There are good companies that do not offshore -hopefully will never have to.
Posted By: OP - I understand and agree, but on 2007-08-12
In Reply to: They'll NEVER learn the stuff I'm correcting - see msg
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Which companies do we know do NOT offshore?
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re: Which companies do we know do NOT offshore?
Transcend.
If all they had was the offshore companies
to transcribe, do you know how unhappy the M.D.'s would be. They are already complaining. There would be enough jobs if no one worked for the offshoring ones. Idealistic? Yes, but.............
Companies that offshore should have to pay a
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You can thank offshoring and the companies who offshore for most of this. SM
Been in the business well over 20 years and I am working twice as hard for half as much. It started with offshoring and the big MTSOs who bolted the US like their pants were on fire. They used the excuse that were not enough US MTs. LIES. All LIES. They forced the smaller MTSOs to charge less. We got paid less. Many of the smaller MTSOs got gobbled up by the Squid (MQ). Now there are only one or two superpowers and they all offshore. Some of them lie about it, some are very open. This business is not even close to what it should be as far as making a living. 
So many companies offshore that there aren't
enough companies that don't to take on the displaced MTs. Standing up for what you believe in is a good thing, but when it comes to putting food on the table you do what you have to do and then you have those that just don't care, give them a paycheck and that is all that matters.
They also try to place you with companies that offshore.
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I know of 2 companies, neither of whom offshore, that are slammed with
overflow from the MQ shutdown. I think clients are looking for anyone that works on platforms they use to pick up the slack.
If we boycott working for companies that offshore,
boycott medical providers that offshore, and write to our politicians, maybe we can change things. I won't go to any local doctor that uses an offshored transcription outsource. Hit 'em where it counts, right in their big fat wallets. They put us out of work and reduced our wages, so why do we owe them any loyalty? Why should we pay higher medical bills when they're too cheap to pay us what we're worth? Pretty soon, we'll all be on unemployment, foodstamps and Medicaid. One way or another, they'll have to cough up.
This is not a new market. Is being done with all offshore companies I have ever worked for. nm
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You idiot, there are plenty of jobs with companies that DON'T offshore. Go somewhere else and
quit your raggin on this board.
all 3 major credit-reporting companies offshore
Equifax
Experian
TransUnion
all 3 offshore your information
there's just no fighting it by refusing to do biz with them
the only fight to hold is with the govt for allowing this ridiculous practice
Working for offshore owned companies and feeling
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I have an idea...we can picket those facilities who use companies that offshore. sm
Every patient going in and coming out of that hospital/facility will know their private medical record is going offshore to be transcribed and therefore, there is risk of identity theft, lack of privacy, etc Just like those for ProLife and the like.
I think that will bring attention to the matter!
I know a huge hospital system in my town outsources their TX to MQ, who is now CBay, and now everything will be offshore. I think I will make my point and concerns when I have picket signs outside the President's window in a public area, so as not to be trespassing.
Free Speech in America.....right!!!
AAMT/AHDI is run by and for the management of companies that offshore!
I too used be a member and an officer in the local chapter. I too attended all the activities. I have since let my CMT lapse. Never once has being a CMT earned me a better job or more money, it's all about the experience and the quality of work you can produce, not whether or not you're a CMT!
Today is different and you cannot fight companies who LEGALLY can offshore work.
So all Americans refuse to buy goods, shop at stores, or work for companies who offshore. That leaves a mess. Do you realize a lot of American companies are actually owned by foreigners? Get real and move into 2005. You are going to spend a lot of time boycotting once you do the research. I doubt you will be able to shop or work at all.
I guess you forgot about India and all the other offshore companies they deal with, ASR and EMR.
That is the plan. They have hired all management lately that have been involved very heavily with overseas companies. Now why do you think that is. I dont think you see the whole plan here.
Bad news today regarding taxing companies who offshore..Microsoft SM
says they will hire more offshore employees and cut US employees because of the cost. This could cause our jobs also to go to offshore companies.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aAKluP7yIwJY
I was told today that all the big computer companies offshore their technical service. Does anyone
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well you must have a good offshore company because the one that I QA for
is just horrendous!!! Horrendous is the word I would use for them on a good day!!! But I need the job and the company I work for is offshoring most of the work because we cannot get transcriptionists here to work their schedules. It bothers me on several levels, especially that the hospital does not know about it.
Please post offshore topics on Offshore Concerns board. (NM)
Thank you.
Goldbird
good companies
what makes Proscript so great?
Just curious.
Good companies.
Stay away from Transolutions. They still use the DOS-based program to work in. They mail you 70 POUNDS of books and equipment and just finding a doctor in the books can take a very long time. They pay based on production, which they say gives you an hourly rate. The good paying hourly rates are nearly impossible because of the time it takes using the antequated system. The spell check is horrible, try an 1980s version. They give you more than one account (I had 3) and the QA varies from account to account. Once the regular QA gets done with you (that part wasn't bad), it goes to the head QA lady and she deducts for absolutely everything. They take off 0.25 just for where she feels a comma should be! My QA from her rated me at 88% and I swear to you it was where she didn't want commas and where she did. Absolutely ridiculous. Of course the lower the QA score, the less you make. They spend a tremendous amount of time trying to take from you. If you get a difficult account, which I had, nearly all ESLs, you are screwed because if you take the time to look things up, you lose lines per hour and lose money. If you don't look things up and send to QA, you lose money based on the number of reports you send to them. It's a no-win situation.
Etransplus has wonderful accounts, good pay, and good benefits, but you must be a self starter. There is little to no communication from anybody. You don't get reports back that you send to QA and ask for a sample. You don't hear from your supposed team leader at all, even if you ask a question. You don't get all the account information you need, so you really need to know somebody else who works there who can send stuff to you. If you can tolerate that, the accounts are great, little to no heavy ESLs and a good variety of work and so far no accounts have run low.
Transcription Solutions seemed like a wonderful company with good benefits; however, if you work nights, you still have to train on day shift. Would have liked to have taken this job but couldn't for that reason.
OSI or whatever they go by now, their QA is like Transolutions. Every QA person had their own way and it was not consistent at all.
Precyse has decent benefits and average pay WHEN you can get work. The few accounts they have run awfully low and it's hard to make a living.
CBAY has what sounds like a good salary, but they are based on 65 cpl without spaces.
I'd like to know myself who is out there who has decent pay, good and consistent QA, and a steady workload.
As far as flexible scheduling, Transolutions gives you the option of starting one hour early or one hour late, but that's the extent of that. The others let you set your hours but you have to stick to them ridigly.
PLEASE, somebody, who ARE the good MT companies?
I have 20+ years' experience, and I am looking for a good MT company who will employ me full-time. We are losing our current job because we just moved and our current hospitals can't work with our satellite connection (which is high-speed, business-grade Direcway). We are suddenly without jobs and need help fast!
Who are The Good Guys?
Good companies
I think what it amounts to, is there people who like and dislike every company. In reality they all have good things and bad things and good people and bad people. I think lots of your success is based on your attitude. If you are a good MT you will have success wherever you go.
Are there any good companies?
That will hire new grads? I've been an RN for 6 years and type over 100 wpm, but can't seem to get my foot in the door anywhere. :(
Good companies for IC
I can recommend two companies - one is Keystrokes - check their feedback on this board, and the other is Global Transcription Network out of Arlington, Texas. I do not know if GTN has a website. I worked for them for about 10 years as an IC and enjoyed the flexibility, the pay, as well as the work. I was given the opportunity to work on many different accounts and learned a great deal while working with them. Most of the ICs worked on only one or two accounts, but I was pretty new out of school when I went to work with them and was eager to learn all that I could. Neither of these companies off-shore their work. Hope this helps.
Need the name of a FEW good companies
I have been reading this message board for a couple of weeks now, in preparation for going back to work as an MT. I have gotten some offers, but I'm scared to death to accept them for fear they are one of the bad companies, and if I do accept one, which one? I'd just like some names of some really upstanding companies for employees. Please help me, if you can.
any good companies????
I am looking for a good company I can stay with and grow. I have 10+ years experience.
good companies to work for
Hi,
I am a recent M-TEC grad who is beginning the job search. Does anyone have any companies that they really like working for or have heard good things about? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Jen
Good companies to work for.
I have found Spheris to be an excellent company to work for. They provide you with the equipment and with on-line paid classes to teach you their system. The supervisors and help personnel are terrific. You set your hours and can have as much work as you want without ever running out. They have terrific benefits and fun things to do and an on line info system that teaches you whatever you need to know about medical transcription. I have been self-employed, and have worked in a clinic for 15+ years and find Spheris to be the best of all. Good luck in your search!
Dee
Good companies to work for
I disagree with Spheris being a good place to work. As a newbie, you should stick with a smaller company. Somewhere where you will get individual attention and not be lost in the shuffle of a huge company. If you are placed on the right team, you might be okay. If you are placed on one of the teams with incompetent managers or supervisors, you are destined for doom. Just my personal opinion.
Replies to who ARE the good MT companies
Hi, everyone, and thanks for the good feedback! I thought I should be as generous as everybody has been to me by sharing the feedback in a summary:
According to the consensus of most replies here is what I am getting:
GOOD - Amphion, MDI-MD (*not MDI-FL), Keystrokes, Silent Type, Phoenix Medcom, QT Medical, Digital Records, SPI, and eTransPlus.
Acusis was mentioned as a good one, BUT when I input "Acusis" into Google to find its site and also saw this one
http://www.acusisindia.com/AIP0302/Home.asp
I had second thoughts about applying. I have already lost one good account to India, so I don't wish to go through that again.
BAD- Medquist, Ascend, Transolutions, Transcend, Healthscribe, Spheris, KJM Trans., SoftScript, Superior Global, OSI, Zylomed, Medvoice, A to Z, D&L Typing, MedWord, Precyse, MDI-FL (although MDI-MD has had glowing reports).
I can add my own horror story to the Bad List: Voice Systems in Georgia. Don't work this account if you ever want to get paid! I worked for 3 months before I finally saw a penny, and that was only with multiple threats and refusing to type another word until they were caught up. And they were SO DISORGANIZED that it was a NIGHTMARE!!! It took weeks of small, incomplete checks for them finally to catch up with me, and the verbal abuse and language I got over the phone, fax, and e-mail were unbelievable! Very unprofessional!
Thank you to everyone who answered me and gave me encouragement. I have applied to everybody on the Good List but found out that I still have unsolvable connectivity problems with some of them, like Amphion. We have high-speed business-grade satellite, but that is not enough in some cases. And we don't have land lines, either. We live way out in the boonies.
Still that leaves a few good choices, so I thank all of you!!! 
What companies are good with newbies?
nm
BTW, what R some good companies 4 radiology pay-wise? nm
MS Word platform--who are the good companies?
I have been applying for and training for jobs for weeks now. I have been accepted by a number of top companies, but I have found their word Expanders to be a big problem. I have trained on a couple of sites already and ended up turning them down because of this.
By now I have thousands of entries into MS Word/Smartype, and if I have to start with a new Expander without the ability to import my words, phrases, templates, etc., from Smartype, I just cannot afford the time for the learning curve.
The technical aspect of transcription has always been my weak point, so this is perhaps a bigger issue with me than it would be with others.
Right now I am willing to take even a mediocre line rate, providing it is an employee position with benefits and it is in MS Word so I would have some hope of making a living.
Is there any hope for me? Does anybody have any good companies to recommend who work in MS Word?
We are at the point of losing our house and land. This is serious!
Any good companies that will provide a free computer??
Are there any good MT companies out there that will provide a free computer and the software, supplies I will need?? I am a canadian MT living in canada. They also must hire outside the USA. IF anyone knows of such a company (that pays at least 12 cents per line too!!)- please email. Thanks!!!!!
Jan Marquis
A good MT is hard to find. Check back with those 2 companies
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MT companies negotiate with the insurance companies until they get what they want
It is strictly up to the agreement between the employer and the insurance company. Your new employer can tell you what the pre-existing clause is in your new policy. Some require proof of insurance for the past 12 months. It may say something like if a diagnosis has not been made NOR treatment received within the last __ months. Not good when companies negotiate with a pre-existing clause in order to get a lower rate. Better check with your HR with your new company before doing anything. It really gets hairy !
Most companies do no use their only files (HIPAA). They use files provided by other companies, serv
If you can get through the test files, then the sound quality on the actual company files is better. And, the dictation is never as bad as the test files, plus you have QA to help with hard blanks.
You do know that they offshore, right?? Despite what they tell you -
about the hospitals asking, other hospitals have no idea that the accounts are being transcribed offshore!
They offshore and looking to do more. I have
nearly 20 years' experience in acute care, can do even the most difficult ESLs and they offered me 8 cpl, 8.5 cpl over 18,000 lines/pay period.
does not offshore
AccuStat Carolinas does not for any of their clients
They offshore. nm
Try not to offshore.
They might get it done faster/cheaper, but it is going to look like crap. How happy would your clients be then?
All About Offshore
Sending the work offshore can and does work for a couple of reasons.
Firstly the time zone difference, while the US sleeps we are transcribing and the reports back on the specialists' desks, so to speak, when they arrive at work the next morning.
I do not take issue with the fact that you want to keep the work on your shores, but I do take issue with the fact that you think the rest of the world is Third World and incapable of producing work of a high standard. Believe me, there is a world out there and its name is not the US, contrary to what you might think.
A.
Even if they never offshore....sm
when their contracts renew they will be competing against the offshoring companies and the companies offshore already who will bid them under the table and they'll lose the account.
There are several interesting threads, articles, and blogs across the internet concerning the dying industry of the small MTSOs because of not having the capital to keep up with the technology and equipment needed and the decreasing line rates and increasing turnaround times that the facilities are demanding - and big national companies can offer them these things, so they can blow the small MTSOs out of the water.
There is no such thing as security in any job, but the MT industry is on even shakier ground. When your small MTSO has to sell out or loses their contracts and you lose your $36/hour client, you will find that very hard to replace when you go out into the new world of MT and try to find a comparable job today... there just aren't many out there and those that are have hundreds of MTs applying for them.
Now that's getting real...
Offshore
This is sooooooo not true. I work an afternoon shift and have friends/coworkers who work the midnight shift. Despite, this, even during the day shifts, the company we work for is sending all of the easy work offshore, leaving us domestic suckers to do ALL of the ESLs and otherwise hard work. This work was being stripped off daily, in ever increasing amounts --- now it is gone completely. Most of us do not mind doing all of the work as it comes --- but it absolutely sucks that we are being treated this way.
Offshore VR (sm)
I would think so. Personally, I think VR is better suited to newbie MT's and non-English-speaking transcriptionists because VR has a tendency to get the medical words right while totally mangling sentence structure, grammar, proper nouns, and other nuances of transcription that are more easily picked up by novices. Since the medical words have a better track record in VR, it thus becomes easier to bring in low-paid trainees.
Are you offshore?
Your grammer is soooooo bad, I can't take you seriously.
Oh, I have too, for offshore ads. But not U.S.
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