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Google is my home page, so whenever I go online, that is the first page I see....easy!

just googled and found some interesting info - pretty much all the bigger companies are offshoring - most not telling client.  There have already been incidents where a pakistani and indian transcriptionists have threatened to post medical information on the Internet - legislators aware.  the current administration thinks that the jobs the Mexicans are taking here are jobs that Americans don't want.  Are we about to let them think the same thing?  We need to be proactive - if we are really 100,000 or more - think of the jobs lost, taxes lost, houses lost.  Also found an interesting article about offshoring in which the owner of this site is quoted as being against (YEAH) offshoring.

I was dressed nice, it was held indoors/outdoors at the botanical gardens in the city where I live, but I really believe I was underdressed......not fancied up enough. 

Oh well, it was my first one EVER, and was for my friend's eldest, and I went, and it was fun and nice; a lot of dancing mainly.  All women were in skirts or dresses.......no slacks or fancy trousers.......

The men, on the other hand, and the boys, were dressed far more casually than the girls/women.  Jeans and nice shirts were what most men and boys were wearing....very neat and clean, but I found that odd too, that the women/girls were FAR more dressed up.

We gave $$.....*S*

Check this link:  http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/whdfs20.htm

From what I can tell, we are considered "commissioned" workers and there are rules as to how OT can be applied.  What do you think?

Ingredients
Bottom:
4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
8 Tbsp butter (1 stick), melted and cooled to room temperature
1 egg
1 pkg (21.2 ounces) brownie mix (tested with Betty Crocker Triple Chunk)

Cheesecake Layer:
3 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs at room temperature
3/4 cup pureed strawberries, fresh or frozen, sweetened with 1 Tbsp sugar (sugar is optional)

Topping:
1 pkg (3 ounces) strawberry-flavored gelatin
1/2 cup boiling water
1/4 cup strawberries, cut into 1/2-inch chunks

Instructions
Bottom:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9 by 13-inch pan with non-stick foil.

Cream butter and cream cheese together; add egg and mix until smooth. Combine creamed mixture with dry brownie mix, stirring by hand. Mixture will be thick. Spread evenly in foil-lined pan and bake for 15 minutes. Cool to room temperature.

Cheesecake Layer:
Beat cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar and vanilla with electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Reserve 1-1/2 cups of the plain batter. Stir strawberry puree into remaining batter.

Spoon strawberry batter over bottom; top with evenly-spaced spoonfuls of plain batter. Swirl a butter knife through topping for marble effect, taking care not to dislodge the bottom brownie layer.

Bake at 350 degrees F. for 40 to 45 minutes or until center is set and edges lightly browned. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate while preparing topping.

Topping:
Combine boiling water and both boxes of gelatin. Stir until no more sugar or gelatin granules are visible and liquid is clear. Cool to room temperature. Add strawberry chunks and mix well. Pour cooled strawberry gelatin mixture over top of cooled cheesecake and spread evenly. Refrigerate for at least two hours. Cut into bars before serving. Refrigerate leftovers.

Yield: 24 servings

where *Me* said - at the bottom.  scroll down when you hear the buzzing.  it is a mosquito game thing to win a free something or other.  VERY annoying.

Present with them a contract that they believe is just not realistic, that's how!  Get this.....I get a call last week from local internal med. doc wanting me to do their transcription. I MT'd for them briefly (2 days or so) a few years back and they remembered me, etc. I work FT for a co. at home, so I really wasn't interested. Office manager called me last Thur., Fri., Monday and I finally decided to do it on Tuesday. Went in, picked up tapes and basically said I'd do it until they found someone else.  The office isn't that close to me and with the price of gas, the fact that I have 2 little ones at home with me all day, just didn't seem feasible for me to pick up tapes, etc.  Okay, fast forward to today.

I decided last night that I would make them sign a 3 month contract b/c I've read horror stories here of unpaid docs and wanted to covery my butt.  Here is what I asked for in contract: 10 per 65 character line. Reasonable right?  How about 15 cents per 65 characters for stats or 12-hour or less TAT.  2.00 per faxed page.  And a few other things. But basically, they would rarely need anything but 24-48 turn around on tapes. 

I also included my invoice from the tapes I've done so far and the total came to 589 lines. Nothing big. 

Here is what this doc wants me to do: Count the lines manually using less than 1 inch margins on both sides. Use 11 font instead of 12 (thinking he will get more per LINE), come in 4 days a week.  HAHA Isn't he funny?  He is ESL who apparently had a newbie do his work for the past 2 years who counted her lines manually which I did just for fun.  I counted 240 lines when Word counted 589 lines.  What a joke.

So, needless to say, I'm not going to do it.  Can you believe this guy? He was complaining that "he doesn't make that much money...can you cut down on your rates?" OMG. This guy lives in a gated community for crying out loud!  I typed 27 patients in just one day. I doubt he's broke.  I wanted to tell him all he is SAVING by hiring an IC. Say he did sign a contract with me and I worked for him, he would pay me approximately 12,000 a year. Does he realize that if he had someone in-house that this same employee would cost him 30-40,000 in insurance, taxes, wages, etc?

I cringe just sitting here thinking about this cheapskate.  I feel sorry for the gal he's been 'screwing' for the past few years. She must have wised up! 

Just had to vent!!

I have been using Meditech for my primary account for 10 years.  I dial directly into the hospital's system.  I have had other accounts that used Meditech. All systems are basically the same but they do have some differences that can be annoying when going from one to the other.  It also depends on what you have access to.  Do you have access to other reports and patient information?  Also, I believe each hospital can set the system to count the lines how they want. 

I like Meditech, but like I said, I have been using it for 10 years. 

I have a side account of my own and work part-time as an independent. I have worked 2 part-time IC positions and my own but that is just too much.  I have a set amount that is required by the outsourcing company so on the days my doc dictates more than ususal, it can be kinda hairy.  Most of the time it is very managable.  

I have found though that it is better just to say you only want a certain amount of part-time work.  In the beginning I had companies tell me they would not hire someone with their own accounts as they felt they would be unreliable.  Never understood that but was told the same thing more than once.  Once I decided not to mention it, I have had absolutely no trouble.  Good luck. 

through the help of an online friend, ha my gateway and interface numbers on my PC and the second PC do not match exactly.  I'm waiting to hear back about this.

I was curious - so I did a random search on "transription bids"  found a site that is supposed to be for offshoring - but anyone can join and post their "business" and information as well as resumes and bid on private contracts for anything from resume writing, to editing books, transcription etc.  It is time we bring the business home, I posted my "business" and got a hit within one hour from a company that was going to outsource but did not mind paying me direct instead of a "company that has overhead."  believe it or not, they are offering me more than what my regular MT provider would offer.  It is a project instead of regular work, but I can do it and still keep my other clients, and maybe get more as time goes on.  The site is called offshore experts.  Thought I would post it so others could take a look if they too were interested.  Like I said - lets bring the work back.