Does the author give a figure?
Posted By: Diane in NY on 2007-08-07
In Reply to: Thought about that but (see inside) - anon
Does the author give a figure of what this annual pay is that we supposedly deserve, and does that include benefits?
The patient contact point you make is ironic. We don't have patient contact per se. We don't have doctor contact per se. We don't have contact with each other except through these forums! We are so isolated...
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Just fired off a letter to the author
I laughed when I read the part about the doctor must have been swamped and in a zoo because heard the elephant. I told the author about I along with others heard things such as urination, BMs, snorting, cell phones going in and out, dogs barking at home, and the list goes on. I said soon all the work might go overseas if the salaries here continued or dropped and most are not like the 30 something thou he said but more like in the 20s with women working long days and wkends. Also that was a hoot about the doctors being editors and no one else could change. I think I edit and I do not know of a single physician here who edits, maybe others do but not me. I told him MTers know about work outsourcing but most patients do not and I personally have done work before not only having the name but the SS of that person and good way for identity fraud. I think most Americans would not like knowing their records are going to other countries. I also said no such thing as over abdunance of work here for us, lots of MT employees run low, out every day. Well off my soap box now.
The girl was 13, the rapist a distant relative they took in. Give money, give food and your time, b
you don't put your family at risk by taking in strangers. That's just plain foolish. There were over 3300 registered sex offenders in NO. Where are they now. In your community? Perhaps in your house? Good luck.
oh our lovely government does give illegals medicaid, foodstamps, and housing so in term we give tha
i have been through some rough times lately and had to apply for some help. there are signs, big signs, all over our offices saying "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LEGAL TO GET HELP". so we and our government do give them our benefits whether they are legal here or not. now that is messed up. i am helping to support them so they can take away my jobs and i can't even support my kids and yes i get benefits, wow $75 a month in food stamps which lasts not even a week in a household of 6. don't get me wrong, i am thankful for any help at the moment, but i get penalized for trying to work my tail off and still can't survive.
there was recently an article in our local newspaper where one of our local school districts tried to charge $1000 a year for each illegal student enrolled. it was bulked and the illegals got a lawyer to sue for discrimination. the school district merely stated that they had to HIRE extra teachers that could speak the foreign language just to teach these children and were trying to offset some of the expenses. ridicilous!! so again our taxpayers money is paying to educate illegals as well.
the poem is by the author she put at the top of the poem
I've seen her on Oprah - ages ago. She also has several books out.
It is a beautiful poem though and I enjoyed reading it!
Aw come one give her a break. She said she was sorry and is willing to refund. Give her a chance to
do what is right. If she fails to do what is right, then go about this in an adult way and not act like such a child. "you suck" That is so immature.
She is responding to you and you are eating her alive. Why would she put herself out there to be treated like this if she didnt mean it.
I am really astonished at how people can act on here. Would you treat people like this in person? If you do, I cant imagine you having very many friends.
Remember we are all "HUMAN."
this is how I figure it
I took the work I did from Sept 1-15.
With spaces ... 16,492 lines x 0.095 = $1,566.74
Without spaces ... 13,967 lines x 0.095 = $1,326.87
Divide the high lines into the low dollar:
$1,326.87 / 16,492 = $0.084553
To answer your question ... just over 8 cpl. 
I figure it this way
My word processor is Works, which only counts characters. I then manually counted the spaces and found that apx 22% of the report was spaces. Take your 9.5 cpl and subtract 22% and you come up with the equivalent of 7.4 CPL. I work for MQ and, as far as I can tell, DO get paid for spaces because their line count is always about 22% more than my 'Works' count.
you and me both! I figure by then sm
there will be some kind of "robot" like thing I can program to do all that massaging, IV fluids and Foley for me. That along with putting on my support hose, hearing aid, denture cream, getting my pills, etc!
One way to figure this out is to
"switch places". Pretend he's working at home, and you come home at the end of the day. The important thing is - he's there and you're there. You share a home and probably lots of other wonderful stuff. It's hard, but sometimes you have to give a little even if you don't think it's fair. I don't mean - be a doormat- just act out of love. It seems like when you do that, it comes back to you.
Anyway, good luck and Happy Holidays to you and hubby. 
me again... duh... trying to figure out SM
why after each of my exapansions the curser immediately goes to the line below after I expand. (instead of stopping like autocorrect would) so I could insert the next word.
I just noticed the little yelllow box that comes up that will prompt you to see the word you are about to expand. I kinda like this!!!
How do you figure
How do you figure you can do this from home when testimony is taking place in the court room; depositions are taking place in a lawyer's office across town; and 8:45s take place each morning at the speed of lightening in a court room.
Please!
When you figure out .....
what you are going to do - let me know. I have even considered going back to school for a year to learn coding. They are the ones making the money that we used to make.
Go figure. nm
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Figure it out
MT = 8-9 cpl QA = 3-4 cpl Overhead = 2-3 cpl Benefits = 1-2 cpl Mgmt = 3-5 cpl sp probably 20 cpl minimum
It took me a while to figure that out too.
:-) I love the easy fix problems.
When you figure it out..
Let me know how. 
I've been doing this for years and it is very hard to keep focused. The phone is always ringing, my brain is thinking about the pile of dishes in the sink...
Even now I should be working and I'm posting here. 
Maybe we can help each other figure it out? (sm)
We could both do research and tell each other what we find out?
Maybe they figure...
An interesting experiment might be to submit a resume & say you have 2 years' experience.
Still trying to figure out...
what "documentation by exception" means.
She needs to figure out what her
account, factoring in all expenses, and then add in her profit margin, factoring in her wage, benefit costs, etc. If she does not, and just tries to charge what the "going rate" is, she may well end up losing money on the account.
thanks. I will try and figure that out!
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when I can't figure out the patient name (sm)
I just leave it blank because, like the other post said, I cannot get any feedback on what is protocol, so I make up my own. I aint gettin' paid enough to fool around trying to figure out what the dumb doc is saying!
Wow, I think I have PMS or something..I don't usually gripe this much!
You can figure approximately a 4:1
transcription to dictation ratio on average. There are many factors, as you know, typing speed, terminology, number of speakers, quality of dictation, etc. I read somewhere that 10 minutes of dictation averages approximately 100 lines. Again, it depends on the above factors.
I can't figure out what is causing this, but since DQS
my line count has never been the same -- some of which is due to being switched from account to account, which will slow ANY/ALL MT's down, but it is MORE THAN THAT ! DQS is hungry for MQ MT's lines somehow. We will never know, as we do not configure it ourselves, but it is done by others who will not reveal any such information. I just know from MedRite to DQS has not been a good experience for me as far as lines go. The software itself is okay -- not that at all, but where my lines are going is my struggle with DQS !!!
NOPE, can't figure it out.
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0.775 (?? how they figure it) and 0.8 (65-char w/ sp)
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Yes. I haven't been able to figure out
who The Carver is. I'm interested to find out. Enjoy the show!
Ah, a figure of speech. (sm)
Like a burden or baggage from a person that will not take the time to learn or understand? One who doesn't want to fix it or get off his/her duff to understand? One who generally doesn't care? Anyway, I thought my original post was perfectly understandable and if they didn't understand it that is not my problem!
That was not my figure - they offered it and I took it. nm
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Yep, I can hear it, too. I had tried to figure
out if it was associated with a certain emoticon. I'm really glad to know somebody else is hearing it, too.
how hard is it to figure out what you want to buy?
I wouldn't ever lease. It's throwing money away without building equity.
Sit down and figure it out- how many gallons of gas - sm
a day and week would it be; what would that cost. Also do you really want to drive 4 hours a day??? Would you plan to move closer so you don't have such a long communte. I used to drive 50 miles one way to work; it would take 1 hour due to the horrendous traffic I had to deal with, sometimes longer depending on the weather. I got around some of the traffic by getting into work by 7 and leaving by 3, but that was not fun either. So figure out what you earn now versus what you would make at the new job minus gas and aggravation; then decide it if is worth it to you.
Still trying to figure out breakfast LOL
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No way! It took me forever to figure out how to get - sm
my DOS Smartype to work (MTSO still uses WP 5.1), couldn't imagine the nightmare of figuring that all out all over again. Every Windows has had tons of bugs, I'd rather wait 2 years until they are all worked out, plus it will cost a lot less then probably. I plan to avoid it all together if I can.
You better also figure out how to FTP before you leave.
Get the bugs worked out BEFORE you hit the road. Download an FTP program, install it and get the server, directory, user name, password for your account. Make sure you test it out and that it works. Nothing drives me nuts faster than someone who claims to know how to use FTP and then can't.
Figure out how many lines you do now - sm
and figure it out. Take your total daily work and run it through a line counting program, then x it by .08 and .10 and you will have your answer. If you make a good hourly rate though and are not a fast typist then I'd stay where you are. Also if this IC job is not Rad, then you will have a lot to learn if you are not used to other specialites. Another thing is they may hold you at .08 forever by saying they still have to check your work. Work generally slows down in the summer and at Christmas, though this is not the case everywhere. My 1 IC job we are always busy, rarely does it ever slow down, and then only for a day or two. If you are unsure, try doing both and then you really with have you answer.
Yes you can, took me forever to figure it out - sm
but I have my WP5.1 and Smartype on mine. Had to change a few things in a couple files and change a BIOS USB setting, but works great. PRD will work to, go to the Columbia website and they have it all mapped out there how to do it. You just have to do about 3-4 things and it will work.
I dont want MT trying to figure out what my dr.
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Figure out how many lines it would have
been on a page at the 12 cpl rate? I assume these are gross lines without counting the blank lines. If double spaced, you typically would have 15 lines on one page. At 12 cpl, that would come to $2.40 a page. Ask if they want the pages printed, and will you be supplying the paper, because then you have to buy paper and use up ink from your printer cartridge.
I would add a little more in that case, probably $2.50 to $2.75 a page. This would be the double spaced page. If not double spaced, then $5.00 to $6.00 a page would be charged.
Help me figure out if I am underpaid!
I am paid by the hour and not by the line and I have no idea how many lines I edit per hour, but I think I may be underpaid for my experience. I have been a hospital Transcriptionist for 5 years, I edit VR 3/4 of the time and type 1/4 of the time. My paycheck after a full 40 hour week after taxes but before any deductions is $865. To put things into perspective, I absolutely love my job, I work from home and love my shift, my boss is great, fantastic benefits and a ton of vacation time. But, I have to pay the bills. When I look for other jobs paid by the line I have no idea how to tell if I will be making more or less money. For those of you paid by the line...how does this biweekly paycheck match up?
Figure out what you average sm
hourly now. Do you have any idea what the clinic's pay scale is? Unfortunately, clothing and gas is not going to be a consideration on their end, but overhead (providing your space to work, etc. will be). Figure your hourly rate now and try to work off of that in determining your negotiation point.
Normally figure anywhere from 3 to 5 mins
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me too! I can't figure out taking sm
jobs and holding them over the weekend when there might be somebody else that can get them done. That would never ever work with any company I worked for. Also if I were this person's supervisor, it would stop immediately. Whether she realizes it or not, that is cherry-picking. Unless there is no-one else to do this stuff, I can't figure out why any supervisor would let this go on.
Trying to figure out how much a line
I have my line count for the past 2 weeks, 23,433 and how much I actually made. Is the line count divided by the $$ or ? Thanks
A simple google search will give you your answer...I'd give you the answer,
but how would that help you learn to research on your own...and I'm in a rush to get to the next post.
Tell him you'll give him your macros if he'll give you his Lexus, his ski cabin, and (nm)
;p
I'll say. Most of the ER reports I do I figure the pt
must be on Medicaid because a lot of the ailments are minor or could be treated at urgent care at best. Those of us with not-so-great health insurance know that we better be (a) dying and (b) admitted before we show up to our local hospital ER or the visit won't get paid for.
figure your lines per hour
You need to figure out how many lines per hour you are doing now or able to do. As poster below says, 250 lines per hour times .08 cents per line equals 20$ an hour. I don't know if that is realistic for radiology reports or not (250 lines per hour). Aren't most of them short? You don't get paid for the time it takes to download, upload, etc. Also DQS does not pay for demo info, footers, headers and seems like that would be a big cut if you work on a lot of short reports. So it would depend on if they paid for that stuff or not.
To figure how many lines you do currently, copy and paste a typical report (or several reports) into Word and go to tools and do a character count. You need to figure out if your Word program is counting spaces or not. Take a short report and manually count characters AND spaces. Then copy into Word and see what the count is there. If the count is way short of your manual count, your Word program is only counting characters not spaces. If so, to figure characters AND spaces, take your word count and add 22% by calculator and that would be the total character and space count. (I have tried this and it always comes out perfectly to the line count I receive from MQ and to my manual count.)
Now take your total characters and spaces, divide by 65 (the length of a 'line') and you have how many lines are in the report. If you do this with several reports, and you know about how many reports you do in a day, you can get a pretty good idea of how many lines per hour you are doing.
Are you pulling out your hair yet? It is really pretty easy to figure, but hard to explain in a note. Sorry.
P.S. Isn't 8 cpl a little low? I do clinic notes as a newbie and receive 7 cpl. seems like you could do better than 8 cpl.
It depends on what you include in that figure.
where you live, how many in your family and what you get for your money.
I've been trying to figure that one out for some time now.
I changed companies, bought an expander, even tried Dragon Naturally Speaking. I give up.
I tried using a figure-8 clavicle collar once...sm
You can get them at the drug store probably. It just goes around your shoulders and crosses in the back to keep the shoulders back, used to keep clavicles aligned when fractured. But for some reason, it made me nauseous. I think the hunching just comes with the territory of being curved over a keyboard for hours and hours and hours a day...
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