I am the 26th from Oregon to sign.
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Is this TRX, Inc., in Oregon? If so..
run away! The owner is a lunatic!
TRX, inc. in Oregon
I work for TRX, inc. out of Oregon. I'm very happy with the company, their respect for the MTs and how they treat their people. Not sure what the other person is talking about. I've never heard of or had a bad experience with them. I would highly recommend this company. They're one of the few that are trying to train new MTs in our profession as well as trying to keep the experienced MT. Good luck to you and please use your own judgement. :)
Oregon
Electric was $23 and gas was $17 -- 1000 sq foot house on the river. Guess I won't complain, don't have a/c -- just fans but I can deal with the heat. Highest bill this last winter was over Christmas with Christmas lights, cold -- gas $87 and electric $67. Work at home also. I think I will stay where I am.
In Oregon
The problem that people are having in Oregon is that the owners of the park are selling the land to developers and suddenly the people have to move their mobile home which sometimes costs more than the land is worth. So that is one problem we have been having here. Condo might be better if you don't want a lot of maintenance.
Patti
If you are in Oregon
Providence Health Systems is just now switching over to Escription- I'm a little leery of it, I hope it ends up being as great as they say. I am a confirmed mouseaholic and really struggling with it.
Oregon salaries
I am tired of being called a liar that I embelish my income, etc. So I just called 10 MT's out here in Oregon that I have known for quite a while and they all hit between 45 and 60K this year. Of course we do all the accounts that you a lot of you don't like to do which involve pick-up, delivery, printing, the smaller one to two doctor offices, being friendly and interactive with the staff. And we keep our line charge lower that a lot of you like and some of you have told me that I am bringing the MT world down by working for this amount -- we all charge between 10.5 to 12.5 cpl using Sylcount. Through all of this, and none of us work more than 45 hours per week -- me I am the highest, most work 30 to 35 hours, we have made the money and so I guess we are doing something right. To those that say we are padding our incomes --I think you are all jealous and just don't have the umph to go out and do it. And yes, we have ESL's and some work hospital overflow, surgical center, Wound Clinic, clinics, psych reports. There are other niches out there --ya gotta have the drive and the umph to go and get them.
Live in Oregon...
and I had bilateral cataracts done about 2 years ago. I had no insurance and had to pay for the whole thing myself. Including absolutely everything (even anesthesiology) it was right around $7000, but I have a feeling it depends on what state you live in. I have to tell you though it is definitely worth it...my eyes were in terrible shape and I had to get it done or lose my driver's license...afterward (and I had worn glasses all my life) I only need the reading-type of glasses you get at the drug stores. It is so awesome!!!
Good luck!
Oregon -- really varies
11 t0 14 cpl small MTSO 12 to 18 large MTSO. Really varies around here and also depends on whether you deliver, print, or all by digital.
When you turn 18 here in Oregon....sm
the check automatically gets sent to the child by the state. My husband has paid over $1000 a month in support for over 8 years, now down to $700 a month because one child dropped off at 21. All CS is now a garnishment, so the state cuts a check. When the support obligation ends whoever is paying the support has to notify the court that the child has turned 21 or whatever age is in the divorce decree and then the court will issue an end to the child support. My husband's decree says to age 21 and they must be attending college full-time, at least 14 credits. If my step-daughter doesn't carry 14 credits for even one term the support ends and she has to petition to get it back, but only if her dad agrees to it.
Oregon too...$160 last month....
everything electric, no A/C (live in the Coast Range, don't really need it) but have an electric fence that is always on to keep the horses in and the usual appliances, etc. It was only $63 for May, but we were gone on vacation for the month so no hot water use, etc. Got an energy efficient washer and dryer a couple of months ago, has really helped out the bill too.
Oregon weather
It is cold in the morning but dry and sunny throughout the day up to about 50. Beautiful on the river. Know that our wet weather is coming soon though. Gotta run and make deliveries.
Oregon in house
Oregon,Portland is 18.41 to 22 per hour with good benefits and they will move you home after six months of training, but you do have fixed hours to work just at home.
Here in Oregon -- Comcast and what we did
I live on a floating home here in Portland and several of us were having that problem with Comcast and it was because the wiring or the cables were old and going bad. Enough of us complained and I went pretty high up to complain and they finally rewired or re-cabled and now have not had a problem in over 3 years. You need to keep complaining, call for a repair man to come out, keep your repair sheets with why they came out, and even if it goes back up get the repair guy out to check things out. The cost of sending them out is quite high for them. But keep calling and complaining, an squeeky wheel does get oiled. I was very nice at first, then started calling locally and losing it a little bit I did get results.
When I subbed in Oregon, my MTSO SM
charged $6 a page and paid me $4 a page...I thought that was awesome! Good luck to your friend.
Chickadee
Satellite recommendations - Oregon
I'd appreciate any recommendations from folks living in central or north-central Oregon and using satellite for transcription. Thanks!
Providence - I know that they hire only those who live in Oregon. nm
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That is true, when you sign up you sign up from the
day your former insurance terminated. Then it is on a month to month basis.
With a $ sign, yes it is...without, it...
is only 7-1/4 100ths. Decimals. Get it????? The whole number without the decimal isn't dollars and cents. It's just a number.
She has no sign that says that but obviously you do.
She has worked in nothing but the best behavior. She kept her chin up and kept morale up while she was working way too many hours with way too little time off.
I dont know where you come off saying that other than thinking that you must have that sign on YOUR back. Don't transfer your stuff to someone else. Have a nice night.
Well it's just the way I am. I sign my name to almost SM
everything I post. I'll admit I've gone anonymous a few times, but it is rare. I'm just not going to do it. I stand behind anything I say - if it's wrong, then I made a mistake, I wasn't trying to hornswoggle anybody.
It is easy to see the culprit behind these MTs who can't make any money. You hear people talking about "platforms" and searching for demographics, etc. That's the problem.
I work for somebody for whom I am a source of income, not a cost center. The faster I am, the more we both make.
I do use my Expanders - a lot - and I've used the same shortcuts for years. But the main thing is that I work in Word without worrying about how some unit secretary is going to pull up the report I just typed. The company I work for isn't there to make sure the consultant on 4E can see the work quickly without shuffling papers. They're there to produce a fast and accurate medical record - period.
That other stuff is for the hospital to worry with, and the hospital I work for has some kind of system where my Word documents go in their system in batches. I wouldn't pretend to know what that is, LOL, but I'm not crippling along on a program that was designed for everybody but ME, and that's what happens at these big companies. They have to have a selling point, and that seems to be it.
"Here, let us do your transcription. Here's how it works. The MT types your report, it goes into the chart electronically. And the stuff is all there for the data miners, too, so everybody can like us!" This was true for Dictaphone, Lanier, everybody. They all had to have an angle for everybody in the hospital and the MT was left sucking hind teat, as we say out in the country.
Been there and done that and would only go back if I had absolutely no other choice. As much as I love this profession, I couldn't figure out why people gripe about not making money so much - and then I went to work for a national and found out real quick. 
My sign is Leo...nm
Before you sign
I don't know what they are charging you but I talked to several before I went with Trinity Debt Management whose name was given to me by my church and they were the cheapest. But I still ended up filing a Chapter 13 because of a divorce that cost me so much I could not pay the bills. But I did start with them and they were very nice. It cost $50 to start the program but their monthly maintenace fees were way cheaper than the other major ones I talked with. Some wanted as much as $100 to $150 per month to manage my account that was a payment to a bill. But I chose the Chapter 13 repayment program and pay $300 a month for three years to the courts and they pay it out and the balances are then wiped clear. I only had to pay partial attorney fees, mainly filing fees, the rest was put into the monthly fee. I still feel bad but at least am paying something. But there is nothing you can do when you go from two paychecks to one and doesn't feel the bills are his responsibility. Good luck. Just thought I would mention them.
Patti
she did sign for 3 yrs but if we all....nm
No, and don't ever sign...
Any type of contract or agreement that has that clause in it! Be aware!
They probably won't sign
They will probably hee and haw and not sign a contract or they put in whereas for "cause they can terminate the service immediately" or with 15 to 30 days notice they can terminate the service without cause. So with or without a contract they will terminate her services when they find someone else if that is what they are doing. Who knows I could be wrong and will probably get my goose cooked for working now for 15 years without contracts and have to eat my words. Time will tell.
I would sign....but
I won't spend $2 to do it!! Rip....
Where do I sign up?
 I would sure like to meet you in person...I've been an MT for 42 years (started at age 17 when transcription was still lumped in under "Medical Secretary." I have worked in all venues of transcription...clinic, MTSO and legal...but never found the time to actually get all the credentialing an MT needs in the current environment. After "proving" myself, I was promoted to supervisory level and my greatest pleasure was "helping" other MTs as I had been helped in my early years. If you ever implement your "program", let me know because I'll sign up anytime/anywhere!! 
You don't want to sign it off any other way or ...
...you will not get credit for your lines. Use the unknown patient MRN, type it and sign if off. Follow your company/client's specifications on how to accomplish that.
I do want to sign it off
because it is a personal letter and he does not want it on the hospital system. I would be typing it in Word and be paid separately. He has quite a few of these he wants done. The point is he doesn't want the lines in the system. Thank you.
Then don't sign it
Don't agree to it and don't sign it and if you do, then don't whine about it.
That would be the first sign of
epicondylitis (better known as tennis elbow). This is
very common in repetitive movement in the hand/wrist, which of course all MT's apply themselves to day after day. I experienced that for the first time in my MT life 1-1/2 years ago, very painful. After viewing articles via Internet, this totally alleviated the problem as follows. One hour before starting work, take 600 mg ibuprofen, buy a tennis elbow brace or 2, I just had it in the left hand, you wear it approximately 1/2 inch "below" the epicondyle everyday constantly that you work...within at least 4 weeks, you will find that you no longer have the pain, thus can now stop the ibuprofen, but continually wear the tennis elbow brace while working to avoid recurrence of the problem.
s/l MOSES sign.
EXTREMITIES: The patient does have +2 pitting edema bilaterally without any erythema, warmth, or tenderness to palpation along the calves. He has negative _____ and Homan sign
brudzinski sign???- sm
Have you ever seen this dictated as part of HEENT exam on history and physical exam.
please sign this petition...
I received this from my sister, please pass it on. It is very important. It may not be LEGAL, but it is important... just click on the link, then click on the sign petition...let's make our voices heard on this issue...please also pass it on.. .
Mastectomy Bill in Congress:
It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very important...please take
the time and do it really quick!
Breast Cancer Hospitalization Bill - Important legislation for all
women.
Please send this to everyone in your address book. If there was ever
a time when our voices and choices should be heard, this is one of those
times. If you are receiving this it's because I think you will take the
30 seconds to go and vote on this issue and send it on to others you know
who will do the same.
There's a bill called the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act which
will require insurance companies to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital
stay for patients undergoing a mastectomy. It's about eliminating the
"drive-through mastectomy" where women are forced to go home hours after
surgery against the wishes of their doctor, still groggy from anesthesia
and sometimes with drainage tubes still attached.
Lifetime Television has put this bill on their web page with a
petition drive to show your support. Last year over half the House
signed on.
PLEASE!! Sign the petition by clicking on the web site below. You
need not give more than your name and zip code number.
http://www.lifetimetv.com/health/breast_mastectomy_pledge.html
I would not sign it, seems like they have something to hide
to sign it. Obviously they are trying to protect themselves from a MQ type of situation. Makes you wonder though?
No, I didn't sign up,
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Did not sign for Ipay
I did not want to join Ipay..however, I should still get a check if Im owed one, right?
Not many. We're too far away. I tried to sign up to take in
a child who hadn't found his or her parents, but most of them have extended families and I'd have to be registered as a foster parent.
What a deal! Where do I sign up????
There's a sign o' the times, eh?
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do NOT sign any such agreement
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I had a chance to sign up.
My ex-employer was into it. There were some local people who did well with it and were in that upper group. Also, I had the opportunity to check out some of the tapes without buying. I still never found the money to get started. Now I am glad I didn't.
Have to sign contract and
have to give a month notice if I do not like it, or feel it will not make enough money. It is user friendly and can use expanders.
Sign on Bonuses
When are sign on bonuses, relocation assistance, usually paid out?
THE SIGN ON MY DOOR
WE ARE UNABLE TO ANSWER THE DOOR TO UNSCHEDULED CALLERS. PLEASE PHONE AHEAD. No soliciting. No trespassing.
I may peep out the window to see who is out there, but they cannot see me and I will not answer it. Later on you can always tell them you were in the shower, bathroom, phone conference, etc. and did not hear the door or could not leave your meeting.
Ask yourself -- would people let you walk into their office building and interrupt them on their job if they were at their desk on the phone with the boss or a client? NOT.
It's the Homans sign
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Sign of the times
Both Mary Kay and Avon have great eye products. Try ebay for a great price on them. You might even find a sample--I know there were samples of Mary Kay's Eye Creme at one time.
or she could just sign CallMeKikki
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I would never sign one if asked.
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First of all, did she sign a contract?
If you did not have her sign a contract, then you can just let her go with no notice. If you did have her sign a contract, then just give her a reminder of what is expected of her as stated in the contract. This is why contracts are so important. It gives you something to stand behind your expectations are not being met. As a professional, you can't just keep someone on because you like them. You need to have someone you can count on even you don't particularly like them.... JMO.
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