It's plainly written on their pricing page, subscript #3 - sm

• Recommendatios for a TASP for digital files - Diane
  • I just started using "mydocsonline" - no extra fees unlike the one advertising above this - sm - Laura E.
    • USATasp is an easy to use, EXTREMELY cost effective solution. - sm
      • Mydocsonline is much cheaper, about $8 a month vs. the $28 USAtasp would cost me - nm - Laura E.
    • If you're talking about MetroScript, I didn't find that they had any extra fees (sm) - Tuesday
      • It's plainly written on their pricing page, subscript #3 - sm - Laura E.
    • A lot of TASPs - MT
      • I have total control of my account, and as for set up - sm - Laura E.
        • Thanks to all for the information. - Diane

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I don't know what part of the country you're in or how big an area.  When I last had my own accounts about 3 years ago I was charging $5 per page.  Even charging that, it was hard for me to raise my prices since I knew these docs so well and wanted to be fair.  I never got one complaint. 

It'd be interesting to read what others say.  Either way, good luck to you!

I had a call from a psych office to do psych evals.  I had quoted them 12 cents per 65 characters but they called back and want to get cheaper.  I think they are thinking maybe total eval cost or maybe per page.  Evals are about 30 pages.  What would be a good per page rate?  I was thinking in the ballpark of 2-3$.  I have no clue.  I need the work badly but don't want to work too cheap.  Any help would be appreciated.  I meet with them tomorrow.  Thanks!

When I worked for a national, up thru 2 years ago, I was getting $1.75 page and heard they got $4.

back when I was in high school in the late 70s!  The first high school I went to was just like that.... there was a large snob/bully society  (the snobs were basically verbal bullies because they'd put down people that weren't in the  "clique", and I had some idiot teachers.  My algebra 2 teacher was so stupid that she would write a problem out on the board, stop, look at it and say  "oh that's not right" and then erase it, doing this 2-3 times per problem,... then wondered why no one had a clue what to do on tests.  

I was grateful when we moved to another town and the high school in the next town was much smaller.  The teachers cared about the students and teaching, and the students generally cared about each other.  There weren't snobs there because the area was economically depressed and no one had a lot of anything.  I was able to participate in a program with a local college where during my senior year I went to high school 1/2 day and college 1/2 day, so the 10 of us that did this (out of a graduating class of  99) graduated from high school with 30 hours of college credits completed.  We were also able to do this because the local college gave us discounts to participate in this program. 

When I've asked on classmates.com about some of the snob/ bullies from the 1st high school not a single one of them has had a great life.  One of the ones that was in the "it" girl group has been divorced 4 times now and is a heavy partier, and I've been told that she looks like crap from the years of partying.    One of the guys who was the most "it" for the males died from AIDS which he ended up getting after he moved to New York to get into acting, turned to a life of male prostitution and picked it up there.    The successful people are those who hung around with people like I did.  Out of the group I hung around with 1 is a pediatrician, another a dentist, another is an architect, another is a software engineer and every one of us has stayed in contact throughout the years and get together occasionally. 

First of all, let me explain that I work not from dictation but a handwritten template that I fill in--typewritten "transcription" in turn.   The physician fills out the form while in the treatment room, circles correct choice from a list, etc.; sometimes the nurse does this.  I've been instructed for the third time to "type as written" when I've questioned meds or inconsistencies.  This goes against my training and principles (if that sounds sanctimonious, so be it)--when I can't reference things. I've had as much as half with questions and blanks where information was simply skipped. I don't have the patient charts to consult--just a stack of forms.  I have respect for the doctor professionally; her patients, many of whom have been coming to her for years, seem to love her.  Never had this experience before, either with transcription or as a secretary.  Most of the time my supervisors have been happy that I caught errors.  Please let me say these aren't nitpicky things--it is misspelled drugs like Demedex rather than Demadex!

The last time I said I wouldn't put my initials on the reports I questioned and was told I must put my initials "to tell who to return work to," even though I'm the only one doing transcription.  Furthermore, the office manager told me the doctor takes ultimate responsibility because it's her signature on the notes.  I'm going to comply while looking for other work, because this is one of many things we just don't see eye-to-eye on!  What do you all think?  How to deal with this?  TIA!

Good luck wherever you have gone. 

formal demand for payment including any bank fee/charges.  In the event you need to take it further you will need that evidence that you attempted to collect.  I'd give her a specific time frame to submit the funds (i.e. 7 business days) via cash, money order or cashier's check. 

I'd send the demand certified mail/return receipt for your proof.  You can explore in the meantime the procedure for filing a complaint, etc., but that's not going to be a "quick" thing. 

So, naturally, in whose favor would we expect it to be?  Right!!  2 things I would get absolutely straight on a contract, though, is hours or schedule, if any is to be considered, and a definitive line rate, not in vague terms.