I wish they would pay by the hour because with sm

• How really do you make money? - Newbie
  • MT is history. - Almost Gone.
    • Very true, it's getting worse (sm) - Peanuts
    • I agree. - sm
      • People have been saying that for years and years - SM - SH
        • Non-essential personnel. - Almost Gone
        • What are you going to do in 10 years when - you're replaced by automation?
  • I wish they would pay by the hour because with sm - Outsider looking in
  • Try to get you old job back, I'd kill for $500 a week after taxes- nm - xxx
  • (1) Don't work for a national. (2) Don't work for a national. (3) Don't work for a nation - That about covers it.
    • Wrong: $60K here with national. What she needs is experience. SM - MT
      • I produced what you do and made less - Borgontia
        • Thanks for doing the math (sm) - LOL
      • I agree with your post - Stephanie
      • Well I at least I am fortunate to have a job I guess - Newbie
    • I am going to look into getting another job - Yes I understand what your saying
      • Boy I cannot complete a sentence my posts look like VR - Yes I understand what your saying

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     I did 556 lines. That's par for the course for me when I use the keyboard rather than VR - 250 to 275 lines per hour. But I'm no macro or expander expert so I type out about 50-75% of the work.

There is no decent line rate for QA.  Hourly only.  If you take the line pay, you will force QA pay down.

As independent, I charge 12 to 17 per gross line (average 15/line)-  type 10-12 pages per hour -- 300 plus lines ($30 to $50 per hour).  Have phone-in dictation system.  Deliver hard copies.  Multiple accounts with up to 15 physicians, plus overflow work.  Major account has 40+ reports a day.  Always have work!  Been doing this at home since 1990.  Will not do difficult dictators (or charge more and let them know why).  Also charge for copies/stat reports/faxes and delivery.  Provide quality work.  So, the work and the money are out there!

Hi Guys!  I'm an MT with 13+ years of medical records transcription experience.  My job got outsourced and the hospital currently dumped me in a unit clerk position for $15.35 an hour on weekends, and $16.15 for the 3-11 shift.  The work really SUCKS and I miss MT so badly I've taken on some at-home work. 

I found a local hospital that wants to give me a job for $16.50 an hour and they won't BUDGE on the money - even though as an MT I was earning $21 an hour.  THis job is 1/2 pathology MT and half lab secretary work.  They won't even go to $17 an hour - $16.50.  They're checking my references - but I'm soooo unhappy with the money.  The pluses are:  the hospital is 5 miles from my home, the hours are Mon-Fri 9 to 5, 2 additional holidays than my current hospital, free parking, free medical (non-union) job with $5 copays and $0 Rx copay. 

Yes, those are all significant benefits, but aren't the ripping me off with the money?  And the fact they won't budge at all makes me feel they don't really care about hiring me, or not.  The job has been open for 5 months - can't find an MT to do the secy work, and can't find a secy who CAN HANDLE the MT !  HEre I come, well-experienced in both - and the interview went fantastic!. 

So what should I do ?   What do you guys think? 

Thanks!  JoJo

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They're saying they will pay you $50 per audio hour? Let's say you're doing it at a 3:1 ratio, the one hour takes you three hours if you are fast, well, you're still going to want to read it over and proof it. I ask for $75 per audio hour, and that puts me at $25 an hour without the time I spend proofing it. Others ask for $95 and I've heard even $115.

Now, if there are multiple speakers on the audio, you can ask for more too. And depending on turnaround you can ask for rush rates.

Good luck!

Diane

I just... don't know what to say about that.

You are horribly underpaid.  Find a new job.

working for HS and was put on an account for just a while.  This was a surgery center with colonoscopies and ophthalmologic procedures.  There were normals out the *&#)@ and 400 an hour was very easy.  I ended up quiting HS due to the fact they took that account and gave it to a girl that had been caught cherrypicking..  The work was "sporadic" and later found out why...she was taking the best dictators with the most canned text and grabbing them before anyone else. 

So, it can be done, but I think only with extensive use of normals and expanders. 

Watch out for QA positions that are paid by cpl QA'd.  In some instances it may work out fine, but hourly (in my opinion) is the best way to be paid for QA/editing.