Bidding on new account - states that they will provide specialized forms such as letterhead, *sm*
Posted By: xx on 2006-06-08
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progress notes, operative forms or other such printed documents. The accounts that I have previously worked on did not have "printed" forms for progress notes or ops. What are they talking about here? If there is such a thing as a preprinted form, then how do you do the account long distance - I am not near them? Could the forms be scanned or made up in a template which could save them money by not having to buy them? Years ago I worked as a legal secretary and we had forms that we made up and filled in on our computer rather than with a typewriter.
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I provide the template, I don't provide the headings though.
but I do pay them for everything that they transcribe. So, the MT has the initial template, they fill in the demographic fields, the body of text, cc information, etc. and that's what they are paid for. The body of text that the MT transcribes would include headings such as Subjective, Objective, etc., however the actual template that includes the logo, wording such as Patient Name, Date of Service, Attending Physician, etc. are not paid for. The template consists of about 8 lines total.
My point is, I don't need 3 years specialized training sm
and 15 more years of dedicated practice to work at WalMart and do it well. I can walk in off the street and be good in six months. I've done it.
The gas is a huge saving, yes, and the wear on a car, but the other expenses have saved me very little in taxes. And since I wear makeup and decent clothes every day, and have no day care expense, the savings aren't that great to me.
I stay with transcription because I love the work, but the pay has definitely gone down instead of up in the last 10 years. I don't call that progress.
Very technical, lots of specialized equipment, and TONS of ESLs.
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It is probably someone in India who is bidding $10
And unfortunately this brings our rates down.
Its not that I'm worried about bidding, but if the seller is ugly in
response to neutral or negative feedback I don't wan to deal with them, I don't care if they have a 99% rating. Sure there may be hundreds of positives, but it is their response that I'm looking for to see if I want to deal with this person/company.
Letterhead
They have sent me a Word file (well, WordPerfect, but I think I got it converted to Word) that has most of what is in their letterhead, though I do have to add a short vertical line in one spot, and the medical symbol in another spot.
letterhead
My employer has this question - As an oncology practice, copies of the office visits are sent to multiple other doctors/specialists either as addressees in letter format or as a cc on the progress note. As of now, our letterhead is the name of the practice, the names of all the physicians (over 20 and growing), and the address/phone/fax of each location/facility (8 at the moment). It makes for a large header on the letterhead, which we now include on absolutely everything, including the regular office visits since these are then copied to other physicians. Is there any legal standard as to how much information is required on such a progress note or consult that is going into the chart but also being sent/faxed to another physician? Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Drastic under bidding for products. Single handedly took out Rubbermaid
after demanding a price reduction that Rubbermaid could not meet and pay for costs. This was after Wal-Mart basically caused Rubbermaid to increase production to meet demands to the point Rubbermaid had grown significantly, all based on its Wal-Mart sales.
There is SO MUCH MORE!!!
When a U.S. based manufacturing company (RCA?) took to court a manufacturer based in China (television) for dumping on the U.S. market a product that was priced so low that it was causing the company to lose millions. They won but when they looked at the court documentation for this China based manufacturer, Wal-Mart was listed as a one of the companies siding with China manufacturer.
In one generation, this type of business could place the U.S. in a precarious situation in many respects. Also, by doing this, in one generation, a new customer base will be created in other countries and these people will be just like the Americans, wanting better for their children.
Might even want to do the letterhead into your transcription as a header...
unless he wants fancy embossed or something. See, there's something new you can offer him!
Help creating letterhead templates
I would like to take an existing letterhead, scan it and create a template for it that can be pulled up and typed right into. Someone I used to know did this for one of my accounts at one time, but I have no clue on how she did it and no contact with her anymore. It doesn't seem like this should be anything difficult to do, but I have played around with it and just can't figure it out.
Would really appreciate any pointers, or even links/websites where I might be able to find simplified information on how to do this. I am a little "behind the times" and not very experienced on much besides typing at this point. I will be changing direction soon and need to update my ways of doing things.
Thank you in advance for any tips or direction. 
Making a Letterhead Template
Can anyone give advice on making a letterhead template so that the letterhead logo and contact info is in the 'background' of the Word document and will not count as characters during the line count.
This letterhead has a logo and text that goes down a column on the right side of the page about 3-4 inches, so I can't just do it all in a header, since it goes so far down the page.
Thank you
Doesn't every word you said just translate into you're worried about bidding? Don't underst
phrasing in that regard. I don't look at worrying about bidding as a bad thing, either. Its the only way to buy on E-Bay - cautiously. One should always worry about bidding, as you have no clue who you're buying from! Most sellers will always respond angrily to a negative - only ones who don't answer at all are the guilty ones! But if you're unjustly accused of this or that, and then the buyer has the audacity to leave a contrived negative, that's when the seller responds and feathers fly! Negative reading is a great experience - you can really learn a lot about all parties, right? I don't deal with the ones who leave cursing, I'm gonna kill you negatives! Though, sadly most of them have been deleted by now, so we don't get to see the "true colors"...Censorship sometimes hurts...
Maybe they are talking about stationery/letterhead with their preprinted logo? nm
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Long short forms vs short short forms
Carla,
A long short form is usually easier to remember. So I would definitely assign the short forms as suggested by Kelli:
SmithCThead
SmithCTabdomen
etc
In most Expander programs you would opt for a short short form as you have to type the whole short form before you can expand.
In Instant Text you don't have to type the whole short form: you type the first two letters of your long short form and then you can type any of the following letters.
So in this case you would type smcth for the first one, smcta, and you may also type smhead, smabd
This is possible when you use the Instant Text marker key to expand. If you use the space bar to expand, you may be better off assigning the initials as suggested in the second response, as you would not be able to "jump ahead".
Marianne
Tax forms
 This is the first year I have worked as an independent contractor. Do I use Schedule C, profit or loss from business form, Form 8829 and Schedule SE (self-employment tax form) to file? Form 8829 goes into detail about depreciating house, mortgage, etc. and in the past I eliminated that because if you take this off when you sell you have to factor this depreciation amount back in. Of course, in the past I worked as an employee and filled out the other form, employee business expenses. I hate to pay for a CPA for no more than I worked but maybe I should?
Tax forms
This is not about that form per se, but you might want to consider filing a form 4868 "Application for automatic extension of time to file" This can be sent any time before April 15 and gives you some more months to get your return ready. If you owe money, it still has to go in, but at least you won't be one of those folks you see on TV lining up at the Post Office at midnight.
Good luck.
Transcription from Forms
I do the exact same thing transcribing from forms. You cannot read into these too much. They are probably already using the forms they filled out as their report, but having you transcribe to make them "look pretty". No one is perfect. If the money is right, I would overlook the inadequacies, and of course you should fix dramatic errors, as you would if you listened. I am not trying to be unkind, but it works both ways. Sometimes as transcriptions, we inadvertantly type an incorrect spelling, and the dictators don't give up on us, or do they?????? Something to ponder. Good luck to you!!! I hope you can find a happy medium in this matter and not lose what sounds like an "easy" account. However, the reports I transcribe are not from a nurse, they are from PA-C or the physician himself. I do, however, have a question for you, if you don't mind. What do you charge, per line, per page, etc? I charge per page and make out pretty darn good since everything is so canned text!!!!  Take care...
1099 tax forms
Does anyone out there who is an IC know of the deadline date for the 1099 forms to be sent out via "employer"? As a special input, I did some research on what deciphers an employer-employee versus employer-independent contractor. In summay there were 20 points made and I fit all criteria of being an "employee" instead of classified as "independent contractor" per the IRS. I am considering filing the "SS-8" form with the IRS, which is a form for the IRS to give their input on the employer-independent contractor issue to determine how I really should be classified. The way I see it, my employer refers to me as an IC because it simply benefits her, and on the otherhand, it does nothing for me except harm. I am making 9 cents a line, cut back from 10 cents a line a few couple months ago, and have am offered no benefits whatsoever. This happens to be one main point that the IRS displays as I would really be classifed an employee as my employer has control of my pay. Just thought this was an interesting fact to point out to all as it is something I was not aware of until today upon doing self investigation into it.
the line forms here....
i will require 12 cents a line or at least $23/hr. lol i want paid vacations and sick days, i want free coffee and my DSL paid for and i want profit sharing... :)
abuse comes in many forms
This truly is abuse. You may not have visable body scars but mental abuse is just as bad if not worse as physical abuse. I'm not sure there is help for your husband but you need to get out of this relationship for your own sanity. A tiger never changes his stripes. I had been in relationship that had the same elements. I worked all day and would teach a class at night and we were to dress in a professional manner and I would be accused of having an affair. (Huh, like you have the time and energy.) I had the courage to get out and have now married a man who respects me and treats me as an equal partner. Is that not what a true marriage is, a partnership. If you do not have family to help check with you local Women's Help Center possible that could be a start. I wish you the best and hope you have the strength to more forward and leave him in the dust.
filling downloaded IRS forms
Okay, I'm supposed to be able to fill in the 1099-Misc form I just downloaded but for some reason I can't add any information. Am I missing a plug-in or something?>
Short forms for AXIS I-V
You can edit your short forms in the Glossary Viewer and have them come up according to the short forms you have chosen:
ax => AXIS I
ax2 => AXIS II
etc.
Stock proposal forms
Does anyone have a "stock" proposal form they use to bid on transcription work? Thanks.
There are various forms of back supports
you can purchase for your chair, or check with your physician for chair types.
I never received 1099 forms when I
was an IC. I worked for a hospital for almost 10 years plus had other docs and an attorney. The attorney did give me one every year and it never conformed to my figures but I never had a problem.
EHR can encompass many forms of dictation....
not just point and click. I know several people who have lost their jobs to "EHR," and it had nothing to do w/point and click. It WILL eventually affect us all; however, the timeframe will be on an individual institutional basis as the cost to convert to the system is quite extraordinary.
naming your short forms
Productivity Talk has a forum dedicated to command entries in Instant Text. Google their name for the link.
If you haven't signed non-compete forms...
with a company you are employed by now, and you leave the company, is it acceptable (legal) to contact a client of theirs and offer your IC services if you really want that account as your own? Any suggestions from anyone having ever done this before would be much appreciated.
I used a Selectric for my first job and on the subject of whiteout, we used forms that were three
different colors, so each time you made an error, you had to white out on your carbons with all of the matching colors and this doc hated errors and would point out that you had to use the whiteout. Glad those days are over!
Transcription Contract forms or ideas.....
Can anyone refer me to a site that has contract forms for transcriptionists or what do others of you have? I have one sample, but there are quite a bit of things on it that don't really pertain to the services I am giving. How do you come up with your own and what should be put in a contract? Thanks for all of your help and suggestions.
You can change tax forms to have extra taxes
come out of your husband's check. You can figure out how much tax based on $900/mo. If you have too little taken out you'll have a penalty (around $50) and then you can adjust the next year if you need to. I had taxes taken out of my husband's check, but didn't figure enough and I got hit with the penalty and I just adjusted the next year. I am an employee now so don't have to worry about it this year and have adjusted tax withholdings so we have more $$ in our pocket.
You can find a used C-phone for $125 if you are lucky, but more around $200-$300 range. There is a classified board here, you can also check E-bay. If you need a food pedal only and not the software you can find a used one for $25 if you're luck to about $50. You can new for about $80.
A lot of times a company will send you the foot pedal if required, but not always. Sometimes they will rent you a C-phone, but not always. I wouldn't buy anything until you have a job.
As far as working to only gross $900/mo you can guestimate how many lines you can do based on xx line rate and monitor it so you don't go over. I would guestimate higher to give yourself a little room.
Just be upfront with companies that you can only do so much so they know they can't expect you to work extra if things are backlogged.
How do you fill out forms in Adobe Reader 8.
I am referring an MT to a company I work for and to get the referral bonus I have to fill out this form in Adobe Reader and E-mail it to HR. Well, I don't know how to do that. One friend said to copy it in Word and fill it out that way. It won't let me do that.
Stedman's on 3 forms crepitant, crepitus, crepitation
crepitant:
1. Relating to or characterized by crepitation.
2. Denoting a fine bubbling noise (rale) ...
3. The sensation imparted to the palpating finger by gas or air ...
crepitus:
1. SYN crepitation.
2. A noisy discharge of gas from intestine.
ex: articular c., the grating of a joint
ex: bony c., SYN crepitation (2)
Stedman's Illustrated, 26th edition
crepitation:
1. Crackling; the quality of a fine bubbling sound (rale) ...
2. The sensation felt on placing the hand over the seat of a fracture ...
3. Noise or vibration produced by rubbing bone or irregular cartilage ...
there is delay due to delayed minimum tax vote on certain forms
The five forms affected by the delay are:
Form 8863, Education Credits.
Form 5695, Residential Energy Credits.
Form 1040A's Schedule 2, Child and Dependent Care Expenses for Form 1040A Filers.
Form 8396, Mortgage Interest Credit and
Form 8859, District of Columbia First-Time Homebuyer Credit.
I avoid numbers in my short forms and use letters
instead when needed. What I do most often is double-key a short form (same two letters) that goes back and adds slashes or dashes for dates and decimals. It's easier for me to key the numbers, then let a command entry edit when needed. You might want to go to Productivity Talk for a lot of great tips on learning IT.
What is the difference between an acute care account and a multispecialty account??..nm
nm
Doesn't it give you the option of printing all the forms and schedules?
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I have to disagree. Most hospitals have migrated to EMR & RNs are able to fill in online forms
My husband is an RN at an acute care facility and he loves his job. He has dual majors. One in computer science and the other in Nursing. He decided he didn't want to sit behind a desk plinking on a computer all day and really wanted to do something with his life that would help people. Being an RN is not just about the money, it is about caring for those in need. Seriously, think about the reasons you would be entering the nursing field. If it's just about money, you'll be disappointed. However, if you are the type of person who likes caring for others, then by all means, go for it. All the best!
Instant Text creates entries and the short forms from
previously saved documents. You run a compile on the reports and it picks up the most frequent words and phrases. Go to their site and click on the overview link to see how it works.
How does MQ provide DQS to a
hospital and you not work for MQ?
If you can prove this is true (which I happen to believe you can), then please help us. Some of people are losing their health insurance and other benefits over loss of lines. To me, this is very serious.
How does MQ provide DQS
So, you have no MQ experience just experience with DQS program. By the way, most MTs who work outside of the hospital DO NOT GET PAID for headers, footers, looking up patient names, etc.; so perhaps, you should just stick to DQS problems at your hospital and not lump MQ into this. No, I am not a MQ advocate, but if you don't work for MQ, you can't really speak about what they pay for and what they don't pay for.
P.S. I am a single mom, struggling MT for the past 15 years, so I am no threat if you think I am MQ management, you need to rethink that.
They will provide it. sm
Just make sure that you ask them.
I've never had a problem switching from account to account.
The problem I had was being switched too soon. If I don't get one account spec solidly in my memory with QA feedback on mistakes before starting another, I get confused. The other problem I had with former jobs was inconsistent QA. One person tells you one thing, another person tells you another.
Lately, I don't have a problem with it. Right now, my binder has 8 account specs (some I've never had to use) and I'm picking up a new weekend job for a while. The terminology and report formats stay basically the same. It's just all those little preferences. LOL
Please provide a link!
Every prosecutor who has been interviewed has generally told what these people are being held for but no one has come up with specific statements of the suspects. When questioned on specifics they have said they are not at liberty to divulge information as that could be detrimental to the case, just as it would be in the US.
We can only use the list they provide
Hard to find when you're not sure what the name is even starting with. Even with a data base of 1,000 physicians, it's constant searching. I use the search option and try to search for just one tiny part of the name I can understands, but it takes forever!
yes, they provide equipment. NM
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Yes, they do provide computer sm
for full or part-time or you may use your own.
because when the dictator's provide the
proper demographics and enunciate clearly, I LOVE this work. I do not do it for the $ or for the bennies. I am 60 years old and don't need either. I just love transcription work. I doubt, though, that you can understand this.
How come you provide no specifics?
Too busy to spend a few minutes typing information that would benefit other people, when obviously you benefit from this bulletin board by reading it and even responding? This website is criticized by people for being overly negative and when people make such harsh comments without having anything to base it on, it makes the poster look suspicious. If you have any facts (or even impressions) to support your claim, please give them. If you don't, why make such strong statements?
Should provide equipment for doc?sm
Am IC who does transcription for local MDs -- want to go digital - Should I purchase the equipment or should ask MD to do this?? help
Provide me with the links. NM
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