If IC could continue to do p.r.n. stats, but I
Posted By: would chg out the wazzoo for that. nm on 2008-02-20
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- If IC could continue to do p.r.n. stats, but I - would chg out the wazzoo for that. nm
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But you know, the companies probably do charge more for stat turnaround of work so it makes sense if MTs are being hired for the purpose of doing stats that their line rate would be more. There would probably be a 2 hour TAT required for the work. and the MT would have to be available regardless if there was work "just in case". I asked the question because a friend of mine has been working for a company that pays 2 cents a line more for stat work (taking her cpl from a normal of 10.5 to 12.5 cents just for stats, and to 11.5 cpl for urgent reports that I think she has 5 hours to do) so I was wondering what the going rate was for MTs doing stat work only. I asked around about the company advertising 14 cpl for the stat work and couldn't find anything bad about them.
are you the only one getting stats? Ask. nm
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stats
Why are all the stat reports I get difficult dictators? Do no normal-speaking docs need their reports back quickly? I don't mind now and then, but sometimes it is report after report, all stats, all difficult dictators.
Here are my stats
In 1976-77 I was making 6 cpl, plus we had a $75 CASH bonus (real money - didn't have to pay taxes on it) for whoever did the most lines each month.
Later moved to a co. that paid by the hour. I was getting about $12/hour in 1979 at that co.
Changed again in the 80's, and in the 90's, was making about $23/hour for a 40-hr week.
Back to per-line in the 21st century. Pay better? No way! Per-line it's about 9 cpl, but per hour worked, it comes out to about $6.50 to $7/hour for a 60-70 hr week - below min. wage. And that's for 35 years of experience.
Facts and stats
Facts and stats are always interesting but fail to include things like the absolute lack of respect for what we do. When the medical records industry needed more MTs, the only innovative thing they have tried is sending the work offshore. No one in the industry has figured out that in order to attract and retain good MTs, you need to respect them, pay them what their worth and stop telling them they are a profession when their pay is based on piecework.
There's probably something terrible about them. Normally don't get more for stats. nm
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I get 0.08 for everything, nothing extra for STATs. nm
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does anybody get paid extra for doing STATs? sm
if so, how much of a difference to you get for STATs versus normal cues? i am tired of getting hounded by STATs cuz they are "urgent" but yet no extra compensation for them. these days it seems over half my work load is STATs and my TAT is 24 hours for my regular pay versus 4 hours for STATs with no extra money. 
I get stats all day long, no extra $$.
Personally, I love the pressure...almost feel like I'm needed for a few minutes there ;-) Sick, I know.
I'm also an on-call person on nights and weekends every other week or so and I honestly really enjoy that...THAT I get paid extra for and that gig is SWEET!
Shorthand users - what are your stats?
Hi all. I was just playing around with my ShortHand program and noticed the stats button and it has been keeping track of my percentage typed and how much time it saves.
It was at 32% that Shorthand typed for me, and it saved me over a year of typing since 2005. LOL.
I reset it and it was at 42% with just 3 reports. It will be interesting to see what it will be Monday evening!
DQS line count stats so far today for me
approximately 4 hours (not deducting bathroom breaks and moving around every hour or so because of a broken tailbone): 668 lines on transcription, 218 lines on ASR (just started ASR this week). I've been on DQS nearly a year though. Some days its better, some not. If I work consistently without distractions it's usually decent.
Mine did too by making a job stats invisible until it was in our lap!!!
Yeah!
do not find the same stats in medical journals...sm
I try to stay with reputable sites that tend to be more objective, or search in the journals such as JAMA.
Here's what the National Institute of Mental Health's site said - put it at 2.9%.
"Stimulant use among U.S. children ages 18 and younger had increased sharply from 0.6 percent in 1987 to 2.7 percent in 1997. By 2002, however, the estimated use was only 2.9 percent, suggesting that the rate of use has leveled off. Use was highest among 6- to 12-year-olds (4.8 percent), and lowest among children under 6 years old (0.3 percent). The low rate among preschoolers was also the most stable, countering fears that preschoolers' use of ADHD medications is escalating"
The reason why older kids have a higher percentage of using medications is by then the parents have chased down all the "natural" remedies and supplements and tried taking out sugar-- and found they don't work in the vast majority of cases.
the properties stats still do not count headers.
Do a test to prove it. Type one word in the document and one word in the header and you will only see a count for the word in the body of the document.
Stats during normal working hours are one thing
but being paged at un-Godly hours ???  It's just not worth the aggravation,IMO.
I had no idea how many minutes I type in a day, so I checked some stats today....
I did 72.53 minutes and it took me about 6.5 to 7 hours.
I'm expensive, .15 & .17 for my accounts, no extra for stats which are rare. Bay area CA. nm
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I have always said and will continue
to say that you can take all the classes you want for this job, but it's on the job training that is best. I have seen the on line course that our local college offers, and it makes no sense to me. Yeh, you have to know grammar, etc., but the in depth English course that you have to take is crazy! You have to understand the doc, know terminology for sure, have lots of referrences and definitely know where a period and comma goes, but ultimately, isn't it up to the person dictating to be clear and know how they want the report to go. It's not a job everyone can do that's for sure, but it's definitely a job that requires you to gain experience by actually doing it.
I was thrown into transcription at age 18 at a clinic that I worked for, didn't know anything about it, and it showed in the reports...I stuck in there though because I had no choice, and when I think back to all the crap I took from docs because I really didn't have a clue...I feel lucky, but that feeling is slowly going away becasue of all the new rules, technology, etc., but I guess that's the way it goes, things evolve, times change. That's why anyone who comes to me for advice about this type of job, I say, now especially, always have a plan B.
If you continue to work for them under these
circumstances and accept their policies by continuing to work there, why would they change.
They are getting away with it because you continue to work
for them, even though they are cheating you.
There should be clear written guidelines as to how they count lines and you should have a system to keep track of lines independently of SS. If there is a discrepancy it needs to be addressed. You can file a complaint with the labor board if you can document discrepancy, also file with Attorney General.
If you know there is a problem and you continue to work there you basically say it is okay for them to screw you.
Not really trying to continue stirring the pot, but...
it really does seem that those with a negative view just LOVE to post here. Honestly, that fact doesn't mean a whole lot, since I agree that there are probably many, many MTs with positive viewpoints on most any subject here...they just don't post. Who knows why? Not me. Maybe they are positive people who want to stay feeling that way and don't want to get slammed, so they don't post.
I know, someone will now tell me that I can't speak for others. I'm not. I'm just pondering the reasons for the ABUNDANT negative posts vs. the piddly amount of positive posts on most every subject. 
My point is I'm sure HappyMQ'r is not alone in her happiness with MQ. She's just more verbal than some. 
Why do you continue to call
people fat and ugly?
If you continue to speak to me
like that I will ban you from my site. Now, I'm trying to relate to you guys by being honest. You should appreciate that.
are not that nice, but they continue....sm
to take classes and learn even if they are OLD MDs. I have been treated in France and England and yes, their offices are not SPECTACULAR AND FANCY like most of ours in the USA....but they treat people really nice and are very thorough.....esp in American Hospital in France.
I have spent YEARS in Europe.........and prefer the medical system there than here.
If we built and continue...
....to build corporations in Mexico, they why in the world do they keep coming over here for work?
I totally understand where you're coming from. I have had many family members and friends lose jobs they have worked at for 25+ years. It's a shame this continues to go on. Maybe our political postions should be outsourced to the American people, not the high-rollers who are put there because of WHO they know and NOT because they care about us!
I am bilingual. Please continue SM
thinking that you should not have to learn another language, you will be one less person I will have to compete with in the global economy.
want to continue using her service. If he says
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Well, for example- I want to continue to work
Who told you your full retirement is age 70?? On my papers from social security (and the person there told me same plus another person I spoke with from social security) that full retirement is for me age 66, last year it was 65. Who in the world told you full retirement was 70? Do this, just call social security on Monday and ask them. Simple. What you started off saying and the reason people talked about behind bars and the like, sounds like you wanted to be "employee" of husband, he could pay you, sounds totally underhanded- that is what I thought as well as others on here. I work as independent and pay my own taxes, nothing to do with husband's during the year.
I feel the same way. If we continue to use VR, then
our typing skills will get weak and thus if and when we do need to do straight transcription, we will be a low slower because we are not typing every day. I love to type and that is one of the main reasons I became a medical transcriptionist.
Why do continue to work as an MT then?
I work for 8 cpl and earn approximately $4000 a month working an easy clinic account like the OP. Even setting aside a generous 30% for taxes and paying for insurance, my take home pay is around $2500. Not bad for an easy clinic job with little stress. If I was working acute care or a lot of difficult ESLs, then yes, I would expect to be paid more.
How long would you continue to do work for someone sm
when your check didn't come when it was supposed to? It is a week late now, saying it was mailed when supposed to be mailed to the correct address but i have not received it yet. I now already have 2 weeks worth of pay supposed to be on next check. At what point would you not do any more work until receiving payment? I have worked for this small MTSO for about 10 months now and never a problem before. Just leiry as the more I type, the more income i am wondering if i will receive. Not idea if it truly wasn't mailed or if lost somewhere in the mail.
It was so good. I was thinking they were going to continue it
again. I just love George, Patrick Dempsey ain't bad to look at either. What did Izzy used to be in?. She looks so familiar but I don't recognize her name.
I will no longer continue to bicker with you...
I mentioned one word being misspelled, as I stated above, not the typos. It was the most important word of the post N-I-E-C-E. Relax.
I'm not a national MT service but I will continue to use IC's
as I believe I can meet the burden of proof required by IDES and IRS.
they will continue to offer low wages because there is always SOMEONE who will take it!
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Ice first, heat later. Continue to move around some.
Bed rest is not actually recommended anymore. Avoid riding in moving vehicles as that will be the most painful time, trust me.
Okay, just for grins and giggles, to continue
I just brought up that document from last night that I had in Word - and this is what I came up with:
5889 characters w/o spaces divided by 65 gives you 90.6 lines
6959 characters w/spaces divided by 65 gives you 107.06 lines
6959 characters w/spaces divided by 55 gives you 126.5 lines
Anyway, I am no math genius - and my husband helped me last night to figure out the percentage - but there was a 15.4% difference between 65 character line with and w/o - you will have to do the math yourself to figure out the % difference between your 55 character line - but w/o spaces you definitely lose and looks to be substantial difference when you factor in your 55 character line. Good luck!! It sure made our decision easier! :))
What is worse are companies that continue to use
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Why in the world would you continue to work
out there? Are you mentally challenged???
I would advise you to continue teaching! nm
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Word ? DO NOT go on this board, but people continue
to post them. Administrators have continuously posted DO NOT post word questions here. Most everything else is allowed unless people get ugly and then they are told to take it elsewhere. If you want to play you need to follow the rules.
patience prudence..keep notes and continue to try.
I have 26 years experience, continue to learn every day. nm
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Thank you. As long as we accept payment like that, they will continue to do it.
If we do not accept jobs that pay without spaces, then they will realize that we are not going to continue to do something for nothing. How many of you do several things throughout the day at no charge? Now this...
Anybody go south for winter and continue working?
Hubby and I are thinking of going south for the first time this coming winter. I've found some sublets with internet access, mostly wireless, one wired. My work uses DocQScribe and internet based. I use a desktop computer for work but have a laptop capable of the job.
Have any of you done this? If so, what was your experience? Any tips or precautions as far as wireless internet security? At home we have a wired network with a hardware firewall/router so no experience with wireless. I'm not high tech but not a complete novice either.
As for paying bills and accessing cash in a different locale, did you use online banking and ATMs or some other method? I confess some hesitation about online banking even though most of my friends and neighbors have used it for years!
Thanks to anyone who can help. 
just wondering - but why do people continue to work for a company - sm
that has no work or keeps running out? I'm not asking this in a sarcastic tone, I'm actually being very serious. When I posted my resume on MTstars bank, I was FLOODED with calls from transcription companies. Might I suggest, if people are not happy where they are currently working, to just post your resume on MTstars and wait for the calls to come in.
It's just a thought. And again, I am not being sarcastic, I'm being serious!
It amazes me that places can continue to get new accounts when they do not pay their employees and h
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INDIA WILL CONTINUE LEADING US-BEEN OVERSEAS AND SEEN POVERTY!!!!!
 So many of us do not know what it is like to live in poverty. India is still divided between the rich and poor. Consequently, that leaves the so many of the poor to work like dogs just to support themselves and their extended family members. I am tired of everyone talking about the Indian MTs. We need to be in their shoes also. All and all, AMERICA IS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE!!!!! THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY!!!!
Instant Text can import your SH entries so you can continue
to use those shortcuts you are used to. IT can also import AutoCorrect and AutoText.
I used SH for a whole lot of years and switched to IT and have never looked back!
Labor Stats from Dept of Labor for MT inside
This is quite interesting...it is too long to post here but I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on the statistics. Thanks!
tp://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:eGxrU1X5lOEJ:www.bls.gov/oco/ocos271.htm+how+much+to+become+certified+Medical+Transcription&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
Unfortunately it is legal..so yes it is business and they will continue with bad business practices
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