base rate for surgeries sm
I have an incentive program, I can make more, but this is my base rate. I had this rate at another company where I did OPs for 4 yrs and I made really good money at it typing just outpatient surgical notes (6 hours a day, 1500-1700 lines a day average during that shift).
In point of fact, it is much easier to get normals set up for this situation than for OPs in a hospital because you have fewer doctors and fewer different procedures.
maybe spray outside the house around the base? NM
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Coretta Scott King died in Mexico, while being treated. ---what does that say about
It is a startup company with base in Phillipines. That is all I know! nm
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I've used it. There are a ton of knowledge base forums out there
where you can research your results.
Thanks, Mardi. My base rate is .085, so the most I am paid . . .
is .095 a line, whether it be 16,000 or 20,000 lines per pay period. I try to get 1800-2000 lines a day, or 9000-10,000 lines a week. This is for employee status, 1st shift, acute care, with 15+ years' experience.
I have seen so many job listings only requiring 5000-6000 lines a week and a line rate of .07-.09, and figured my .095/line was about average. If I can do better than this, please let me know!!!
I just assumed the low line requirements were due to the fact that anything more than that was impossible, whether it be due to ESL dictators, complicated platform, or just the lack of work. I would love to know of any MTSOs that can provide enough work for my production level with a better line rate. Thanks again!!
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