India Irked

Half of Indian Outsourcing Professionals Skeptical Of Obama--According to a survey done by bpovoice.com (a business processing outsourcing (BPO) specific social network) 49 per cent of the outsourcing professionals believed that the proposed cut on tax incentives will impact the Indian outsourcing industry adversely,  (Read the rest at the link)  http://www.huliq.com/4669/79456/half-indian-bpo-professionals-are-skeptical-obama

• Tax breaks to companies that outsource overseas... tic tic tic - Stop the Insanity
  • Read this article - Stephanie
    • Just fired off a letter to the author - Babs
  • Before anyone gets the urge to - Researcher
  • His mandatory EHR will hurt MT's. If you dont - believe that, I already know people affected.nm
    • again, making medical record digital does not affect us. - again, you are confused with Point & Click.
      • EHR can encompass many forms of dictation.... - No not exactly
        • right and wrong - J1
    • What is EHR? (no message inside) - NightOwl
      • EHR is the digital storage of - medical records.
  • India Irked - ha.
    • Oh, I feel so BAD for them! - Researcher
    • With billions of people, one would think ... - steady eddie
      • I'm sure they get sick - A.Nonymous

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I am sorry to hear of your loss.  We might as well  face it, this industry is going to the birds.  I have lost four Docs because of outsourcing to India.  It is a shame that the Docs have to find a cheap way out because of all the overhead, malpractice, etc. that they have to pay.  I have been in this for four years and I thank God that I have 12 years doing medical billing, for which I am going back to school to do coding.  There is no job security in this industry, you are treated like dirt, you do not get paid on time and not treated like an employee should be and now EMR.  What is next?  Robots to do patient care?  Good luck to you, but I feel this is just a little wakening up call to all of us that things are changing and not for the good.

One of the reasons there is still such poverty there is that India still has the caste system.  While becoming more westernized has improved the quality of living for the majority of Indians, those in the lower caste are not allowed the same opportunities.  They live in squalor without running water, food, education, etc.

Interesting article in "The Record".  Would love to hear opinions on this. 

http://www.fortherecordmag.com/archives/ftr_08062007p6.shtml

Please tell me they are not only undercutting us in pricing, but they are also getting  a break on the CMT exam?  I am "saving up" to take it! – see below from MT India

I'm not real sure I see your point. 

I'm not being difficult.  I just don't understand how a fire would cause companies to not outsource.

There were fires in California.  There was a hurricane in Texas.  I am quite sure these two disasters did not spare places where medical records are kept. 

Have received three phone calls from India...I can tell by the accent (I transcribe a lot of Indian doctors). The first two calls were just stuttering around, wanting my name, etc. The last one was Sunday night at 9:00 p.m., woke me up. I was furious and asked him if he knew what time it was. He said he had no idea, but started with that "your name please", etc. I yelled "don't ever call this number again", and I hung up. I have passed this around at work, and some people are getting calls from India...I think they get us off the computer some way. Anybody else having this happen?