That's an EXPENSIVE area to live in....

• line rate - michelle
  • also depends what geographical area you are in...sm - Old MT
    • line rate - michelle
      • That's an EXPENSIVE area to live in.... - MTG
  • Don't go for that.... - You can get more!
    • line rate - michelle
  • It depends on what you're willing to accept. - tl
    • LINE RATE - MICHELLE
      • I work for a small local company. - tl
  • Incredibly it is. Check other jobs on mtjobs.com. A few are in the 9-10 cpl range. nm - Very few

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and Clearwire is also not available.  I have the satellite service. It is expensive - you have to purchase the equipment and pay for the installation ($600 and up). The service is expensive too ($65).  The speed is not quite as fast as DSL, but I download and upload jobs with no problem.  Some MTSOs won't allow satellite service, citing security issues, which is dumb.  It's like any other wireless service - you have to make sure your signal is secure, which you do through your computer (not the service itself).  Even this is ridiculous in remote areas for 2 reasons: 1) I really don't think anyone is going to bother camping out on my land or drive down my mile-long driveway with their laptop just to see if they can pick up a signal and 2) even if they did, they can only gain access to the internet itself - they can't see what you are doing online.  So this security issue thing is baloney!  Also, in 2004 when we were hit by Hurricanes Charlie, Frances and Jeanne, there was no phone or cable service for nearly a month, but I was still able to work by just using our generator for my computer until the electric came back on - those that had dialup, DSL or cable were outta luck.

I may possibly be moving there.  What can you tell me about it?  The school systems do not matter as we no longer have children at home.  What areas are nice to live in?  I read that when it snows it usually melts the same day....is that true?

Any information from someone who lives there or has lived there would be much appreciated.

TIA

Of course you can buy a big house for 130,000 in a smaller town and the same amount won't buy you a pot to pee in, in a place like San Diego or the D.C. area.  It's all relative.

Right now, everything is rockin along ok, but he may turn quite ugly because he isn't getting his way and you need to protect yourself and your children.  Have you changed the locks on your house? Are there other ways he can get into the house and if so, you should take care of that immediately.  Have you had the locks changed on your vehicle.  If not, you need to also do that immediately.  Does the school have the papers so that he can't walk in and take your children out of school or pick them up after school? 

Believe me, I am glad you made the decision that you did, but I want you to know that I see on TV all too often, disgruntled husbands that come back and get revenge.  I don't mean to scare you, rather to let you know that because I went through a similar situation, you cannot take this lightheartedly.  If you can move away, far away from him and be close to your family, do it. 

What would it take for you to be able to move back where you family lives?

Broken down once, never again.

in the Independence, MO area.  The city governments have passed laws banning pit bulls and last week something like 100+ pitbulls were picked up by animal control or dropped off at the city pound and all were destroyed.

Personally, I think the owners of these animals should be held just as accountable as the dog.  Well, I guess maybe putting the owner to sleep is a bit extreme.

I'm so sorry about your lab.

Very expensive and if ever lost would cost me the account.  Also I have several docs that are very strict about HIPAA compliance and I  am sure that they would not go for this.   One would not even let one of the front office gals take home the tapes over the weekend so I could pick up on Sunday and get some of it done over the weekend due to HIPAA so am fairly confident that they would not go for this.   So we will see what they say when I tell them I am taking a week off.  I do have some gals that will help cover, it  is the accounts that hate to have anyone else do it.  But I refuse to digital and take my laptop with me to do accounts.  I have never and wll never do that while on vacation and they know it. 

It was a huge expense but well worth it because I believe wall-to-wall carpeting can be or become dangerous regarding medical conditions (poor breathing, asthma, mold, mildew, dirt hiding, etc.) living in a very hot climate. Also, someone very dear to my heart had died and left me some $ which I put directly into the floor, and now every time I even think about the flooring, I think about that person.  It has humbled me....to say the very least.

that it's worth it. It could make the difference between a new client, and that in itself would pay for the cost of your website. I would suggest either of these services:

www.aplus.net or www.sitefever.com

The end of November my husband had two cardiac stents put in.  He was in the hospital from Wednesday late morning until Friday late morning.  We had paid $300 to the hospital, which they said would be his part of the cost.  The other day i received a bill from them.  It indicated that after the insurance had paid, the balance was our responsibility.  It very nicely noted that if we found it difficult to pay the entire amount in one payment, to please contact their office.  The amount was $46,000-plus.  I just laughed - oh, no problem, I'll just write a check out of my pin money.  Of course, the bill wasn't really ours - the insurance hadn't paid at all - but just the fact that it was $46,000 blew me away.  And, of course, that didn't include the doctor and any other ancillary personnal who will be billing the insurance company, too.  Right now I am paying $460 a month for insurance for just myself.  Thankfully I have recently become an employee and my insurance rate is going to be much better, but when atrocious prices such as these are charged, what can we expect other than higher insurance premiums and more and more employers handing off the cost of those premiums to the employees. 

Isn't it quite expensive to buy?  Seems like you need to set up your transcriptionists as well as docs and buy software for each one, etc.   Seems like you could just set up file folders on the FTP site for each account and then one for each Transcriptionist as you send out what they need to do.   I don't know that much about it but one of my pysch accounts is going digital hopefully in July so needless to say I will be starting to learn some.  But I used to work for a medium sized MTSO for overflow and they do not have a system like Doc Shuttle or Gear Player and just send out files to be transcribed and you send them back.   If I am wrong let me know.

How much does satellite cost? 

Karen

local yellow pages and look for insurance companies that offer health insurance and call for quotes.  Call several companies.  I did this and they all offered the same insurance but the premium differed as much as $200.00/mo.  Celtic had the best rate, approximately $350.00 for a family of 4.  I'm not sure if this covered maternity or not and we are nonsmokers with no preexisting conditions.

Fortis offers a temporary insurance, which is basically just major medical.  It has a high deductible, but if you are healthy and on no chronic meds it isn't bad.  This insurance is only good for 6 to 12 months, depending on what state you live in, isn't renewable, no maternity care, and will not cover preexisting conditions.  Our total premium for 6 months was $403.00.   You can't have a lapse of insurance for more than 45 days (I think).

you will be a graduate of THE TOP SCHOOL.  You will have many job offers and will be able to chose the one that fits you best.  You can't go wrong with M-Tec. 

Andrews is also very good.  Career Step, while not in the scam-school category, is just a distant, very distant, third place in the MT school race.

nm