Should company pay for time spent on a required conference call? (sm)
Posted By: Mouse on 2006-09-15
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My company has been having conference calls on one of my accounts in which they request that you attend (they take roll call) to learn new rules, changed rules, updates, etc. on the account. This has turned into a real pain because it takes so much time out of your production that day. They say it will become more "routine" as time goes by because of the volume of the rules, etc.
I was wondering, do any others have had that situation and, if so, have you been compensated for that time?
I should note, I am an employee, not an IC, and am paid by the line.
Thanks! 
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There was a conference call
when the new DOE came on board in which she said," I will not let this company fail!" And for the next many months I kept wondering how the complete change in corporate culture which ran me (and I believe many others) off would further that promise. Now I hear they are very heavily into offshore, which is exactly what happened to the last outfit this woman helped manage. I gave her time to prove herself to me and what she demonstrated was not anything I wanted to be associated with.
There was a conference call
when the new D of Ops came on board in which she said," I will not let this company fail!" And for the next many months I kept wondering how the complete change in corporate culture which ran me (and I believe many others) off would further that promise. Now I hear they are very heavily into offshore, which is exactly what happened to the last outfit this woman helped manage. I gave her time to prove herself to me and what she demonstrated was not anything I wanted to be associated with.
Really really stinks to fire someone in a conference call for gosh sakes. nm
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Time spent...
Think about this....There will always be other jobs in transcription or heck anything else you might find of interest, but the bottom line is...Your kids are growing every second, and the time that you miss with them, you can never get back. So, if it were me, I would choose my time with my son any day.. Good luck to you.
Virtually never. Time spent doing that is time SM
that could be spent typing. Instead of stopping to listen, then typing to catch up, I scan AHEAD of the dictation as I type, looking for upcoming questionable areas.
If you would take the time you have spent here today
and work on building your expander, macros, etc. you could get your line count up faster. Don't know if you have a line per day committment or hourly committment, but if you have lines you can get them finished quicker with a better expander and have more time to play or do whatever. I am NOT a morning person, but I feel so much better when I do make myself get up and then by 9:00 I've made my line committment and I've got the rest of the day to do what I want/need to do and if I need more lines I can work an hour or two after dinner. I almost feel like I have a 3-day weekend because I'm finished so early that on Friday I'm done early, my DH has an early day at work and is home by 10 usually so we have an almost full day to play.
Reassess your situation. What were your reasons for coming home to work? If you didn't have to work at all, would you spend all day sitting in front of the TV watching all that mindless garbage and letting the housework go? Maybe you're burned out or depressed. Maybe you just lack self-discipline as somewhat else suggested and you really need structure.
Just some things to think about. Working at home isn't the fairly tale that most people think it is.
Too much time usually spent working (sm)
Like the saying goes, "How many people at the end of their lives say, "I wish I had spent more time working." NOT - being with those who mean the most to us more important, of course.
Time spent with your mother will be a much better
gift than anything you could buy. I'm sure your mother has every material thing she needs or wants.
If you spent some time working instead of
you might make some of that money that you find so elusive. All you are trying to do is stir up trouble. I dislike AAMT as much as the next person. I am an MT myself first, and MTSO only because I have more work than I can handle myself. I get 14/15 cpl. That's it. I know in your dreams you think MTSOs are making so much more and getting rich. I am telling you it's not true. Maybe Medquist is getting rich, but I'm not and neither are any of the other small MTSOs I know of.
When I tried them, spent much time toggling
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not all the time is spent in the bathroom..
one has also to eat, wash etc...don't you?
This whole discussion is just ridiculous.
Don't you find something better to do?
I spent the entire time after the show trying to vote
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The clock does play into how much time is spent with patients
The way the CPT codes bill insurance have guidelines for the physicians built into them that give amounts of time spent with the patient (in addition to certain information covered in the ROS/PE), especially in consultations (whether inpatient or out), hospital discharge codes and critical care time (inpatient or out).
Yes, that computer is in fact billing the insurance company because it not only saves not having to pay an MT, it bypasses a billing clerk (eliminating that salary), and if the doctor's office space is paid for by a hospital, that file is sent to the hospital's database where a *scrubber* compares what the MD submits versus coding guidelines. If it is an independent office, the MD can upload all that day's billing before he walks out the door and leave it unattended to update patient accounts and reconcile the days money intake.
In a nut shell, your doctor is no longer just practicing medicine. Your MD is doing the documentation and billing and saving money on two warm bodies.
I understand your concern as I see it more and more in today's medical care, but yes, this is the way things are going. I am fortunate that my MD has been very computer literate for a long time, so the amount of time he spends with his laptop is minimal. Once he enters the info, he kicks his shoes back and we chat and get into a deeper discussion both professionally and personally (we've known each other a long time). Give your MD a chance to play catch up to what he or she is doing with that computer and you should see a more relaxed physician soon.
Good luck.
Cheaper health insurance or time spent with
Why would you want to work until 11:30 at night? You risk driving late nights being exhausted in the a.m. when you are trying to get your children off to school. Why not wait out the nursing school call and continue working at home until then. You will be so busy once you start nursing school that I can't see you having the time or energy to work a full-time job on-site (3-11 p.m.) I'm not so sure why you believe that a secretarial job will prepare you more for nursing school. If you want to prepare for nursing school then why not purchase some anatomy books and get a head start, stay home with the children keeping the typing job. Believe me, you are going to learn way more doing transcription than you will doing secretarial work. JMO. Good luck in whatever you decide. Is there a reason you are trying to get away from your children/husband at nighttime? I feel it is more important to spend time with your children than at some hospital being a secretary especially at night. ??????? 
Yeah, company required it.
It seems like eons ago, but I don't think I bought it myself....I think the company purchased them and took the $$ out of the check for them. Don't quote me on that though. I'm referring to it all the time for stuff. It is interesting though how they do change things over the years from one version to the next. Being the conspiracy theorist/anarchist that I am, I'd say this most definitely is a survival/money making tactic on the part of AAMT. It's kind of like how I feel many companies ensure you keep buying their products...they specifically design pieces parts to break or wear out.
I spent about a month in India and they do speak English but sometimes I had a hard time
understanding the way they pronounced the words so I would ask them to spell it.
What is the minimum lines per week required by employers for part-time for transcription?
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You don't want to work for this company. Call your current company and
tell them that you have decided against the new position and tell them that you would like to stay. It is cheaper for them to let you stay than to train someone new. A company who could be so tacky as the one you just spoke of is one you do not want to work for. You can rescind your resignation. If you are a good MT, they will be glad you did.
Call the company back now that DSL is
available, and get that job! Tell them you thought you'd contact them again since you now have DSL. MT companies always have openings. Sometimes you have to do a little chasing down to land a job.
Call your cable company...
Many cable companies offer phone service. Call them and ask them about their programs; also, ask them about the cost of keeping your old number. If you are already a cable subscriber the cost is lower. I have Yahoo as my email server and I prepay for a phone-line (comes through my speakers)and use it for business. Cost is minimal. Check it out, there are a lot of different options out there. BTW, please forgive any errors - I am not quite awake yet.
Call company. They will be happy to help,
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If it is a company monitor, call your
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Next time...call 911.
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Call the money order company to see
if you can stop pay or trace the money order. It supposedly can be done now. Then send her a certified letter demanding the equipment or a refund, or you'll sue in small claims court.
I kept getting a recorded message to call some company..
I had never heard of, sometimes twice a day. So, finally I called it and it obviously went to India. I told him, not very politely, that I was tired of getting their recordings and they needed to remove me from whatever list I was on. He was still sputtering and stammering when I hung up. Grrrrr!
call 1st company, explain situation, see what happens.
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Call old company. If didnt burn bridges, would
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Time for a phone call when stuff like that happens. nm
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Time to call the authorities and put this person out of business. no mess.
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Yahaha! Wish you'd been in my conference
My first job was a total cold call to small local company...got hired over the phone- sm
give it a shot. Look in your yellow pages or on-line white and yellow pages and see what you can come up with. MT Daily has a list by state of MT companies to with their contact info. Also test your butt off anywhere and everywhere on line, you will learn a lot during the process. I found it quite enlightening when I was doing it 3+ years ago. Good luck.
i'd call that brownie points for heaven LMAO...and a waste of time!
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if you really want to know, I suggest you attend an EMR conference..
I did. I was considering selling EMR's for my next career. Omigosh, if MT's would get their fat rear ends out of their chairs and into the real world and see what these babies can do, you would really hear people sweating it. Every year, the docs that come out of medical school are more and more savvy with computers. I've seen lots of young docs who can type as fast as I can... so be educated and make educated decisions about your future...don't guess!
Is this for a conference, round-table discussion, or what? nm
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Anyone here use one of those little earphone thingies, Bluetooth (?), for phone? For conference
:p
I asked an obesity MD speaking at a conference, and she said save your money.
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Face transplant lady has news conference.. see link
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060206/ap_on_re_eu/face_transplant
Check out the slideshow under her picture. Amazing.
This happens all the time at my company.. sm
They don't just randomly access your computer, at least at my company. The MT and tech support person 'meet' at a website and you have to allow them permission into your computer. I sit here and watch while the guys work on computer. After everything is taken care of, we both disconnect from the website (i.e. close out browsers) and they don't have access again until I need them to have access. I don't know what kind of access they are asking for, but if it's controlled by you giving permission, it should be okay.
time for a new company!!
I'm with MDI and quality is STILL the issue; no dumbing down there!
Shortest time with company - sm
About 4 hours. I knew within that length of time that the system was not going to be productive for me and just quit right then.
Time for ex-company to upgrade.
My previous employers are unfortunately still in the stone age of using all dial up equipment and word perfect, etc. I loved the job and would still be there if the work was steady. The problem is that they do still need p.r.n. help on occasion but I am not willing to pay the 50.00 a month (I would need unlimited LD) for the second line for p.r.n. work, nor do I want to set up another ancient computer on my already cluttered desk. I've done that for 10 years and done with it.
I've talked to another Transcriptionist and it sounds like it wouldn't be that difficult for them to upgrade in order to use internet capabilities. Knowing these people for a very long time, they will listen if it is easy and cost effective but I'm clueless where to point them. Any ideas?
Right now they use all Lanier and Dictaphone and almost all their equipment is due to be repaired (which I expensive and sometimes can't be done) or replaced.
Does anyone know if you are a part time employee for 1 company and part time IC for another can you
still claim deductions for IC on your income tax even though you are one of each.
Yes - reputable company. Easy to work for. Pay on time always. nm
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But can't a company say I need these jobs by X time? And then the IC can accept or decline?
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If you will spend some time reading the company board
you'll see that the industry is more volitile than ever. Work is being offshored to India and other countries and the garbage is left for the US MT. Companies are going to VR. Pay is low, you can expect to make 9 to 10 cpl average as an employee, maybe up to 11 cpl as an independent contractor. A lot of companies cannot provide steady work and insurance is very expensive.
I would not recommend leaving your job to pursue MT full-time. Most companies want the experience to be current, within the last 2 years, so you could potentially have some issues with being 3 years out.
I would suggest trying it part-time to get a feel for how things are before you decide.
Any suggestions for a good MT for part time other than MQ as far as a nice company to work for. I
think it is time for a change about now.
I am fairly new with my company and I tried the control Y one time, and it didn't work, so I thou
into the "global" normals, I will play with it again and give it a try. How long have you been doing transcription? Have you stayed with the same company for a long time? I worked at a clinic for 6 years, hospital for 8, and now this new national for 3 months.....I hate feeling new!
My old clinic spent (sm)
over $100,000 implementing an EMR system that claims to "replace dictation." Well, they'd have to sell it to doctors who are interested and have time to type in order to replace dictation. If nothing else, it increased my line count because of all the crap I had to add to get the notes uploaded to the system! I'd still be there if I didn't have to move.
My $375 was sooo well spent...
We have a cat and a dog - We have gone through a Fantom, a Hoover wind tunnel, and a Dirt Devil (not in that order, but you get it, about one vacuum every other year - kaplooey with the animal hair - yes I groom my animals but still...they shed)....I bought a Dyson a little over year ago, after seeing it on sale at Sears, looking it up on the 'net, and just being fascinated by the whole vortex deal. I also ended up using a gift card I had as well, which took a bite out of the price. Before buying, I asked the Sears Service Dept and customer service people their "scoop" on the Dyson - they had never had one returned....for any reason in our region of stores - they looked it up for me. I figured that was good enough for me ! I have had no problems whatsoever and absolutely love it. I should have started working at Sears on commission. I have sold 3 of them just by word of mouth..LOL! Gotta love the Dyson - especially with the extra motor in mine (the purple one) for the animal hair - it honestly doesn't ever lose suction!
90% of my day is spent on OPs and I LOVE it....nm
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Disagreed with how it was being spent (sm)
I realize when you own property you don't have this option, but we're not into owning material stuff either.
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