My WORST nightmare is broken English docs mumblingrealfast with food/gum in their mouths - and I do

• Is this National Mumble Day? - yahoo
  • I'm on rad today, and I did get a bad - Cindy
  • My WORST nightmare is broken English docs mumblingrealfast with food/gum in their mouths - and I do - chrissybaby
  • It was actually "see how far away I can get from the mike... - Yeah, me too
  • Nat'l. Crying-Babies & Leaf-Blowers Outside The Window Day! - San Francisco - nm
  • National Let me helpp you oout and missspelll all the wordds todday! nm - medtype
  • No, No, NO! - AnnieM!AnnieM!
    • thanks:) - JanSetzmt
      • Me, too! What a hoot! nm - Diana
  • oh my - tired MTinOH
  • It's National Doctor Get Up Real Early in the - Morning and Dictate!
  • Nope, it's test the transcriptionist day! - D
  • No, acutally it is have the phone ringing - Lady
  • OMG, this is the funniest post.... - EVER!! nm
  • My calendar says it's repeat the same sentence over-n-over day - Looking
  • I thought it was National Eat While You Dictate Day! - Smack, smack, smack. nm
  • I believe it is Talk As Fast As You Can Day sm - mlstoo
  • National l - o - n - g p - a - u - s - e day and changeyourmindrealfast nm - Okie MT
  • It's National Stutter Day for me! Lots of uh, uh, uh. - nm

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One of the biggest perks I can remember when I worked in a doctor's office was when the drug reps or orthopedic equipment reps would cater lunch for the whole office just so they could meet with the docs.  The whole office would get so jazzed at the idea of free lunch.

If you can't afford to cater lunch, then I would do something like a muffin basket and bagels always go over well.  But food is your best bet.

I also find I'm willing to work/research more for good dictators to get their reports 100%.

Mushmouths..well my worst one is just horrible, everyone leaves blanks out the kazoo with this idiot and with so many, his supe told him to speak clearer, had him listen to figure out the blanks and hmmmmmm.he had no idea what he had said.

He is now going a bit slower and clearer but is still quilty of garbage.

I should feel bad because I found out that they had been blowing smoke up my, err... blowing smoke after I received the equipment? 

There are many, MANY factors contributing to falling line rates these days.  Let's see, there is the outsourcing overseas to India and Pakistan paying those poor people 2 cpl to type our work!  Then there are the uneducated, careless American MTs who produce poor quality work and don't have a clue or even care!  Then there are the fly-by-night MT schools who promise $50,000 a year or better working from home when you finish their program, effectively turning medical transcription into a get rick quick scheme and producing some of the most under qualified MTs out there which brings us back full circle to the uneducated, careless American MT.  It's a viscious circle.

So get off your high horse and get back to work.  I don't feel guilty about screwing an MTSO that is already sticking it to someone else even as we speak!

I was surfing the web late one night and found these two, oh-so-true paragraphs that sum up managed health care in a nutshell, so I thought I'd share:

"Mangled care" was supposed to be the solution to rising health costs. HMOs would cut out the waste and keep an eye on doctors who ordered unnecessary tests and procedures, saving consumers big money. But it was the HMOs that made the big money--by restricting care.

Their philosophy was summed up by Richard Rainwater, cofounder of the for-profit HMO Columbia-HCA: "The day has come when somebody has to do in the hospital business what McDonald’s has done in the fast-food business and what Wal-Mart has done in the retailing business."

That is so very true.  I just dealt with the Hellish Malpractice Organization this past week.  My kid had a thumb pointing toward his elbow after a football accident.  Well, the thumb wasn't fractured and we knew that meant ligament damage, but we didn't know if it was a complete tear or just a partial tear; therefore, we didn't know if he needed surgery or just a cast for six weeks.  The ortho ordered an MRI and my HMO absolutely refused.  They said to cast his hand for three weeks and then if the thumb ROM is not improved, they "might" approve the MRI at that time.  I am still furious over them practicing medicine on my kid without physically examining him.  The ortho told me it has become such a nightmare that he has considered changing professions (boy, did I tell him another nightmare or two about medical transcription). 

Well, just to be a butt, my son started having sharp pains shooting up his arm, so I called my lovely HMO and asked the representative what she thought the diagnosis might be.  She sounded totally shocked that I was asking her this and said there was no way she could tell me such.  I think I made my point to her when I said, "Well, you guys decided to treat my child, sight unseen, in spite of the professional opinion of his ortho, so I thought I'd just see if you could R/O a clot or other major complication via telephone."  Believe it or not, I got a call about forty minutes later telling me his MRI had been approved.

I just wanted to share my experience with etranz in the hope that no one else will be caught in their trap.  This company is very unprofessional in their business dealings.  The management will send out payroll checks sometimes as much as 2 weeks late.  There are several former MTs how have had checks bounce and are still holding the money.  Personally, I have had no checks bounce but I believe it is only because I am in the state of GA where the eTranz office is. I informed the owner that if my check bounced I would be coming to Gwinette County to file charges and lo and behold my check cleared.  When I tried to terminate my employment, I was told that if I did not work out my 14 day notice that half of my final paycheck would be held as per contract.  When I tried to get a guarantee from the owner that I would be paid for this work, all she could do was scream at me over the phone and she refused to answer my questions concerning payroll.  Finally, what I had to do was force her to lock me out of the system so that I could start  new contract that I had.  I kept calling her regarding payroll, leaving message after message.  If I did get her on the phone, she still refused to answer my question, yelled at me, and would hang up on me.

Please stay away from this company.  I have found out since resigning that this company has a track record for very unethical business practices. 

HELP!  I have had a microcassette tape break.  Any ideas on how to fix it (if possible!)? 

Thanks!

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Since nobody seems to care about MTs losing jobs & work being offshored, and it doesn't appear that they'll start taxing or otherwise financially punishing companies for doing it any time soon, what if we instead go at this from a HIPAA law point of view.  If they would start fining companies who offshore for HIPAA violations for every single patient record, that might put a stop to it.  HIPAA laws don't apply overseas & can't be enforced, and in this country HIPAA is a FEDERAL LAW.  I'm going to start writing letters to Senators, Representatives, and the President, and I think if we all did that, maybe someone would take notice of this privacy law being violated....  We have to do something to save our jobs, we can't just sit back and complain amongst ourselves.  

Im getting a new foot pedal, I need a heavy duty one cause this last one is about to give way.

So what is a great buy? Any recommendations?