Joint Commission is the entity that provides

Posted By: x on 2008-04-05
In Reply to: Joint Commision and AAMT. Who made them gods? Do they - make laws? No one asked me to vote for them. nm

accrediation to hospitals. Without them they do not get Medicare payments, Medicaid payments, etc.

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RE: Question - klownmom
- I think it is best not to use abbreviations as much as possible. - MTmom
- Honestly, I think you can use either (sm) - MT
  - Also get 2 more characters if use okay. - nm
    - Very good point! I say go for more characters! - MT
- Keyword here is "BOSS." - nm
- Okay, okay? - nm
  - RE: Question - klownmom
    - My MTSO doesnt care if use cc or mL, just be consistent. - Facility doest seem to care either. nm
      - I love how the AAMT BOS falls third to - mimi
        You do have only one crowd to please. The facility. All this other baloney is - just someone's (AAMT) opinion. nm
        truly agree. NM - mimi
        'They' in my comment being the aamt.. - mimi
      - cc is not correct, mL is. cc is a dangerous - abbreviation. (nm)
        The doc I work for always says cc - trose
        If you transcribe for a private physician and he wants - x
        Whatever the facility wants is what you should do. - nm
        you still have to abide by the doctors' requests - mimi
        Says who? AAMT? Bunch of old ladies with - too much free time, IMO. nm
      - RE: cc or mL - klownmom
        Joint Commision and AAMT. Who made them gods? Do they - make laws? No one asked me to vote for them. nm
        This is actually according to the AMA style guide - Dictatoress
        AMA, AAMT, JC are just live gvment. Making "rules" but not following - thru with them. Just puffing themselves up. nm
        Joint commission is the accrediting body for hospitals to receive reimbursement. They want it to be - Amanda
        I do believe the JC is only concerned with files being complete as in - mimi
        RE: mL or cc - klownmom
        well I guess the AAMT got to the JC too. - mimi
        Joint Commission is the entity that provides - x
        And I guess they go thru and read every report, looking - for cc and mL? Again, never a word from facilities
        No, they don't read every report that goes - x
        JC and AAMT. They dont sign my checks. - nm
        RE: mL or cc - klownmom
        hospitals are the doctors.. - NM
        yeah, pretty much what we're saying, accounts set the rules - mimi
        and until then, I'm not concerned with what AAMT/JC has to say. NM - mimi
        You are fine unless you are working for an - x
        RE: Question - klownmom

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I sent an email to Joint Commission
I don't know why they don't crack down on these docs-- especially these horrible foreigners. I am an MT, not an interpreter for the UN. If I wanted that job, I would move to New York. What it is going to take is some horrendous lawsuit and I hope it happens soon. If these people can't speak English clearly enough to be understood, then they need to have someone dictate for them who can-- plain and simple.

Actually, the BOS follows the Joint Commission not vice versa. The BOS...
adopted the Joint Commissions recommendations for dangerous abbreviations. As for the rest of the BOS, I've worked for a number of hospitals in the office over the years and not one manager that I have encountered don't give a hoot about the BOS.

That is interesting. The hospital I work goes by the joint commission
and not so much the AAMT BOS but the commission that gives the governs the hospital. The doctors are not allowed to write q. as an abbreviation when writing orders and must write out word "every" or they are called on it. The transcriptionists have to follow that rule also. This is a major teaching hospital. I think the AAMT follows the joint commission also when they makes their rules. But I also understand that you do what the client wants first and if they do not answer to the Joint Commission rules then the other form would be the correct way to go.

The Joint Commission's Dangerous Abbreviation List... SM

applies to written entries on a patient's chart, i.e. nurses' notes, doctor's orders, etc. For some insane reason, someone somewhere decided to apply it to transcription as well which is just silly. I work for a facility that has decided not to force transcription to strictly adhere to the dangerous abbreviation list and Joint Commission has not counted it against them in the last three audits.

I will say most MTs where I work do not use qhs, qac or qd. We expand those out because WE (the transcription department) decided that we should for clarification purposes.

Joint commission is the accrediting body for hospitals to receive reimbursement. They want it to be
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If Joint Commission audits and finds "patient care" errors it can result in very...
...serious fines and repercussions.

Each 401K is a separate entity. You can have...sm
as many as you want. Sure helps with the taxes!

No, ForuMatrix is not part of MTStars. It is a separate entity.
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Yes, you're cranky. The docs may be instructed to do so to appease Medicare or other such entity.
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Cardiac Clinic - no do not capitalize; Cardiology - yes as it is referred to as an entity. nm
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joint/join
Ummmm - that was join, not joint.

File complaints with the Federal Trade Commission, your state attorney general, and the SM

state attorney general for the state The VLC is located in. I happened to check it out and they have offices in Niagara Falls, NY and in Ontario. Be sure to forward copies of every thing your file to them. You can fill online complaint forms at the FTC website and the NY Attorney General's website. Print out copies of these forms and mail copies of them after you fill them out to the school with a letter basically stating that you have reported them to these agencies and they will be intervening for you on this matter.

I also like the idea of putting cc's on your correspondence to a local news reporter. And call them every single day until they are tired of hearing from you!

Good Luck!

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NOT GOOD!!!

Joint tenderness is another possibility.
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Does NE1 have severe joint pain while working?

I have been working as an MT for only 4 years, and I am only 23 years old, but lately I have had severe finger, wrist, elbow, shoulder, and neck joint pains, especially when working. I am just wondering if this is normal.

Thanks for the help.

Joint Pain in Arms/Hands/Shoulders
I am just going to relate this story for what it is worth to someone else.

In 2001 I began having problems with my left hand, arm and shoulder. Orthopedist thought it may be the beginnings of carpal tunnel but EMG was neg. It was bad enuf that at times I couldn't pick stuff up and it hurt to type. It waned and waxed. A few years later I began having problems with my hands and the joints in my fingers hurting, along with left shoulder pain. My hands were so bad I could not open a jar at times. Eventually I went to a rheumatologist who told me that I had no visible signs of severe arthritis. All MDs, incl. orthopedist and rheumatologist recommended trying Celebrex, aspirin, etc. The regular stuff. I was resigned to early arthritis like my mother.

Well, one day in late 2004/early 2005 I decide to see a chiropractor for my shoulder because I'd had electro therapy for an injury years ago and thought maybe this would help. I had some adjustments and electro therapy on my shoulder.

I want to tell you -- ALL and EVERY pain in my fingers left and never came back. ALL and EVERY pain running from shoulder to hand stopped. It had to have been some sort of pinched nerve.

Not a single MD had even suggested seeing a chiropractor. And had it not been for my shoulder and my past experience, I never would have thought of it and would still be suffering, possibly with even further damage to the nerve by now.

Yes it is, and we do file a joint return BUT you can offset your income - sm
on the schedule C with your expenses (mine are ~$2K) and lower the amount you pay taxes on. This is in addition to your Sch. A/B or the standard deduction.

isn't the forbidden words from joint commision of hospitals, not BOS? nm
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