Now there's some convoluted reasoning.

Posted By: sm on 2008-01-09
In Reply to: Yes I did type the STAT. It is not the patient's - fault; and I didn't want that on my head all

All professions expect to be paid. If you didn't pay your doctor or dentist and then asked for an appointment, you would be refused until your bill is current. Your trash doesn't get picked up if you're behind on the bill, the car gets repossessed if you're not pay on it, etc.

The idea that you should do work so that the patient doesn't suffer is just ridiculous. The patient had their appointment and paid for it. They got what they needed/wanted and you can bet the doctor was paid.

You should IMMEDIATELY cease working for this office until you are paid, period. By continuing to work for them without them being current only shows them that you are a push-over, not a professional at all. Get some backbone and contact this office immediately.

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What do I do about continually late - paychecks?
- Are your checks being mailed? If so, - Getting older
  - Oh, the stories I could tell on the Post Office. - sm
- caused me to go severely in debt - been there
- Late paychecks - quietMT
  - late pay and financial situation - quietMT
- don't know, but - sm
  - not a guarantee either - MslaMT
    - While "holding" your check is unethical... - sm
      - That's a rather snide thing to say - not paying on time is indefensible
        You're talking about two different things. - sm
        Obviously you feel the need to lecture about - long term financial planning
        There were 2 points to the post. - sm
        No check=MTSO fault. No savings or cushion= - MTs fault. It is never too late to close the barn
        door in preparation for getting a different horse - (different job) shoulda been done long ago. nm
      - The heck the MTSO isn't. - MslaMT
        No need to start yelling. - sm
        If I was yelling, it would be all caps. - MslaMT
        No need for sarcasm. - sm
        3 whole words were capped. - MslaMT
      - This is very true. They are not responsible - for the fact that you have no savings.
        If her MTSO actually paid her on time...sm - Just my opinion...
        This is for your clarification. - see inside
        paycheck - blondie
        If OP cant financially make it with this job, she - needs a diff. one and not depend on this one. nm
        I think you are an MTSO. nm - MslaMT
        LOL. - sm
        So true!!. You can only be treated bad if you - stay & allow it. Your life, you run it. nm
  - Very good suggestion! - nm
- I am dealing with the same thing - with an account that I do that has not paid
  - If someone owed me money since October, I would tell them that I - lynn
  - Did you type that stat report? What did you say - to them when they called? nm
    - Yes I did type the STAT. It is not the patient's - fault; and I didn't want that on my head all
      - Now there's some convoluted reasoning. - sm
        Agree. Not like pt's care hinges on whether U t - type stat report, just way to avoid confrontation
- Quit. - MslaMT
  - Anyone know of any nice companies that do - outpatient surgery centers. nm
- Yes, I would just politely tell them - WorkaholicMT

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I am talking about my own experience, but that is not all I am talking about. I would like to know where you got your information as to the "industry as a whole" because I strongly disagree with that statement and suspect you are also speaking from your own experience. I know many people such as myself who hold a CCA credential and are working in coding depts in major hospitals and other settings. Also, where did you get your 70% failure rate info and where on the AHIMA web site does it say there is a problem with employers accepting the CCA? The failure rate is actually somewhere around 40%, 2006 was about 46%. Much of that is because people attempt to take the exam without the requisite experience. The CCA was designed specifically because before testing for the CCS credential it is recommended that a person have 3 years of experience. CPC may be something more common in whatever area you live but I can tell you that in the area I live, which is a very large metropolitan area, we do not have CPC-credentialed coders in our hospital coding areas. If you check the AHIMA journals and read ads for coders, you will find that the great majority require AHIMA credentials (CCA or CCS). Same is true for Advance for HIM, etc., as well as local hiring practices in this area. We do find the CPC in clinics and physician offices but not med rec depts, and oftentimes they are hired with the caveat that they will earn an AHIMA credential within a given time period. Yes, my experience, but don't discount it just on that basis. It represents what is happening in my locale.

No reasoning with an idiot, so I won't try.
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You see, there is no reasoning with an idiot. nm
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Warn but give no reasoning.....
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This is extremely dangerous reasoning. SM
It isn't what the "suits" are saying, it is what they are doing. These are two totally different and separate entities. My God, are you so complacent that you cannot even take a look around and see the face of the future? No one is telling anyone to not just "be happy." A little foresight and present thinking is imperative, not only in the MT world but in many other areas of business, especially IT. It's all going over to Asia and it's all same-same there.

I don't see the reasoning for 15c for ops and 12 for acute care.
discharge summaries and consultations when PAs and physicians are shuffling papers, trying to find lab data, etc. Once trained on ops, it's the best moneymaker work type an MT could have. DS and CON = wasted air time and should be paid higher than ops, IMHO.

Your reasoning does not make illegals ok, still
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and you could have just as easily skipped my posting by that reasoning
Okay, Message Board Police. Next time I decide to express my opinion I'll run it past you for permission first, okay?

Amazing

and all that is in your post to back that up is a red face for reasoning?
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Just give up...no point in reasoning with an individual who does not want to understand. nm.
nm.

Make money? I'm not making any money because of my decision. You read my reasoning
You can agree with me or not, but don't make false assumptions please.