Be wary of Accustat as well..that is if it is Accustat carolinas.

• Well I'm off SS as of today...good bye - Former SS
  • Be wary of Accustat as well..that is if it is Accustat carolinas. - nm
    • Accustat Carolinas/ Accustat EMR - jeenu
      • AccuStat EMR/carolinas is a great company!! - Stacey
        • Still with Accustat EMR? - Lori
    • Warn but give no reasoning..... - MAKES NO SENSE
      • Their business practices are a little on the shady side and the pay is low and - sm
        • Agree - stay away from as-carolinas. No good! nm - asc
        • No I get normal... - Former SS
          • Point being that i checked and they lied so be wary. - nm
      • QA stuff - Former SS
  • Contratulations to you!!! - With SS, they said I
  • Glad you found your fit! I honestly do not see how some people - Congrats!
    • My opinion.........sm - Pee'd off MT
    • Why would you write someone up - Former SS
      • Yes, they have a lot of employees - Former SSer

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I am busting my hump trying to learn SS (I am a newbie with some experience but under a year) and I also am an IC for Accustat, now I have to really work for hours on end to try to get a line count for SS and on my Accustat its a nice account where I can have a line count with normal speed and hardly any ESL's

So basically here is my problem should I keep working for SS ( i have had no problems with pay, of course I don't make much of a line count) or should I just do my Accustat account and quit SS

Did I forget to mention I also have a day job....lol (My hope is to just MT and make some money someday) 

SS takes out taxes and IC does not so I going to just go with SS but reading all of these posts makes me think just do my IC job for awhile and stop working three jobs busting my but

Does anyone have any current information about Transcript USA, Spheris, or AccuSTAT of Wisconsin?  I have13+ years and I'm looking to leave my current employer (six years at a national).  My eyes are swimming trying to figure out the ins and outs of these companies.

Thanks so much!!

of where you spend your money on schooling.  Many community colleges have people teaching transcription who have never transcribed a word in their lives, they're usually computer teachers.  You cannot even begin to learn this job, starting from scratch with no terminology knowledge in 5 months.  I was a nurse and had taken medical terminology and with my mother (who is an MT) answering my phone calls to listen to a word 800 times a day, it took me TWO YEARS to be any kind of proficient at this job. 

Not to discourage, but to inform, it not only take vast knowledge of all the body systems and the Latin based terminology that goes with it, you have to develop the coordination to push on a foot pedal and listen to something that you are typing at the same time you are taking in and retaining the words that you are GOING to type after you finish typing what you started typing.  Sounds confusing, but it's a rhythm and a coordination that you have to develop.  And last but not least, depending on where you live, you've got a huge percentage of doctors who are foreigners with heavy accents.  Add to the foreigners, the speed demon Americans, and the mush mouths and gum chewers and all the rest in between, and you'll know what I mean by developing an ear too.  It's not impossible, but is certainly not the add water and mix instant stay-at-home with your kids career.  Oh yea, that's the other thing.. Working at home with kids is another whole story.