I have a very good job, top of the line
Posted By: sm on 2009-04-28
In Reply to: As far as I know...there are none like that - Colleen
pay, but my company very rarely advertises because no one leaves.
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Yes if gross line or 65 character line with spaces....Good Deal!!! nm
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Good line counts. Do you do 16,000/pay (sm)
working part-time with MQ? How many lines per day are you doing, and how many hours? Hope you don't mind sharing the information.
How to get a good line count on DQS
Yes, and here is another tip that would help a lot of people:
For some reason the DQS mindset is to put everybody on everything.....In other words, they like to put multiple accounts in your pool. The thought here, of course, is to improve TAT on all accounts.
However, the problem is this. One account has certain banned abbreviations while another account has other banned abbreviations. One account has special rules that the next account does not --- and the next account has its own special rules.
Out of 10 reports, you may get 3 ds from account A, 2 ER reports from account B, 1 H&P from account C, 4 ops from account D.
What management needs to understand is that this is NOT productive. You have to stop and rethink the "rules" between each report and check the client profile or make needless mistakes. This may seem to be a small consideration but it definitely impacts speed/production/TAT.
Each MT should make it know in very clear terms (and you may have to repeat yourself every couple of weeks on this) that you can only juggle a certain number of accounts without negatively impacting your production (which impacts their profit margin and TAT by the same level of negativity).
get a good line count
Switching back and forth like that, you can't get a good line count.
good line count on DQS?
my sentiments exactly!!
What is a good per line rate?
Have not worked in a while. Interview today in an hour.
what is a good line pay rate
I just got hired on for .0975 cpl which is pretty good I think in today's market. I also get paid for spaces, headers and footers but the characters per line is 74. All in all, I thought this was pretty good but I do have 15 years experience. Also, there is incentive pay as well as bonuses for typing 1000 lines per day. I think I have done pretty well but will have to get started to see first. 
OK, so what IS a good line rate
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How do I get a good line count...?
...when I keep getting different accounts and different doctors. I see people on here who say they can make 1200 or 1600 lines a day. What kind of account are you on that you can do that consistently. I have been doing this for almost 16 months now and if I am left alone on my usual account, which is a ER account with some pretty bad Southern dictators and a few ESL doctors that no one used to want to do, I can do right around 150 lines and hour, but now it seems that we have lost part of the ER account and I am getting consults and discharge summaries from 3 other accounts with a ton of ESL and no samples for anything. Something like this seems to happen every time I get to where I am getting my lines in a reasonable time. What are some suggestions for increasing my line count on discharge summaries and consults.
Good line counts
The most obvious way to get a good line count is for the MTSO to match up skills of an MT with a specific account and/or doctor. We cross-train our ICs so they can cover another account if their doc is low or another IC is out, but each MT has their primary (or group of primary) dictator.
We also use standardized formats with the headings and even some of the standard exams that some docs use. MPWord is a dream for this.
Another is the amount of time you spend. We have some ICs who work only on one doctor and do not want more than part time and do only 300-500 lines a day. Some do 1000 to 1200 in 8 hours. Others do 1200 to 1500 a day but may work a couple of extra hours. Lots of factors.
What is a good line rate for radiology?
Currently being paid by report, 10 years experience. TIA
I didn't have good luck on-line until...sm
I registered with eHarmony. I've found the guy that I believe is my soul mate and we're still taking things a day at a time but enjoying every minute of our relationship.
Is 9cpl a good line rate
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Getting good line counts with discharges
Are there any secrets? Normally, I do all operative reports, but recently having to do DS, which I am not accustomed to doing regularly. How do you increase speed, besides utilizing the ShortHand entries.
If I am figuring it right, its about .0657 a line, not good - sm
I am going on the premise that a word is considered 5 characters (you should ask them what they consider a word), so 1000 words would be 5000 characters/65 = 76 lines. Take 5/76 and you get .0657 a line...also are spaces figured in, from the sounds of it I doubt it. Ask questions.
You can make more than that per line, but at 125 lph, not a good living. Have to do at least 300 lp
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I would have to say that $.08/line is very good pay for one year experience.sm
The company I work for raise the line rate every two years. I rely a lot on my Expander program. Good luck!
Good luck, what line are work are you in now? nm
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A good line count is not possible in most cases.
I work on an average of 8 or 9 diffenent accounts a day, with as many as 16. Of course I was promised a "primary".
What is considered a good line rate...sm
for working 3rd shift (graveyard). If you work nights, could you let me know what your line rate is? TIA
Webmedx 10 cents a line sounds good!
Do they have lots of work and not run out a lot? Can you have a more "flexible" schedule as an IC? Last but not least - the tax issue: Is it difficult doing your own taxes when an IC? Thanks for any help you can give.
OPs are the kicker with good easy line counts.nm
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WHAT IS A GOOD LINE RATE FOR EDITING POSITION?nm
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10 cents a line, 350 lph sounds pretty good to me!
I've got 30 years experience and I've not found to setup you have..Be very careful about changing. I've been looking for over a year and not found anything close to what you say you have. I've also worked for a company for over a year now and still get doctors whom I have never transcribed before.. almost on a nightly basis!
Is 9.5 cents per line a good rate using Meditech?
This is for a radiology account. TIA
It's easy but about 1/2 good, 1/2 bad as to the line counting. May posts if you
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Is 9 cpl, based on a 55 black character line good pay?
I think I explained that okay. Basically, a 55-character line, black, and pay is 9 cpl per line. I was not sure how this compared to 65-character line with spaces at 8 cpl etc. Any help out there?
Absolutely not! Most editors do not charge by the line. A good editor
knows that line pay is not fair pay, or let's say a quality editor knows that line pay is not fair pay. I have done some VR editing and believe me, the ones I did you literally had to retype the whole report. Figure out an hourly rate that would work for you and don't take anything less. Editors or QA people should not be paid on production. That's the final step to quality and some of these groups, services, will learn that one day! Some of the better ones already know that.
Sound is usually good. Separate line is better if you don't want to tie up your main phone all
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Starting pay is 6 cents a line, fairly good account stability.
I had lots of ESLs. Benefits are okay. They have a new, stricter QA policy in place with new compensation, hard to get a 98 or above as it is by the BOS. It was okay, but couldn't make any decent money. Need to be a super high producer.
An excellent platform and a good line rate with plenty of work -
Then leave me alone and let me do my thing! :-)
Line counting software - Need a good program. Have used MPCount in the past, but now
cannot download the old one, as it has been replaced by some new version, which I don't like. Can anyone recommende a good line counting program. Thanks.
This is becoming the normal, unfortunately. To get assigned docs & accts. makes for good line
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Means gross line is a good way to get paid, but is rarely offered anymore. nm
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It's Dictaphone's ExText and it's good/easy, but some feel the line counts are skewed at
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Check the MT jobs available. Nowadays 8 or 9 cents a line is considered good for experienced MTs.
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A gross line is anything on a line is a line. A line set at 65 characters means it sm
has 1-inch margins on each side. The maximum number of characters on that line would be 65 and that includes spaces. If there is 1 character on that line it is a line.
A standard 65-character line usually consists of 65 characters with spaces unless, of course, the employer does not pay for spaces and then it would be 65-characters without spaces.
The line rate sounds pretty good compared to other places - by "punch the clock", you mean
it really is not a flexible schedule, even for an IC? That's what I need the most.
Anything on the line makes up a line even if just one letter or number. Every line of print is a
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Gross line = each line on page counts as a line, even if it's only 1 word. nm
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Gross line means anything on a line is counted as a line.
You can get an idea in the difference using documents you have already created, assuming you're working in Word. Simply open a document and check the properties. Click on the statistics tab and you will see the number of lines as well as characters with and without spaces. If you're currently getting paid by the line and a line is 65-characters with spaces, do the math and see how that number of lines compares with the number of lines in your stats.
One thing to keep in mind: if you have a blank line between paragraphs, instead of hitting the enter key twice, format your document to give the appearance of blank lines between paragraphs.
Gross line, also including blank lines because my line rate is so low. It all works out in the wash.
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$.06 gross line / .70 = approximately $.0857 cents per 65 character line.
A gross line is anything on a line versus 65 gross characters per net line the other way. You make more money working for the gross line than for the 65 gross character line, as long as the line rate's OK.
A gross line is any line with typewritten characters on it - no matter how long or SM
how short. So your gross lines may be longer than 65 characters, but you get credit even for a line as short as "Sincerely,". If your gross lines are not being counted that way, then you are not being counted on gross lines and are probably getting screwed. I'd look into that if I were you.
1) do you have a contract stating line counting and line rate,sm
if you look at the IRS website it's pretty clear what constitutes IC versus SE versus employee. You might want to photocopy that along with a copy of your contract with your next invoice and also put on the invoice any monies due from past invoices they "changed"...maybe catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Good luck!
New England, 16.50/hr, 8 cents a line after minimum line count..
full benefits available with general contribution by the hospital before you start paying for them, retirement, 403b, all benefits, and working at home as an employee, BUT, you have to live local to the hospital.
I changed my line to a business line, talked to a supervisor sm
at SBC, told him what I was using the service for, and got the okay to use it -- $49/month unlimited.
I have also used The Neighborhood, and their unlimited is truly unlimited. I also explained to them when I signed up what I was using it for and their comment was "unlimited means just that -- unlimited, no matter what." I cannot remember how much they were, but it might be worth checking into for you. (www.theneighborhood.com)
Good luck!
What is the average line/hour for a 65 character line with spaces? NM
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Curious, do most IC's usually charge by the gross line or 65 character line?
Thank you~
it certainly is not pay worthy at 4.5 line or 3 line. I know the companies cram it down our throats
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That still is not a paid line rate. If your base is $0.10 per line, it will be $0.08 cpl.
Considering other companies pay 4 or 5 cents per line for VR - you are still making out.
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