The people who care are all raising their hands.

• outrageous - MTing
  • You can "thank" the offshore competition...sm - MTSO
    • Maybe it's time to push for legislation to make - offshoring of med. records ILLEGAL.
  • Competition is driving prices down. Companies are not making - more each year. They can't keep paying more an
  • My recent job-hunting experience - SaraS
    • That is why they always are advertising nm - Myong
  • If they are paying 7cpl for the editing portion lol nm - Msla MT
  • Someone else will. - sm
    • Well after a big fiasco with MQ, I tried - gd1
    • Thanks for you valuable insight - - MANAGEMENT!
      • No, just an IC who is well-compensated. - sm
        • So how much do you make for the time you spend - running your business but not typing?
          • I'm sure this won't make you feel any better, but... - sm
            • Amen to that sister!!! You go girl! - if only all MTs felt this way
              • Me too! I can't afford NOT to be an MT! - MT has been very, very good to me!
            • I've been doing it for years now....with own accounts, can make more $$ than that. nm - Sole-Proprietor
            • Please stop gloating! - anon
              • You can if you're good! - no message
                • in bed, and have a husband with a decent job - to take up the slack.
                  • With that attitude, you'll never make money in - MT. I make more than my DH and I take up the
                    • The word "HAUGHTY" comes to mind..... - nm
                      • All you want to do is complain. You reap what - you sow. Complaining gets you nowhere.
              • If she indeed makes anywhere near that, (sm) - 'Shroom
                • You are pathetic. I make $35 an hour with - no templates. Maybe if you WORKED
                • I average 37-43/hour - I do too
                • Two words--text expander. Try it. - nm
                  • Text expander: Got it, use it, embellished upon it, - been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
                    • Then maybe MT is not for you. - Try another job. I make a lot of money. nm
              • Not gloating at all. - sm
            • Anyone can type in any amount they wish - sm - Hmmm
              • You asked, I answered truthfully. It's not my fault you don't believe it. - nm
                • Show of Hands, Who Cares? - Amanda
                  • The people who care are all raising their hands. - sm
  • It is sad that this is what it has come to, i.e., low pay! - paintyper
    • As the quality of life rises in the Third World, (sm) - My 2 cents (a line?)
  • I agree with you. I won't take these jobs. SM - not me
    • Maybe you won't, but thousands of others will! - NM
      • They think they're smart to accept it, but they're - only perpetuating their own poverty.
    • That's one of the most effective things any MT (sm) - My 2 cents (a line?)
  • I was just saying that same thing yesterday! - Cardiology MT
    • what can we do? - my opinion
      • What we are worth - LK
      • We're halfway there, buying our own equipment, etc. nm - My 2 cents (per line?)

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A while back I had to go to the ER for a particularly bad Meniere's episode.  I asked for an itemized bill, and you know what they charged me for 4 mg of ondansetron? 

$544. 

sick of all the confusion, dishonesty, sneakiness, etc. You never know what is around the corner so after this there will be something else no doubt. I think I and most other MQ MTs just want a company that they can respect and trust. MQ can offer this package and turn right around and change that. Leopards dont change their spots. It seems like they are intent on running this company into the ground and they are doing a good job of it. I dont see how they ever will stand up against the money they owe all of these hospitals. You still have to wonder what prompted them to send checks out to the DQS MTs for mistakes in calculation of lines. Give me a break. Maybe they are trying to settle lawsuits to get out of the MT business and focus on just technology. They sure dont know what they are doing with the MT side for sure. I think they felt they had everyone up against a brick wall but as accounts leave so will MTs or MTs will just move on to another business as the wages get lower and lower so then all the work can go to India. Older MTs will cut back or retire and younger ones will leave for something else when they see what they have to battle with the work left over from ASR or VR for the small amount of money not to mention EMRs coming quickly.

Do any of you have plans to raise rates with the new year coming up?  I know my offices have raised their rates three times this past year, but I have not.  With gas prices, heating prices, food, etc, going through the roof, I feel I don't have a choice. 

I would appreciate any feedback.

and have never paid for daycare while working.  I have been doing this for about 10 years and my children are ages 10, 7 and 5.  As I have added children and they have gotten older, it has become more distracting, but there are ways to do it without daycare.

When younger and I only had the 1, I worked in the mornings and afternoons when he was sleeping and finished up my day when my husband came home.  As our family grew and the younger children became older, I dropped the afternoon shifts and worked primarily early morning and nights when the kids were sleeping and/or my husband was home.  Now that they are in school, I am able to work daylight during the school year and evenings/nights in the summer when my husband is home.  If I had to pay daycare, no way would this be a profitable job. 

I would not recommend that you get into this field if you will need to pay daycare expenses.  You're much better off if you can work around your husband's schedule (if married) or if you have family close by that would be willing to help out a few hours a day with childcare.  Now that my kids are all in school, I really do enjoy the freedom this job allows me.  I rarely miss a school function or sporting event and the summers at home are great!

While not available in all areas, this is a wonderful program to help out families and communities.  I used it for years when I lived in Colorado and now that I have moved, I am in the process of finding this program in my state. 

The program consists of paying a certain amount for a given box of food (you can buy more than one) on a certain day or days.  Then, you put in volunteer hours in your community for each box you purchase.  You have a volunteer slip signed where you volunteer.  On D-Day, you go and pick up your boxes of food. 

The boxes consist of fresh fruits and vegetables and meat items.  Occasionally there is cheese too.  There might be pasta and/or rice.  There is often a prepared food item.  They offer seasonal boxes for holiday baking, meat lover's boxes in time for summer grilling and Thanksgiving boxes.  The retail value of what you get in a SHARE box is usually at least double the cost of the box, and that has been my experience.  The kids and I used to go and help on D-Day, passing out boxes, cleaning up for our volunteer activity.

http://www.sharecolorado.com/

is for Colorado and several other states, but should link you nationally too.

As an MTSO, don't think you are going to increase your accounts *yearly* (the word you used).....good luck if you're taking that route!!

I have my surgeons for a decade due to they pay very well and I have NEVER raised their rates because then they COULD choose to go elsewhere for less.....just my take.....

I also worked for nat'l services for years and they rarely raised their rates to their clients, as they, too, never wanted to lose any accts.

Good luck to you, whichever way you go!!

so you could stand and type.  It was a refreshing change.  I really liked the set up.  Mayo paid a chunk of change for those desks and there were over 90 MTs in our office.

LINE!!

I am currently getting paid per report on one acct and per line on another and hands down...per line always adds up to more money.

From years of experience, there is at least one MT that will tend to skip the longer reports when being paid by the report - if this weren't the case then it might be about the same but just from years of experience it seems there is always one bad apple in the bunch that spoils it for the rest.

When being paid per line, at least when they skip reports they don't want to do - it just means more lines for me and more $$$.

Does anyone else have problems with puffy, stiff hands during the hot weather.  Never bother me in the cold but this heat kills my speed and accuracy.  Anybody have any home remedies that helps.   I feel like the Pillsbury Dough boy with regards to my fingers and hands.   Please don't tell me it is old age setting in. 

Thanks.  

I swear, every account I've ever worked had one problem dictator.. always female !  One REFUSED to use macros, even on normals.. and she would always make sure she made every report unique, so that we couldn't sneak away with using a macro for her.  Another one spoke a hundred miles a minute.  I remember my first day with her.  She said something several times in her reports and I went crazy trying to figure it out.... lumbar spine ??  supine ??  Turns out she was saying "skip a line" !!  

Voc. Rehab. let me try one out when they were helping me get my ergonomics together, and I knew right away I could never get used to it.  I have rather "fat" fingers, though, and I think that was part of it.  If you have longer, thinner fingers, it might be right up your alley. 

You can rent one (which can then be applied to the purchase price, I think?) for awhile from this site to try it out, rather than outright buying it.

http://www.sforh.com/keyboards/kinesis.html

http://www.keyalt.com/kkeybrdp.htm

I love ASR (automated speech recognition) aka editing as it's easier on the hands for some (me!!).  It does pay 20% less per line but I'm very fast with editing.  I like it a lot but to each his/her own opinion on it.

Good luck!!

going to fall off and your arms are killing you, what do you do/use to keep them going full speed for another 8 hours?

Nothing pill-wise though...that has already been done.

wonder if they would work for that...