BTW, what R some good companies 4 radiology pay-wise? nm
Posted By: RadGuy on 2005-10-20
In Reply to: What is a good line rate for radiology? - RadGuy
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Another wise woman with good taste! SM
I think BBT is the bee's knees. You have very good taste.
Good for you. You're a wise woman. Take care of your health first. nm
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Radiology companies
Just wondering are there any good radiology companies to work for still left out there?
Good thinking Wise MT about the blanket. I use fingerless gloves for the hands. NM. Thank you for
This is a wise, wise woman! nm
From a thankful gay guy who needed a word of encouragement tonight. God bless!
$1.25 to $2 good for radiology?
I am used to being paid per line and am wondering if $1.25 to $2 per report is good for radiology? This company tells me that the average report is 30 lines so I am guessing it is not just general x-ray reports.
Thanks
Does anyone know of a good company for radiology...
with non-teaching hospitals and decent rates?
Good company for Radiology
WEBMEDX - and they are hiring Radiology MTs right now.
iChart for radiology...good, bad?
Is iChart a productive platform while doing radiology report? Any info appreciated. TIA
What is a good line rate for radiology?
Currently being paid by report, 10 years experience. TIA
$2.75 report good for radiology transcription?
Wondering if that is a good rate. Thanks.
Is $1.20 per report plus paid for links good for radiology? nm
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Is Keystrokes a good company for any work type other than radiology? sm
I have seen really good reports on this board (and others) about Keystrokes being the place to be for radiology but have really not seen much discussion regarding other work types. I am primarily interested in op notes as I understand they will only hire if you have spent the last several years in a particular work type and ops are it for me. I wonder about their platform, pay scale, flexibility, whether or not weekend work is required, etc. I have left my email address in case anyone would like to privately email me. I would really appreciate some input. Thank you.
Can you make good money with radiology? I'm thinking of switching
nm
14.00/hr for radiology private contractor job/PT, internet based. Good dictation.
When he said we pay by the hour not the line, I was unprepared to give him my fee! I typed for these rads when I worked at the hospital so know them well. About two hours per day of work for their outpatient imaging center (MRIs, CTs, mammograms, ultrasounds).
Thanks!
good companies
what makes Proscript so great?
Just curious.
Good companies.
Stay away from Transolutions. They still use the DOS-based program to work in. They mail you 70 POUNDS of books and equipment and just finding a doctor in the books can take a very long time. They pay based on production, which they say gives you an hourly rate. The good paying hourly rates are nearly impossible because of the time it takes using the antequated system. The spell check is horrible, try an 1980s version. They give you more than one account (I had 3) and the QA varies from account to account. Once the regular QA gets done with you (that part wasn't bad), it goes to the head QA lady and she deducts for absolutely everything. They take off 0.25 just for where she feels a comma should be! My QA from her rated me at 88% and I swear to you it was where she didn't want commas and where she did. Absolutely ridiculous. Of course the lower the QA score, the less you make. They spend a tremendous amount of time trying to take from you. If you get a difficult account, which I had, nearly all ESLs, you are screwed because if you take the time to look things up, you lose lines per hour and lose money. If you don't look things up and send to QA, you lose money based on the number of reports you send to them. It's a no-win situation.
Etransplus has wonderful accounts, good pay, and good benefits, but you must be a self starter. There is little to no communication from anybody. You don't get reports back that you send to QA and ask for a sample. You don't hear from your supposed team leader at all, even if you ask a question. You don't get all the account information you need, so you really need to know somebody else who works there who can send stuff to you. If you can tolerate that, the accounts are great, little to no heavy ESLs and a good variety of work and so far no accounts have run low.
Transcription Solutions seemed like a wonderful company with good benefits; however, if you work nights, you still have to train on day shift. Would have liked to have taken this job but couldn't for that reason.
OSI or whatever they go by now, their QA is like Transolutions. Every QA person had their own way and it was not consistent at all.
Precyse has decent benefits and average pay WHEN you can get work. The few accounts they have run awfully low and it's hard to make a living.
CBAY has what sounds like a good salary, but they are based on 65 cpl without spaces.
I'd like to know myself who is out there who has decent pay, good and consistent QA, and a steady workload.
As far as flexible scheduling, Transolutions gives you the option of starting one hour early or one hour late, but that's the extent of that. The others let you set your hours but you have to stick to them ridigly.
PLEASE, somebody, who ARE the good MT companies?
I have 20+ years' experience, and I am looking for a good MT company who will employ me full-time. We are losing our current job because we just moved and our current hospitals can't work with our satellite connection (which is high-speed, business-grade Direcway). We are suddenly without jobs and need help fast!
Who are The Good Guys?
Good companies
I think what it amounts to, is there people who like and dislike every company. In reality they all have good things and bad things and good people and bad people. I think lots of your success is based on your attitude. If you are a good MT you will have success wherever you go.
Are there any good companies?
That will hire new grads? I've been an RN for 6 years and type over 100 wpm, but can't seem to get my foot in the door anywhere. :(
Good companies for IC
I can recommend two companies - one is Keystrokes - check their feedback on this board, and the other is Global Transcription Network out of Arlington, Texas. I do not know if GTN has a website. I worked for them for about 10 years as an IC and enjoyed the flexibility, the pay, as well as the work. I was given the opportunity to work on many different accounts and learned a great deal while working with them. Most of the ICs worked on only one or two accounts, but I was pretty new out of school when I went to work with them and was eager to learn all that I could. Neither of these companies off-shore their work. Hope this helps.
Need the name of a FEW good companies
I have been reading this message board for a couple of weeks now, in preparation for going back to work as an MT. I have gotten some offers, but I'm scared to death to accept them for fear they are one of the bad companies, and if I do accept one, which one? I'd just like some names of some really upstanding companies for employees. Please help me, if you can.
any good companies????
I am looking for a good company I can stay with and grow. I have 10+ years experience.
good companies to work for
Hi,
I am a recent M-TEC grad who is beginning the job search. Does anyone have any companies that they really like working for or have heard good things about? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Jen
Good companies to work for.
I have found Spheris to be an excellent company to work for. They provide you with the equipment and with on-line paid classes to teach you their system. The supervisors and help personnel are terrific. You set your hours and can have as much work as you want without ever running out. They have terrific benefits and fun things to do and an on line info system that teaches you whatever you need to know about medical transcription. I have been self-employed, and have worked in a clinic for 15+ years and find Spheris to be the best of all. Good luck in your search!
Dee
Good companies to work for
I disagree with Spheris being a good place to work. As a newbie, you should stick with a smaller company. Somewhere where you will get individual attention and not be lost in the shuffle of a huge company. If you are placed on the right team, you might be okay. If you are placed on one of the teams with incompetent managers or supervisors, you are destined for doom. Just my personal opinion.
Replies to who ARE the good MT companies
Hi, everyone, and thanks for the good feedback! I thought I should be as generous as everybody has been to me by sharing the feedback in a summary:
According to the consensus of most replies here is what I am getting:
GOOD - Amphion, MDI-MD (*not MDI-FL), Keystrokes, Silent Type, Phoenix Medcom, QT Medical, Digital Records, SPI, and eTransPlus.
Acusis was mentioned as a good one, BUT when I input "Acusis" into Google to find its site and also saw this one
http://www.acusisindia.com/AIP0302/Home.asp
I had second thoughts about applying. I have already lost one good account to India, so I don't wish to go through that again.
BAD- Medquist, Ascend, Transolutions, Transcend, Healthscribe, Spheris, KJM Trans., SoftScript, Superior Global, OSI, Zylomed, Medvoice, A to Z, D&L Typing, MedWord, Precyse, MDI-FL (although MDI-MD has had glowing reports).
I can add my own horror story to the Bad List: Voice Systems in Georgia. Don't work this account if you ever want to get paid! I worked for 3 months before I finally saw a penny, and that was only with multiple threats and refusing to type another word until they were caught up. And they were SO DISORGANIZED that it was a NIGHTMARE!!! It took weeks of small, incomplete checks for them finally to catch up with me, and the verbal abuse and language I got over the phone, fax, and e-mail were unbelievable! Very unprofessional!
Thank you to everyone who answered me and gave me encouragement. I have applied to everybody on the Good List but found out that I still have unsolvable connectivity problems with some of them, like Amphion. We have high-speed business-grade satellite, but that is not enough in some cases. And we don't have land lines, either. We live way out in the boonies.
Still that leaves a few good choices, so I thank all of you!!! 
There are good companies that do not offshore -hopefully will never have to.
nm
What companies are good with newbies?
nm
MS Word platform--who are the good companies?
I have been applying for and training for jobs for weeks now. I have been accepted by a number of top companies, but I have found their word Expanders to be a big problem. I have trained on a couple of sites already and ended up turning them down because of this.
By now I have thousands of entries into MS Word/Smartype, and if I have to start with a new Expander without the ability to import my words, phrases, templates, etc., from Smartype, I just cannot afford the time for the learning curve.
The technical aspect of transcription has always been my weak point, so this is perhaps a bigger issue with me than it would be with others.
Right now I am willing to take even a mediocre line rate, providing it is an employee position with benefits and it is in MS Word so I would have some hope of making a living.
Is there any hope for me? Does anybody have any good companies to recommend who work in MS Word?
We are at the point of losing our house and land. This is serious!
Any good companies that will provide a free computer??
Are there any good MT companies out there that will provide a free computer and the software, supplies I will need?? I am a canadian MT living in canada. They also must hire outside the USA. IF anyone knows of such a company (that pays at least 12 cents per line too!!)- please email. Thanks!!!!!
Jan Marquis
Radiology transcription, what type of reports are considered radiology
I have lot of experience with everything and I would like to know what exactly is considered radiology so I know if I qualify for that type of work? I've had many types that I think qualify for radiology.
A good MT is hard to find. Check back with those 2 companies
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You are wise do be so thorough in your
research before committing time and money to training. By the way, you've made a very good choice for your education. Andrews is the gold standard for MT education. For a different perspective on life on the job as an MT, visit www.mtchat.com, click on the "message center" tab, and start reading. Read all the sticky topics (especially at the top of the New MTs section), read the archives, read the Andrews forum on that site, read the messages posted on the MT Business board; in short, read everything. I think you will get a different perspective on the profession from the very professional and articulate folks who frequent that site. Good luck with your training and in your career.
Very wise, but even better. sm
Lovely elderly couple came into my old office. Married for 68 years. Holding hands to boot. I asked them what made their marriage work so long. The elderly gentleman winked at me and said, "Well, it's simple. I always get the last words . . . .'yes dear.' "
Wise MT
I will certainly be praying for you. I will pray that you can hang in there! It has to be so hard.
SE and IC mostly same tax-wise except...sm
As an IC, you must pay the self-employment tax, which is your FICA, but you get to deduct half of it. Schedule C stays the same. I've been both IC and SE before. DISCLAIMER: I am not a CPA or tax professional. For qualified tax advise, please contact a tax professional.
A WORD FROM THE WISE!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR POSTING. SOMETIMES IT IS NICE TO KNOW YOUR NOT ALONE! I THINK I PROBABLY WILL HAVE HAVE TO FILE FOR DISABILTY BUT IT JUST KILLS ME, NOT TO FEEL LIKE A FUNCTIONAL MEMBER OF SOCIETY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I STILL HOPE DEEP DOWN TO FIND THE RIGHT ONE TO GIVE ME A CHANCE IN A NEW CAREER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING.
ANGELA LEE
Actually the "three wise men"
that's how they knew to look for the star of Bethlehem and recognized the amazing event foretold by the stars.
Grow up? How about you wise up?
So, you mean to tell me that having 1 or 2 glasses of wine or beers is enough to call someone drunk? Come on and WISE UP!
Again, I didn't ask WHO GETS DRUNK AND TRANSCRIBES, I asked who has a few drinks while transcribing.
Being in the vicinity of MY OWN HOME having a drink or TWO and transcribing is no big deal to me. Some of you people are SO UPTIGHT and I think NEED TO DRINK!
HICCUP, pardon me!
Yes, that is a wise decision. (nm)
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Wise move.
I've been an IC with many companies and an employee with a few others. I've found that many if not most of the supervisors and managers at these places are dead weight authoritarians who get high and justify their existence by puking on people who work for a living. I left at least one place precisely because they tried to hold me responsible for mistakes made by the dictator. Happens all the time.
I wouldn't wish a future in MT on anyone.
My Mom, who was a very wise woman, would tell you...
to love her anyway just the way she is and realize that "everyone is doing the best they can with what they have to work with." Plus, life's 2 short and life is fragile.
I don't think that optometrically wise buying off the
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well darn. I thought I was being wise
in getting rid of credit cards - just down to 1 bank card and 1 store card that I only use when having a sale and we need new clothes and that I have 90 days to pay off without interest.
It's wise to dedicate one pc solely
for work purposes, in addition to having a back-up pc available. If you do not have a medica/pharma spellchecker download on your pc, it's a good idea to purchase it. Depending on who you will be transcribing for you may need an unlimited long distance calling plan if you do not have it already. A high speed connection is recommended and necessary by most companies. Up-dated virus protection is a must. A printer may be required. You are a step ahead of the game by already having purchased a desk and a comfortable chair, which are a must. If you need to purchase a foot pedal, I would recommend buying a new one. So, depending on what you already have, start-up costs can run anywhere from $100.00 to approximately 1,000.00, and while it may seem like a huge expense, you should recoup these expenses within 3 months of working. Good luck to you and enjoy!
I don't think it would be wise to quit over half a mil
that's not gonna last you a lifetime! I think you should be reasonable. What about health insurance? Are you married? Do you have a lot of debt? There are a lot of factors inolved.
Oops..why not wise.. long day. NM
Very wise post. Didnt look at it this way before.
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I do much better $ wise with clinic notes
I have local office accounts and also work part-time for a national. The repetitive nature of doing the same dictator day in and day out increases my production at least 30-50%; more expanders, more normals, familiar terminology, etc.
Right now I am averaging $25.00+ an hour on my local notes, and less than $12.00 with my national acute care. I do have more taxes and such with my locals as it is 1099 income but I still come out much better on clinic notes.
good luck!
Already did. They are outrageous cost-wise
I have to pay $60 a month for LOCAL service only.They don't have DSL where I live. They keep saying they are going to get it here, but it's been 4 years since that statement was made..
Thanks for the suggestion, though. It seems that these companies think everybody lives in a progressive area and make a lot of money. I live in a rural area and the phone company has no interest in being #1 where I live. I have a choice of Comcast or Direct TV and that's it.
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