DH got that letter too. Scary thought that the employees can take such things home. nm
Posted By: me on 2006-06-15
In Reply to: That's nice, but they have a bigger problem SM - nothing is going to happen
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at home employees
Several years ago when I had employees working at home, I was told if I required them to work a certain amount, I had to provide benefits. I was such a small businees, I never asked anything other than for the work to be done. I couldn't afford any benefits even for myself. I work for another company now. Hope this helps.
Many companies offer benefits for at-home employees
Hi. I'm a single mom and I work from home as a full-time employee plus benefits with flexible hours. Have to meet a certain minimum line count in a two-week period to keep the benefits. Also have a part-time IC job. Look around. You should be able to find a job where you can stay home and get benefits.
Have you thought about sending this letter & story
right, what with all the scams & skullduggery going on in American business, and so many other Americans losing their incomes.
I once contacted a local news station, and they called me back and were very interested in the story. But when they realized it was really only the tip of the iceberg, and that it would take a LOT of research and fact-finding before it would be ready to air, they said they didn't have the time or the manpower.
But 60 Minutes DOES have the time and the manpower. They spend months or longer researching their stories and interviewing people, etc. AND, it has a huge prime-time audience. The MT story, with its offshoring, sneaky hiring practices (i.e., like that conference teaching employers how to avoid hiring Americans!), numerous complaints of late or non-payment to MTs by MTSO's, private information going to less-than-upstanding foreign countries, etc., seems like something Diane Sawyer or Leslie Stahl would just love to sink their teeth into.
Any hospitals/clinics hiring home-based employees on an hourly basis? TIA
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Any ideas on a letter to possible clients to get started at home? sm
I am wanting to gain some clients in my hometown to do their transcription. I was trying to figure out the best way to go about it. Should I type up a fancy letter telling them a bit about myself, experience, and rate range of what I should charge? What could I say or do to make it REALLY stand-out? Any ideas on fees? I am looking for a monthly charge and I know it depends on the amount of work to be done, picking up, dropping off, use of my paper, etc....PlEASE any and all info wil be helpful!
The OP should have thought things out better
You dont quit a job, retire, etc. if you dont have the backing to do, no matter what, unless dire emergency, that being you are ill, unable to work but people generally have to work in order to eat, live and such. This was a foolish mistake on her part. I think what happened is how she posted, saying could her husband set something up, she could be an "employee", he could pay her, sounds like something underhanded. Oh, by the way, there are people who think others being sent to a God forsaken place to fight has no merit, I being 1 of those. Looking forward to the dems getting in so those out there can come home.
Ah, I thought I was seeing things
or not seeing them. I had replied to that post, but it disappeared. I'd be interested to see if anyone hears back from her.
I worked for them for a while. I thought things were
great; great pay, great tech support. Then they lost the account and did not tell me. I tried to work and was locked out. I asked why and got a very rude response. This was some time ago so things may have changed. Do not take my word for it, but I did want to put my not-so-good experience for you to see just in case things have not changed. Good luck!!
PS - a couple of other things I have thought about
are Public Administration and Health Care Administration.
I bet my mother-in-law thought some of these things too...SM
I lost my job and asked my MIL to train me to be an MT. Boy, now I know what that is really asking, but I had no idea then exactly what that meant for her. She asked me to come over and listen to a couple tapes and see what I thought. At that time, she had about 90% cardiology, 5% nephrology, and 5% IM. I listed and typed a bit. She liked what she saw and decided to try me out. I started off 100% on cardiology making about $3 an hour, but by week three I was up to over $10. She had to 100% proof my work for a few months and then would only proof parts for the next few months. I live over 50 miles one way from her house, but I drove there 3-4 days a week for 2½ years to work for her and have her be my mentor. Within the first month, she was so happy and knew she did the right thing by taking a chance on me because I was the best MT she ever had (with or without experience). She also got to train me "her way" so to speak rather than someone who is untrainable or set in their ways.
Yes, it takes a lot of extra time, but maybe if you give her a couple weeks or a month you can tell if she is going to be good at it or not. I didn't even have an MT course, but my MIL and her 20+ years experience taught me everything I know. I now have my own accounts, have been an MT for over six years, and absolutely love it. You really never know what potential a person has unless you give them a chance. I was an adminstrative assistance in my younger days, so I knew my way around computers and had some basic formatting knowledge, etc.,
I thank my MIL from the bottom of my heart for giving me the chance to be an MT and work in a field I absolutely love.
Just a thought for you to think about.
Working at home, up on things like that
I had the TV on in my room, always do while working, used to have on the shopping channels all the time but that morning had the news on. When they first announced about first plane immediately went in living room to tell husband and saw the second plane hit the tower. I immediately knew this was not accident and US under attack. I could never not sit here day after day and not know the latest. Am able to do my work and still have an ear open to breaking news.
One of the worse things about working from home is never getting away from it. I hate
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While I wouldn't do any of these things I thought it was a total HOOT!! Lighten up you guys. (nm)
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For home things and general odds and ends Target
For groceries Super Walmart. I get my makeup and some hair necessities on-line from specialty websites. For incidentals, impulse buys like clothes, purses, general fun junque, etc. I like street-side vendors, specialty shops, and some of my favorite chain stores like Kohl's (which I can't live without)!
I know how you feel. Working at home can be distracting, just having other things on our minds (sm)
like dirty dishes in the sink, piling up laundry, a bed right across the hall to take a nap in. What works for me is tune everything out including internet distractions and e-mails, phone calls. No more than a 10 minute break every couple of hours, 30 minutes lunch time and just hit those keys. The end result can be pretty rewarding.
Spoke too soon. Felt so much better yesterday I thought I was home free!
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If it's a business letter you use a colon. if it's a personal letter you use a comma. nm
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Bad things? what bad things? people's being petty and small?
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scary
It is scary to think how narrowed minded people can be. Plantation mentality is alive and well in the South....So help us all....
Scary
Your last 2 paragraphs made absolute sense. I always thought, even back "in the day," that dictation to transcription was archaic.
However, I fit into the "over-educated but don't know how to get in out of the rain MT" category, so scary thought because if you thought of it, someone else should as well... and I do need to keep doing this at least until one of my kids strikes it rich!
Good post.
Now that is scary!
That is really scary to me No wonder that sm
these gals hire on places, begin to work and then can't get their pay.
That is scary...
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How scary to have a dog like that...
as your neighbor. If you have children, PLEASE keep close tabs on them...I just heard on the news a few weeks ago about a pit bull (I think...) snatching a baby out of her mother's arms and malling her head badly. The baby survived, thankfully, but was very badly hurt. I agree with you, these dogs are inherently vicious, and no, it's not the dog's fault at all...it's the human's fault for training and breeding for fighting...how very sad for the OP..I am sorry...
What's scary is...
they are treating people. How does the patient understand what he is saying (if they deem to say anything). I know when I see one of these doctors I have a hard time when I'm not ill. My husband is hard of hearing but can understand if clearly spoken to and he understands nothing and refused to go back to a GP we had.
I'm sorry, but its really scary to me that anyone
let alone a spouse, could just go back to sleep and post on a MESSAGE BOARD the next day, asking about a SWOLLEN HARD TONGUE!! You have got to be kidding me. And I presume you're an MT as well??? What is WRONG with you?? Goodness, the blunders never cease to amaze me. GO TO THE HOSPITAL. And don't wait til it happens AGAIN - get him to the hospital NOW to have it checked out, diagnosed, and have yourselves armed with epi-pens, etc. A BENADRYL??? That's just insane.
Very scary
Makes me paranoid about every "normal" person I meet. I hate being that way, but when it comes to my kids I am happy to be labeled *over protective*
this is really scary -
Okay, is there any chance that anything in our medical records is going to be correct, either done overseas, dictated by someone who has little grip of the language, perhaps transcribed by someone with even less of a grip, maybe corrected, but in the money crunching, I doubt that, probably never read by the physician and now you are telling me that the doc himself is typing this info directly. I frankly cannot imagine this. I cannot imagine they would want to type it. They can't keep on track half the time just reading.
That's scary sm
I'm sure it happens - as Patti says - but personally I would have a very hard time putting something like that on a report I typed. It is the doctor's responsibility to review the report. If he/she chooses not to do that, that is also his/her responsibility. But if I type it on the report, that means I am aware that the doctor is not reviewing it, and I would be concerned that I could be drawn into a lawsuit if there was ever a problem with a report.
It's quite possible that would never happen, but it's also possible that Patti has just been lucky...............
Something Scary!
Let me tell you something very scary that happened to me! I posted a comment in support of one of the companies on the Jobs Board and the CEO wrote me back an e-mail to my personal e-mail address thanking me for my comments. I was shocked as heck! I thought our identities were protected here. Guess again. They tracked me down to my personal e-mail address. Be very, very cautious of anything yo post here.
Now that's scary
I just envision a scenario where a doctor dictates a dose wrong, we type it wrong, QA doesn't change it for this reason, newbie nurse reads it and gives it to the patient. Dennis Quaid's kids got the wrong dose. Kid here in Central Florida recently got wrong dose because pharmacist typed it wrong. But as MTs we aren't liable? Very scary.
SCARY
Wow that med thing is scary to hear about. I thought it was bad enough when my FORMER PCP tried to tell me hypertriglyceridemia was from eating too much animal protein. That was so dumb it was funny but med errors aren't.
A Walgreen's here is in trouble because they wrote a script for a 3-month-old, premature twin for cough medicine and typed 1/4 teaspoonful instead of 1/4 mL. Granted not a doctor but it was in the news recently and the kid could have died if the pharmacy didn't catch it and call the parents prior to the second dose being given. What is it medical mistakes are the 4th leading cause of death in America?
No kidding...that's just scary nm
Pretty scary. Do you actually think you
are Frank?
Danged scary if you ask me!!!!!!!
 (gramps at 100 target practicing)
pretty scary
I know that this does happen. I just try not to think about it. It's amazing how many physician's and other big tim professionals are functioning alcoholics and drug addicts. Even more sad is the fact that other hospital staff know that these people are enebriated and don't dare say anything to anyone about it.
is it scary though? or just gross?
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Scary movies
Creature From The Black Lagoon.
The original Phantom of the Opera with Lon Chaney.
new people are scary
I have an orientation this Saturday with an animal shelter, i'm debating whether or not to show. My main thing is the distance, afraid my car won't make it. I can't wait to see some new faces though. Make the call, you'll be glad. They're all good people if they are volunteering their time.
Man, I can't tell if this is scary, or laughable.
Are you really that uninformed? That IS scary. nm
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Scary how close it was!
 I've been having to tape Tue/Wed shows because I am working and so I haven't been able to vote either. Next week I will just have to make an exception and watch/vote. Have to get Taylor through-whoo-hoo. He's my soul man!
Now THAT'S just plain scary!!!!
The omen was for sure very scary! And BTW,
Didn't Elizabeth Hurley name her little boy Damien? I like that name.  I always thought if I ever had twin boys I'd name one Damien and the other Julien.
Johnson!...scary, huh... nm
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Thanks much - why is it so scary?? I have not updated my
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Wow, kind of scary LOL. nm
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Here is the REALLY scary part sm
I have heard that Medicare will not reimburse anyone unless they use EMR. They are starting this in 2009 and hope to have the changeover complete by 2014
I found this....really is scary.
Paper and Supplies
EMR will substantially reduce paper and supplies for:
Fee Tickets
Charts and Chart Labels
Prescription pads
Paper Copies
Custom Forms
Savings:
Paper and Supply reduction in annual costs for paper by eliminating charts, forms and prescription pads. The average cost to create a chart is around $5.00 per record:
o Chart Jacket $2 to $3 dollars
o Chart tabs and labels $1.00
o Labor cost to assemble $1.00
o Labor cost to Handel $1.00
A physician seeing 30 patients per day can have up to 400 paper chart transactions per day, which would be eliminated with EMR. The following are some examples of this:
➢ 30 chart pulls off the shelf
➢ 30 charts going back on the shelf
➢ 30 chart pulls to file the notes after the exam
➢ 30 charts to return after filing dictation
➢ 15 chart pulls for incoming lab results
➢ 15 chart returns after the lab is filed
➢ 15 chart pulls for RX request requiring a pull
➢ 15 charts to return after the RX request
➢ 40 incoming faxes per day requiring a chart pull
➢ 40 charts to return after the pull for faxes
➢ 60 calls per day requiring a chart pull
➢ 60 charts to return after the call
➢ 10 with calls after the visit
➢ 10 with call to coordinate care
➢ 5 will be billing issues requiring a chart pull
➢ 5 to return after retrieving for billing
➢ 3 medical record requests to transfer their records
➢ 3 to return after paying the cost to copy which could have been faxed to the recipient at minimal charge
416 chart transactions per day @ $.080 cents per transaction = $333.00 per day / $1664.00 per week / $83,200 per year based on 50 weeks per year assuming a practice closes two weeks per year.
Transcription
EMRs have been very successful in eliminating or substantially reducing transcription through templates and pick lists.
Documents can be customized by provider and document type. Referral letters can be generated automatically and faxed directly to the referring physician before the patient leaves the office. This enhances physician patient relations, minimizes paper, labor and postage costs.
My own experience on reducing transcription costs was nearly $1000month. If you employ a Transcriptionist that is nearly a $30,000 annual savings for each transcriptionist you have on your staff.
There is a whole article on this at the following address if interested.
http://www.urologypracticetoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=206
So here's a scary note about
I'm at an age where Social Security has started sending me periodic notices that show how much I've paid into the system over the years, etc. They also tell you what your monthly pay would be if you retired at 62, or at 65, or at 67 and beyond.
And of course, we all know that our Social Security checks aren't going to be enough to live on, right? That's why we have (or try to, anyway), 401K's and IRA's, to pick up where Social Security leaves off.
Well, even if I started taking Social Security payments early, at age 62, even with the penalties for doing so, and a smaller check, I would be making more money than I do now as a full-time employee of an MTSO.
Now THAT tells you something about the shabby state of affairs in this industry.
        
You are so wrong, it's scary
VR editing can be done by any newbie?? Hows the view from the gleaming offices of MTSO Corporate? That is EXACTLY the misguided thinking that has highly trained medical language specialists making less than the fry cook at McDonald's. I would take QAing 99% completed MT reports over deciphering the mess of VR any day. QA does not take any more training than any experienced highly trained MT has.
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