Lets hope it is not geared line count per hour the way we run out of work and are in so many
Posted By: MQNE on 2005-07-11
In Reply to: pay tier-MQ - PRF
other accounts all the time. Boy that would be bad.
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Work for 1 hour, then count your lines of the completed work - sm
either check you total characters in word (with spaces) then total them all up and divide by 65, and you get your total lines per hour. 10,000/65 is 153 lines. Or if you have a line counting program us that to figure you count, either way will work quite well. Maybe do it a few times and then figure an average over 3 hours or something like that, it will vary with the ease/difficulty of the work you are doing.
I think it's better to work by the hour than the line.
By-the-line SOUNDS good, but there's no control over what accounts you'll get, or how accurate the line-counting software they have is, etc. You may start out on an easy account, but as you pick up speed on it and start to make money, they'll switch you to a harder one. And when you pick up speed on that one, you'll get another harder one. And so on and so on. Benefits probably won't be as good at home, either. The only thing that's better about home is not having to deal face-to-face with management. But at least you have the security of knowing your paycheck is going to be the same each time, and won't dwindle down to less-than-nothing if you have a bad day, or a bunch of bad dictators, or no work. And you mentioned a RAISE. That's something most of at-home people will never see in our careers with any company. The only way we seem to be able increase the cpl is if we change companies. But then you still end up on that treadmill of being given work that you may do well, but you can't make money doing. They get ya coming and going.
Well, lets hope they keep the regulars on their own accounts because the hospitals know who types
regularly in those accounts and how the work is and if there is no complaining from the doctors and all of a sudden when you start throwing a whole bunch of new backups in there and the docs start complaining the hospitals can look in those systems and see who is working and then they call and complain to the MQ office and some have threatened to leave if the situation doesnt get straightened out which means you go back to just the regulars that really know the hospital.
$25.00 per hour is more like it. I work now at per report and 14.5 cents per line
and average $30-42.00 per hour
ExTest users - what about not being able to see line count except on website - does this work out ok
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I appreciate your responses. I had an option of line vs hour ($14/hour) but if line pays more...nm
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You need to watch your line count. I was working for them and got reports that had line count of 0
You need to watch your line count. I was working for them and got reports that had line count of 0 in them. They did not pay for templates, they would deduct the template even if it was not used and deleted. I notified them and said they could not change it.
So I asked to be put on another account and they refused. I quit.
I was also promised they would have an incentive plan going into place if you type a certain # of lines. Two years went by and nothing.
I was really disappointed in OSI.
They also offered to pay half on joint AAMT, which they failed to do.
I am glad I am no longer there.
Lets bottom line this, say she leaves and goes to another company
What do you think would be her chances of them going to VR? Do you think it will go poof and disappear? Do you think refusing to take lower wages makes the companies take notice and reverse to go back to the golden days when we had really good salaries? Be willing to bet that next paycheck most would go along with their companies going to VR rather than changing, going to a new job only to find out the same thing happens there.
Take the character count divded by 65 and that will give you your line count.
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What company lets you work off the clock?
I prefer to work off the clock for my extra lines.
Lets try this again. With all the big nationals running us out or work and lowering our wages what
do you suggest.
What is the average line/hour for a 65 character line with spaces? NM
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New England, 16.50/hr, 8 cents a line after minimum line count..
full benefits available with general contribution by the hospital before you start paying for them, retirement, 403b, all benefits, and working at home as an employee, BUT, you have to live local to the hospital.
Hope your "employer" now pays you $8 an hour. It is people like you...
So did it ever occur to you, while you were working a "set schedule" that you also shouldn't be paid by the line? Seems awfully surprising to me that you disagreed that you were an IC yet acted the part. Why didn't you just quit?
I hope you are joking or you meant 600 lines per hour.
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Pay by hour or line
AAMT is NEVER there to represent us. They are a giant clubhouse of aging starlets who do nothing but travel around on our dime. They are hardly the epitome of a professional organization, are they?
BTDT
Line Count...
Does anyone know if the Word 2000 line counter is generally the same as what most MT companies go by? I'm trying to see how I do being paid by lines as opposed to report.
Line count. No way, no how, ever. nm
Nope!
Line Count
I have worked for SS for a few years and I DO NOT like the fact you cannot check individual line counts. I do not like having to trust someone to be in charge of my line count and I have no way of verifying it is correct. The line counts bounce all of the place. Try it yourself. I have a line count program and one day it is a couple of lines off and others over 10%. Not good and I can't believe they get away with this.
changes in DQS line count..sm
Apparently, now the ASR count is included in the "transcription" count. As of yesterday, I had to
look under "correction" to see ASR count and as of today, there is no "correction" listed. Hmmm.
line count
When they first started ASR it was under transcription, then they separated it, now put it back. Actually QC is a level higher than QA, at least that is how it has been explained to me, if QA can't fix it then it goes to QC
mq line count
Yes, I was surprised to see that suddenly happen on Sunday, I believe it was. Seems like explanations should be given to us before or at least shortly after making such a change. Maybe their lawyers suggested they do it this way? I have not yet had a pay cut for ASR.
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Line Count
I have a Line count software, if you want please do email me, I shall help you out!
DQS and line count
I have been frustrated with line count on DQS since I started on program well over a year ago, but have adjusted to it. It might not have been as disappointing/frustrating if they hadn't made such a big deal about how many MORE lines we would be able to do on this program....... even had "employee statements" to back it up. I have since decided they were just actors, like you see in those drug commercials, you know, "I am a doctor/nurse/medicine man", etc. ......... It DOES get better ........
MQ line count
YES - I work for a hospital that uses the DQS software from MQ. Our pay went down 40%. Nobody knew what was going on, until we discovered that they cheat their transcriptionists! QUIT THEM... I want to see them go totally under. They are horrible, horrible people!
Line count
Can anyone tell me what is good for a newbie to get for line count? I have a company that is going to pay 8-10 cents a line. Is that good? Please help!!!
line count
No its not a IC position, its a employee position, I have benefits and so on.
line count
It depends on how the company is counting the lines. Transcription companies are getting better as to what they can count and what they don't. Spaces after lines have entered can easily be taken away. As technology moves forward, so does the ability to be more accurate with counting.
line count, etc.
It has been my experience that companies get defensive and leery of hiring you if you ask much beyond the very basics. They have sort of a do you want the job or don't you attitude. I hate it too that we don't even get to find out what their software is like before we accept the job. I usually can tell IMMEDIATELY if I want to work for them after being on their software for 5 minutes. Waste of their time and mine if I don't.
Line count
I count gross lines using the Microsoft Word. It will count the blanks between lines but I count those also. Have used Syncount and liked it, a little different to get used to and you have to save your documents differently but it did fine. You can define it to count several ways. Guess there is a lot out there and you should get several answers.
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getting my line count up
I would love to get your book. What is the charge? My email address is above.
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getting my line count up
I would love to get your book. What is the charge? My email address is above.
Thanks
Paula McCann
LIne count
Okay, lets cut to the chase. The way our lines are counted has been RADICALLY changed. I've done this for 15 years and you get a feel for how many lines you are producing in a set amount of time or in the number of reports you generate. Everyone is denying it but the line count is NOT the same. But I'm sure the clients are still being charged the same. They also cut out our pay for headers and footers. So what to do? There is nothing we CAN do. These large companies are all about end results. If they have to hire armies of TYPISTS what do they care? They only have about a zillion QA people who can clean up the reports and make them look good. Lets pay the typists peanuts instead of paying our TRANSCRIPTIONISTS decent pay.
line count
I know I have seen this posted before, just cannot find it, is there a good line counter out there that is freeware? I have MPcount, but it does not count headers unless you upgrade from the freeware version. Thank you
Line count
Charge them for all the lines. If they have doubled their provider staff, they have to expect to pay more to have all the names on the template. That's only fair. If they had lost half of them, you would have cut the price, right?
line count
banging stapler, rummaging through chart, shaking paper clip cup while talking, looking up referenced doctors names, stumbling, starting over.
line count
Its been a while but from RAD menu, Transcription Statistics will do time frame by typist and Stats/comparitive will do line count, report or report type. That is if you have those menu options. Think that counts header too though.
line count
while you are in your document you wish counted, go up to *tools* on your toolbar. a drop down list will appear and *word count* should be there. click on that, and it will give you a character count. divide that by 65.
Line count
I have a question, I usually produce 1000-1300 lines working 6-6.5 hours a day. Would you say this is about average? 
sad line count -sm
I am struggling to get a decent line count with the service I am with. I just chalked it up to being slow and probably spending more time surfing the web than I realized. Then recently I started with another service and my line count is great. What's up with that? I feel a bit foolish now for sticking it out so long with the first MT service. I don't think its anything malicious on their part but it does make me wonder. How do you know if you'll be able to get a decent line count with a company before you sign on with them? Thanks.
line count
is there a way to include the headers/footers on reports in the line count program free download here in MT?
line count
I have been making 11 cents a line for the past several years. I was very blessed to find it though. In my opinion, the smaller MTSO's pay so much better than nationals. Good luck to you!
better line count
I am only a year into MT and have been wondering something for a while. Do most MT's relisten to the dictation to edit it once they are very familiar with the dictators? I have been tracking my errors when editing and have almost none and I thought how much that would improve my line count if I did not have to relisten to every one. I'm thinking about cutting that back to just the difficult dictators. The QA people are happy with my work. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
Need help with line count and pay....sm
I don't know how to figure this out so...which is better- .085 per line at 55 characters without spaces or .08 per line at 65 characters with spaces?
Thanks
Line count
Use the free program called MP count. It even creates an invoice for you.
They can set the line count any way they like. SM
I have worked for some with that program and they had it set not to count spaces and not to count headers.
Other places I have worked they had it set differently.
When a company buys the Dictaphone system they are trained to set it up to count lines, spaces, characters, etc.
Line Count
What exactly does 500 lines per day equal out to (how many hours per day, reports, etc)? I have worked for one clinic and I get paid a nice monthly salary.
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Line count
I am looking for requirement information. Hospital employee required to do 1100 an eight hour day in Word-based Program. Can anyone tell me any other requirements out there. How much an hour or an 8-hour day?
Line Count
I have worked in Meditech for Rad / Pathology / and Medical Records. I have helped write transcription specifics for Meditech........
As far as the line count in Meditech, it has no reason to it really. However, it does count higher than any other programs I have compared it to. I am sure I knew at one time how the line count was programmed, but it has been 27 years since I knew that information. Now, I just type and take the line count it gives. If you are paid through Meditech line count, count yourself lucky. I do.
As far as initials, yes if someone edits your report, as long as they do not go and manually change your initials to theirs after editing a report (and this does happen when they want to print the report, some transcriptionists do not know to leave the identifer alone and just print under the typist ID instead of changing to theirs) they will get credit for the report. We use to require the report be given back to the original Transcriptionist . IF that was not possible, the second transcription would document to the Supervisor the report data, job #, patient, etc. and there would be an adjustment made to the line count at PPE. The lines would be split. OR, the supervisor would make the changes, additions, corrections to the report, and the original trans would get the credit.
Maybe this will help a little.
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