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Posted By: giddy pc guru on 2008-05-15
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The he11 with that...ask them to give you a cell #; someone always
will answer one of those...the attraction still??
Best wishes.
CMT/earning potential
50, 52K? That sounds great to me---as someone who doesn't transcribe anymore, am thinking I'm in the wrong end of the biz. I have two hourly jobs, one FT and one PT as QA/editor from home and making 54. Would much rather work one job...hmmm...I would certainly go back to transcription w/the right employer and the only obstacle to my earning potential being myself. More info on types of companies you work for...??
Potential employee or IC?
If she is an IC, I can understand her wanting to know the facts first to see if she wanted to take YOU on but the way you put it, it does sound like she was going about it in a rude way. Maybe she's been through the hoops so many times she's fed up and you got her when she was near the end of her ropes! Too bad for her if she lost out on a good job by jumping the gun. Too bad for you if she IS good.
Here's one potential reason why...
See link below for article. This was just one incident (who knows how many others there might have been that didn't gain media attention, though), but it just shows how being HIPAA-immune, as any offshored MT is, poses a very real risk:
Me 3. And the worst part is that I have a potential SM
new boyfriend (if you want to call it that, we're 55, lol) in my life. He hates smoking and I would never do it in front of him, so looks like I' m gonna have to bite the bullet too.
I smoked so much at my desk (at the hospital, when people did that) that I turned one of my contacts NICOTINE BROWN! Ewwww!
Why not use the time and money on something that's going to have more potential than this?
Anything less is a colossal waste of time and money!
If you're a potential employee...
...it has to do with HIPAA as well as Workers' Comp, in addition to ID issues. For HIPAA, your home office has to be completely out of sight from the anyone living in or visiting your home, preferably in a separate, dedicated room, or in a common room but with a partition. Sometimes at-home MTs don't get this, i.e., it's not okay for little Sally to come sit next to mom while she's transcribing; it's a HIPAA violation.
POTENTIAL is key. keep in mind posters below probably have
I make more as QA than MT, never made more than 30 grand. Occupational outlook agrees:
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos271.htm
Earnings [About this section] Back to Top
Wage-and-salary medical transcriptionists had median hourly earnings of $14.40 in May 2006. The middle 50 percent earned between $12.17 and $17.06. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $10.22, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $20.15. Median hourly earnings in the industries employing the largest numbers of medical transcriptionists were:
Medical and diagnostic laboratories $15.68
General medical and surgical hospitals 14.62
Business support services 14.34
Outpatient care centers 14.31
Offices of physicians 14.00
Compensation methods for medical transcriptionists vary. Some are paid based on the number of hours they work or on the number of lines they transcribe. Others receive a base pay per hour with incentives for extra production. Employees of transcription services and independent contractors almost always receive production-based pay. Independent contractors earn more than do transcriptionists who work for others, but independent contractors have higher expenses than their corporate counterparts, receive no benefits, and may face higher risk of termination than do wage-and-salary transcriptionists.
Is there engineer week? Astronaut week? Veterinarian week?
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...the sheer number of potential workers able to communicate in English...
When they say that they're being facetious, right?
BINGO
yep
Bingo!
I couldn't have said it better. That is exactly why they get away with this "crap".
1) Women are too good at putting up with crap.
2) Most transcriptionists are women. Most men would never tolerate what women will.
3) Too many women want to work at home and so put up with it so they can.
This is EXACTLY what is wrong with the industry. They get away with it because they can.
Bingo!
you're right
BINGO!!!!
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Correct answer!
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Bingo!!
It doesn't prevent it from expanding but at least I can get it back to the word I want without a major hassle- thank you, thank you, thank you!!
BINGO!!
I suspect that they don't divulge your exact results because, in actuality, you passed the test, but they do not have the integrity to tell you why else they did not want to hire you, so they make up this story about how you failed the test. You just might be too good for them, actually. Or, maybe there was something in your application that indicated to them that you would not be easily pushed around and abused. Think about it.
BINGO
I wish the moderator would check the IP of the OP at this point, just so we can all find out why she's so flipping infuriated over someone asking her if she were in India.
Sheesh, I'll be the Craig's List Killer didn't object this adamantly when accused of murdering someone, lol!
Yeah, I think 'Curious' did unintentionally hit a nail right on the head with her question. Only explanation for this and, as the poster above said, the longer the OP posts, the less American she's sounding.
Oy vey!!!
bingo with gumdrops
download bingo game board from internet, photocopy and play with gumdrops but bring plenty b/c they eat as many as they place on their sheet - and they LOVE it
BINGO. Now we need to get that message OUT THERE!
Go sic 'em!
BINGO. It's all interrelated, all of it.
Excellent post.
BINGO! Correct answer!
yep
Bingo - the client rules. sm
Which means AAMT is usually wrong.
Bingo. A good tax consultant
Thank goodness I have a good one that knows what to write off, etc. Misconceptions of IC in this field is very common. I also do not agree with an IC being assigned work whether it be a certain amount of minutes or to work certain hours. As an IC you have the choice to take the work and transcribe it or not. As an employee, however, you may be required to transcribe a certain amount of work. These MTSOs what their cake and eat it too. They want to write off your pay as a "subcontractor", because they are the contractor, plus expect a certain quota. 
Bingo about the phone. I forgot to mention that sm
I bought a Tracfone just for emergencies. Everyone that knows me knows not to call, or to leave a message if I'm working. My kids, the schools and my husband have the cell number and know to call me on that instead. I've programmed all of the incoming numbers in so I know who it will be and just ignore the regular rings.
Example: Schools ring in as a siren, hubby rings in with a single long beep, rapper son rings in with a rap beat, daughter with year old twins rings in with the "Barney Song". Other than that, I don't pick up period!
BINGO., It was moderately edematous turbinates. WOO HOO. many thanks.
BINGO!!!! I read into her post YESTERDAY!!..nm
Typically this week is a slow week in lots of places
because it is a big vacation week. Typically things slow dow a bit in the summer too because people are putting off elective surgery, but at the same time lots of people going on vacation so it should balance out.
Lowest runs $900 week, highest $1400 week (sm)
Get paid 12 CPL. Been doing transcription for about 12 years.
I work 6 days a week every other week
Due to my company's payroll (it runs Sun-Sat), I'm able to work a rotating schedule with every other weekend off. Week 1 I work Sunday through Thursday with Fri, Sat, Sun off. Week 2 I work Monday through Friday with Saturday only off. Then I'm back to week 1 and get that following weekend off.
I've found that I'm more productive with shorter shifts and I have kids in school anyway, so I work a lot of split shifts during the week. If possible, you might want to consider cutting back your hours to 30 hours and just work five 6-hour days in split shifts, 3 in the morning and 3 in the evening.
Bingo!!!! Ding ding ding. I looked everywhere, and somehow I didn't even think cold was it.
I have no AC. Will be in 90s again her in WI next week...
Ugh. Ugh. Worst part is my little kids. And, everything feeling sticky. I hate that.
*send me cool breezes* LOL!
Maybe twice a week. That is enough for me. nm
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$60 a week ($12 a day) nm
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Did see that one, but saw one last week where...
this anti child predator group posed as young teenagers on the internet and lured men to a house where NBC cameras were set up. In 3 days about 20 men showed up to have sex with 12/13/14 yo boys and girls. What was shocking was that not all of them were non-functional anti-social types. Many of them were professionals including a TEACHER, rabbi, ER doctor, etc. You should have seen their reaction when they realized they were speaking with NBC Primtime and their faces were going to be showcased on national TV. Needless to say, the professional men's lives have been ruined. It is scary to think there are so many seemingly trustworthy men who would show up to have sex with a child. VERY SCARY. Lesson for parents. Don't allow you children to use chat rooms PERIOD!
I wish I saw this last week sm
I just ordered a bunch, but I'll keep track of your web sites and check them out. Thanks for the tip.
She already said 50 hrs per week and
That means she's making around $25 an hour, which is about right for an experienced MT with their own accounts and lots of shortcuts, templates, and expanders. Working for a company and working for self are two completely different ballgames. If you work for a company, then the person you are working for is making 3-4 cpl (at least) more than you are in order to pay you what you make and still earn a profit to run the business. If you work for yourself, then you set the rates based on what you need to make to earn a living. I would say a good average CPL rate for MTs with their own accounts is probably 12-13 cpl so you can do the math. If an MT is working for self making 12 cpl, in order to earn $25 an hour, they'd need to produce 208 lines. Not exactly unrealistic for anyone with experience and expanders, etc.
Sorry if you all aren't making that kind of money, but it can be made if you are good at what you do and you utilize production aids and don't settle for measly 6-cpl jobs.
my first week on my own
Wow. I started with two companies at once which was dumb, but on is limited and pays better. Only thing is their software is the most unuser friendly thing and I can't seem to understand. I have to download the voice files from their site, transfer that name -DSS onto the text name, type the reports in Word and transfer them over too. It's ridiculous. Then I started with Infomatics which seems like a sweat shop. If i made $75 all week, it's a lot. They finally sent me a food pedal, and would you believe it was defective? I've used either hot keys or the screen on the monitor. Takes 4 hours to do a 20 minute job, no joke. They are like a sweatshop. Got offer from Ameriscribe but don't want to work weekends. I ran my own service, apparently from the stone age, and this is really a hard transition. The typing is easy if I had a footpedal and with the other company could understand their stupid, stupid software! HELP!
I had one the other week who...
kept slamming the receiver down on a hard surface while she paged through the chart. And then when she picked it up again, she started speaking before she had it close to her mouth, so I lost a lot of what she was saying. What a pain!
By the way, I was going 2 x a week at first, then 1 x a week and - sm
as I said now once every 2 weeks. As mentioned below avoid those that want to see you every day (I did that once years ago....bill was $600 after 3 days...needless to say I argued the bill and got it knocked down to about $200 and never went back) or use weird gadgets, etc. There are good ones out there.
This is the second week that
I didn't enjoy the show. They all seemed nervous or off. Kelly's twang is getting on my nerves. She reminds me of Ellie May from the Beverly Hillbillies. Is there anyone else out there that thinks Kenny Rogers looks like Merv Griffin? His plastic surgery certainly is subtle. 
I am going to do it once a week. (sm)
I'm so excited. I may finally be blackhead free. I was just about to buy some expensive stuff. This cost me a whole doll-hair!!!!
mt week
is MT week next week?? thanks
What do you think this week?
And again Taylor and Elliot take the cake in my book. I thought Katherine did poorly again. She should have thanked her lucky stars that she didn't get sent home last week and picked up the pace, but obviously she didn't. Chris was just okay in my opinion. He is actually boring me lately. I used to think he was great. Still think he has talent, just not entertaining anymore.
GO ELLIOT!!!! GO TAYLOR!!!!!
MT Week.......................nm
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MT week
Thanks a bunch for the good wishes! It means a lot to all of us.
MT Week
 Happy MT Week to All!
mt week
nothing so far, i did send an email to the group.
MT week, that is
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