I didn't tell that to try to get anything from anyone though it is appreciated.

• My best friend and fellow editor laid off this close to Christmas! sm - NCQA
  • Thread locked; see my post "MONEY". NM - Goldbird (Moderator)
  • Sorry to hear that - xcopper3
  • This happened to a group of us - Winnie
  • Check out the COBRA - jude
    • jude is right. Cobra may not be cheap, but it's cheaper than the surgery. - Cobra should pay if not cosmetic. nm
  • things sometimes work for a reason; maybe surgery would have gone bad - - NM
    • I completely concur. - TIMING is EVERYTHING.
      • yes it is. - no msg
    • Cataract surgery routinely does not "go bad" these days. - In the know
      • I think the difference here is surgeon quality - Me
        • He is a Mayo Clinic doctor - he does a ton... - She is in good hands.
      • I transcribe about 30 of these a week sm - OphthoMT
        • this is interesting and good to know - NM
  • While I am sorry for your friend's situation... - ...
    • Spoken from the true heart of a company owner (inside) - Piedmont
      • so true - jlynn
      • No, you just make YOUR attacks and then say - don't respond. What is that about???? nm
        • Look, I am as tired of everything as everyone. My heart breaks for MTs who cannot buy present for t - Piedmont
          • Enabling so oftened masked as helping. Dont - hurt your elbow patting self on back. nm
            • Enabling post not meant for OP, just Peidmont. - nm
              • You are certainly entitled to your opinion, no one would accuse you of enabling. - Piedmont
          • But just because people are not willing to financially help doesn't make them any less helpful th - MtMom30
            • No, no, I didn't mean that, please, I did not mean that. MTs are the most generous people in the - Piedmont
              • Oh please. - NM
          • "take one line from a post and use it against the person" - read your own quote - you are doing this - no msg
            • off on a tangent huh company owner? - Piedmont
  • Are you talking about MK? If so, - Country MT
    • Never mind, Sorry, just saw - Country MT
      • Yes, MK and I work together. - In the know
        • Really really stinks to fire someone in a conference call for gosh sakes. nm - anon
  • Really a nightmare. How awful. - Could be any of us.
  • What bums!! - wvm
    • What a kind person your are. - Piedmont
    • see inside - the company
    • Yes, it is just awful. Someone did the same to me last year. - NCQA
      • Happened to U but are you now employed, - better company, better situation? nm
      • The one lesson from this is - wvm

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At the end he said, "This is <his name> bumbling through this again.  Thank you so very much." 

Guess it makes me at least feel a little appreciated.

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on JLG and All Type. Speaking with one, actual offer from the other but not sure about either. Concern for more is flexibility which they both promise, but I heard that one before.

I appreciated what you just said in this post about union/organizing/mts....however, I think most of Americans are like this, not just MTs.

In this country, it seems to me (and I'm 3rd-4th generation), it's all about the individual and their pocketbook(s), finding a rare person who does actually  think globally or universally. 

I feel this way politically too....for 6+ years people are complaining, moaning, and groaning about the govt - but not a single person would challenge same govt, only challenging with words and not actions (not enough actions) - so they will continue to moan and groan, not getting off their duffs and doing anything REAL.  

just my nickel's worth.....

I was just told by a company that 8.5 cpl as an IC was too high, even with 20+ years of experience! 

I just recently went back to work in the office at a local hospital. We type in both Meditech and Cerner, depending on what you are typing, i.e. Medical Records reports versus Radiology.  We are currently typing blindly in Meditech, meaning we do not have access to our line counts and must depend on management to give us our totals.  In Cerner, we are able to run a line count report and print out a hard copy of our line counts at the end of the day.

We are finding that 800 lines in Cerner equals about 500 lines in Meditech.  We are not paid per line nor do we have an incentive plan, but we have a new HIM Director who would like to institute an incentive plan and the administrator over our department has laid down the law and decreed that all transcriptionists not making minimum in the department will be written up.  Problem is according to Meditech line totals that we have been given, that would be about half the department.

The transcription supervisor has taken our concerns to the new director who told the MT Supervisor to hold off on writing people and has taken home all the line counts from the last month and she is going over them with a fine tooth comb this weekend.

I am not a very trusting soul by nature, so I am doing a little research on my own.  I've been in this business for about 15 years.  I started out in a hospital and have worked for a few services at home and am now back in the hospital setting.  So I know a few things about line count and I consider myself to be pretty well informed on trends and technology in the industry.   I would like to walk into our next department meeting armed with as much knowledge as possible.  So I have come up with some questions that I would like some fellow MTs to answer, give opinions, and maybe even direct me to websites or individuals who could give me a better understanding of Meditech and Cerner.  Here are my questions:

1. Is it possible for an MT to have access to her line count in Meditech or is strictly a management function?  Any MTs that work in Meditech on this board, do you currently have access to your line counts and if so, how do you check them?  Is it an option on the main menu after you log into Meditech?


2. How is a line defined in Meditech?  (i.e. 65 cpl, with spaces, without spaces)


3. How is a line defined in Cerner?


4. What abbreviation Expanders work with both Meditech and Cerner?


5. Examples of incentive plans (if anyone would like to share that with me that would be great, if not I completely understand).


6. Measuring productivity by minutes of dictation versus typed lines.




1. What would be the minimum minutes required for an 8-hour day?


2. How would one structure an incentive program based on minutes?

I was thinking of presenting the idea that we keep track of productivity using minutes instead of lines since there is such a discrepancy in Meditech.  I also worry that if an incentive plan is put into place and we are still typing blind into Meditech, what's to keep management from shaving off a few lines here and there?

Feel free to email me or post here any responses.  Either is fine.  I really appreciate any input, comments, or just plain old supportive posts would be nice too! 

I feel sorry for the employees.  I can't believe they were making that much inhouse!  I was only making $12.00 and had to answer phones, file, photocopy, greet patient's etc.  I left to do this and actually make a bit more (and saving tons on gasoline), but to be making $150.00 a day and have benefits?  That's gotta hurt.  My former employer "offered" benefits, but my health insurance was nearly $600 a month out of my pocket.  My husband insures us now for half that.  I can't imagine not having that.

I was offended by the part of the article that referred to at home transcriptionists making errors,etc.  I know for a fact that most big companies do not hire "newbies."  My poor niece was under the impression that all she had to do was take the MT course (don't remember the name, but it was a good one).  Even though she graduated early with high honors, she still can't find a job with a national. She found a few local accounts and is only making 5.5 cents per line.

I don't know about everyone else, but I've been doing this for 16 years and I found the "testing" for nationals frustrating!  I thought I failed miserably and was shocked when I was hired as my testing was 98% (2 of four dictators being fast talking ESLs and ER reports which I have never done and won't do again).

Ad in my paper today says:  "You too can work at home!  Become a Medical Transcriptionist!"  Seminar held at the holiday Inn and the ad gives the impression that anyone that can actually use a keyboard will be hired right off and make tons of money.

I'm sure you already know there's lots of information on line.  My guess is that you wanted to hear someone's personal experience with the same problem.  I'm a relative "oldie" myself.  

I also don't have to tell you that your orthopedist is your absolute best and clearest source of information.  The only suggestion I do have is that you develop a list of specific questions to ask him, and only him, during your upcoming appointment.  Good luck. 

...and I suppose you are perfect...never made a mistake or had bad judgement?  This is NOT what she needs right now.  Don't you think she knows she did wrong?  Get over it.  She is asking some very serious questions and doesn't need any moral opinions, okay?