This is idle speculation, unless you know what else they have contracted
Posted By: . on 2005-07-18
In Reply to: I hope this proves to all MTSOs who say they are forced to lower their rates that if MQ can get 20, - sm
to do besides straight MT typing of the report only. There are so many other services to the client that can be rolled into that line rate that it is very silly to make assumptions based on the little bit of information this linked reference gives us.
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Oh really? Idle mind? Link it and WEEP.
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It's a stupid rumor by an idle mind who doesn't like Walmart.
The more I hear this crazy bias against Walmart the more I want to support the company. I'm going out of my way to shop there today.
Are these drs that are contracted with your company???
Are these doctors that are currently contracting with the company you are subcontracting with??? If so beware. Have you signed a clause stating you will not work for any client of the company? Also if not, still beware as if they will do this to the company that they are currently working with to get a cheaper price, they will do it to you and you will have created a reputation for stealing clients -- even though you did not solicit them and they contacted you. Just be careful, especially if it is a small MTSO and in a small city as all of the MT's really do know each other and what is going on.
Good luck.
Also, the 3 companies I contracted with, ALL said
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it's all just speculation right now
No one knows anything yet, so it's all just speculation. The last time they changed the pay structure (when they started offering employee status) I got a slightly better line rate and started getting quarterly bonuses as an SE, so I'll just hope that it's a good change this time, too.
My speculation is that it's....sm
probably a plan that promises you'll receive a discount for health services - sorta like there are some dental plans out there that supposedly offer you a percentage discount. If this is true then it's not an actual insurance policy and therefore there's no enforcement by any state agency as well as there is no guarantee that any physician who supposedly signs up today to offer a discount will honor that discount tomorrow as they could come/go with any plan at any time.
If you call ask that they send you written verifiable information about any physicians and hospitals that supposedly participate, and by "verifiable" I mean that you actually call the hospital, pharmacies, some of the doctors on the list and ask them directly if they are indeed participants.
many MTSOs are now contracted just for "overflow"
With speech recognition speeding up the process for MTs, templates and some point/click EMR usage, seems like more and more facilities are keeping work in house as much as possible. I know my facility outsources only overflow, usually less than 30 jobs a day, 60 a day on a weekend. we're able to do most everything inhouse.
you may want to check with local health care organizations, although even some of those are hiring nationally now, we have one MT on our inhouse team who actually lives about 4 states a way, participates in meetings via phone.
Honestly, the MQ speculation is
getting so bad about the what if's with the new packages coming out in October and all the speculation, I had this comic flash of all the suits sitting in NJ with headphones on, plugged in,to the big PC's in corporate land just listening to all the "chatter" on the boards...sorta like the CIA supposedly was...can you imagine all the chatter traffic going on until October?
We just need to take a deep breath, try to relax a bit, really nothing we can do until October, then who knows what part of the month we'll all get our packages?
Believe me, it has worried me to no end, single mom, can't afford much more change, but also can't do a darn thing about it till then.
and nothing but pure speculation.......
Lots of speculation on that.
My personal opinion is that new things will be opening up in editing, and there will still be MTing. After all, we are creating EHRs when we transcribe. Basically, the difference is that it stays in a computer instead of printed files.
I was contracted to do all clinic work, if someone else is typing it...
that's money out of my pocket. Not too mention it is kind of irritating to waste the gas to deliver work when I all I have is like 10 notes to deliver because someone else typed the rest. And if I don't deliver those 10 notes, then I'm going to hear about TAT!
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