Well I don't know anything with all my years experience because I only transcribe clinic work ..
Posted By: midwestMT on 2008-07-29
In Reply to: No one knows anything.....with - hcmt
Other than that, I see quite a few replies to your original message so hmmm
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I've got 35 years' experience, transcribe sm
300 lph, and nearly went bankrupt when I worked for a company for 7 cpl. I didn't stay there long!
My advice is to keep your day job until you can find something better after you have learned lots, lots more.
Newbie MTs remind me of tiny newly hatched turtles heading for the big ocean! Only a few survive.
Take your time and learn as much as you can on safe, solid ground.
7 years clinic experience and cannot land a job
Any suggestions?? I have 7 years clinic experience and am looking for work. Seems like I cannot get a response back to test or interview. I need a company that offers TAT, not set hours. I send in resumes and cover letters daily...What else could I do???
Also, in the meantime does anyone have suggestions on "practice files". I want to expand my skills/specialties. I have not done radiology and have always wanted to get into it...Thanks for any advice!
10+ years of clinic and acute experience.
Multiple specialties. No training needed. I haven't been able to find a job in six months. The last place I worked lost the account when the clinic outsourced to a different company with VR. So I've been babysitting to put food on the table. They're shutting off my water and heat next week. Walmart won't even hire me.
10+ years of clinic and acute experience.
Multiple specialties. No training needed. I haven't been able to find a job in six months. The last place I worked lost the account when the clinic outsourced to a different company with VR. So I've been babysitting to put food on the table. They're shutting off my water and heat next week. Walmart won't even hire me.
3-1/2 years experience, type cardio only on clinic account, and make 9 cpl nm
nm
After working 2 years, I average 220-250 lph for clinic work.
nm
Well, I have 25 years experience also in all work types
and only do acute care with a line rate of 10.5 cpl M-F and 11 cpl on the weekends.
You can negotiate it a little harder, and you will get it depending on their needs, I guess.
It is MDI-Maryland.
Does anyone know of companies that hire for physical thearpy work? Many years experience.
nm
Do you need to have 2 years full time experience or just 2 years' experience? nm
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My experience with expanders and clinic sm
work has been that they usually want things verbatim and nothing expanded so my Expander actually sometimes is more trouble than it's worth on this particular work type. Of course, it depends on your account specifics. It's probably good for physical exams and consistent phrases for particular dictators?
You really need the experience of being with people in a classroom and doing clinic in hospitals sm
etc. to see if it's really want you want to do. Book learning is such a small part of a nursing education or any other medical training where you're going to be around people, blood, guts, mucus, and family situations. You get to know very early on if nursing is for you when you're actually there in a classroom and then doing some kind of clinic or lab experiences. Could save you money down the road, too, if you decide that nursing isn't right for you. ....even the online programs have you do your clinic at a local hospital and then you'll have to do a "challenge" weekend at a hospital that might not be close by in order to get the credits. Good luck with whatever you decide!
Acute care position with clinic experience???
Can anyone help or advise me? I have 3 years of clinic experience, but I would like to break in to acute care. It seems like I run into the same brick wall that I ran into with no experience. Does anyone have any leads or advice as to acquiring acute care employment with clinic experience only? What do I need to do? Thanks.
So how many years of college do you have, and why do you still transcribe? (n/m)
Geez
Yes, 25 years here - all acute care. You name it, I transcribe it.
Can't complain - I have a great account and high cpl rate. It took a lot of energy and was very time consuming to find it - but it was well worth it.
My best friend has been a nurse for years but I would not have her transcribe for me...
Believe it or not, we do more than "just type." Working the equipment and software is just a small part of it.
Just over 8 years. Orthopedics, ER, clinic. nm
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I took A&P/terminology course through my clinic 16 years ago
nm
IC Clinic average pay 3 years ago . . .
I started at 9 cpl 3 years ago on a clinic/psychology account (one account) for a local hospital with only 3 months experience, but I also worked full-time as an employee for that hospital during the day and the IC stuff was at night when they needed extra coverage.
nm would you mind if I asked where you work and what type of work hosp, clinic ?
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16 years, 1 radiology, 7 clinic, 8 acute
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I was getting $3 a page 12 years ago. But $2 might not be bad for VERY short clinic notes.
Whew! I just left clinic notes after 4 years..sm.
and got back into acute care. My momentum is back and I feel like I'm part of the medical process again. I guess I just like acute care better. I can never go back to clinic notes. I can't deal with those 20-second charts. Took me longer to get in the chart than to type it. The company I WAS with had such a screwed up demo screen if you made 1 mistake you got put on probation. Just toooooo much for me.
IMO, that is.
Picked up tapes for years for a clinic. Finally splurged
Drs wanted to try the phone system so I found a used one and it's much easier. Still drop off printed reports but have dictation instantly, especially nice for stat reports. Don't have to wait to pick up tapes anymore. I could see some of my older clients never moving away from tapes, but if you have one that's receptive to it, you might give it a shot. With gas prices now, it's easier to have a few scheduled dropoff days a week and you can always fax urgent documents to staff. I find that the local drs are usually quite loyal to good MTs so that is nice job security. They like the personal touch from someone they trust, not some big chain. My clients even offered to pay for phone system but I bought it so I could write it off.
Fresh out of school 13 years ago I made 8 cents gross/clinic/no ESL
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Thirteen years ago made 9 cents gross/clinic straight out of school
Transcribe your own work and stop trying to
If you do hire subs, then do your homework. Check references. It seems there have been a few posts this week regarding MTSOs that have been burnt. Welcome to the field of subcontracting. It all boils down to doing your own work and not trying to make money off of someone else's work. If you do not like the quality of someone's work, then do it yourself. 
Anyone know what co has ad for clinic work - sm
on the job seekers board. States you have to have a C phone or be able to re-record but no company name given. Anyone know who this might be? 
I do clinic work for them
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Might try clinic work ... seem to be less there. Otherwise
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Why only work clinic
and not in acute care? Do you feel you cannot do the hospital work or ? If you start off in the 4s, it helps you to be able to work just about any job relating to transcription but you might fear, do you?
My work is clinic also
My work is clinic notes, psych reports, surgery letter and consults also and I have had the same doctors for 7 to 18 years. But I still pay me IC's 8 to 9 cpl even though I can personally do 400 to 600 lines per hour and they can make $40 an hour on the psych reports. I also will not boost my rates sky high to my docs because we make a decent living due to shortcuts, templates, etc. But no way would I ever start anyone out at 6 cpl or even 7 cpl, though of course maybe I should and rake in the money myself. And on the other hand, I pay well but I still have had to look deep and hard to find those that will work for that amount and be mainly depedable so I can keep the accounts. They only wanted to work Tu, half of Weds and perhaps Thurs depends. I used to have 3 IC's and now have one after a doctor died and one retired and I keep the majority of the accounts because I could not find anyone that was dependable and thought it didn't matter if a report was 24 hours late, or the report was just half done, etc. And if the doctor requested things to be done a certain way we did it, mom and dad capitalized we do it because he signs the checks. So I can only imagine handling 10 IC's and trying to have enough work and yet have enough coverage when you needed it. Too much for me.
Need ER or Clinic Work
Does anyone know of a reputable company who is hiring for ER or clinic work and pays fairly well? I've just about had it with Medquist and my 23 different accounts.
Thanks much,
Brenda
ER/Clinic Work
Check out Diskriter, they are hiring for ER. Check out www.mtjobs.com for a long list of companies hiring.
Clinic work
Why would you want to start over? Go through the job ads on this board and other boards and send resumes to all those companies that were offering clinic work in the past. You will probably need to send out lots of resumes to get any response at all. Many companies will not respond. By searching on Google you will find lots of companies and lists with companies, and then just send out your resume to a large number. Some of these will respond, even if it takes a few weeks. It might take several weeks to find a new job, but just hang in there and don't give up.
I do clinic work and what they do...sm
is the company I am an IC for individually assigns MTs work. It is not in a pool. I get work that comes in on Friday evenings, and I usually do it Sunday because since the clinic is closed through the weekend it isn't due until Monday. But the workload is usually much heavier on weekends because the doctors are trying to dictate things they didn't want to dictate during the week. So I would say I do more work on weekends.
How many years experience as MT? nm
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Yes, I could see 9 CPL with 18 years experience!
I am just a newbie doing clinic reports. I get 7 CPL and am grateful that MQ was willing to hire me right out of school. I sure hope all the bad rumors do not materialize. I am hoping to get in more experience before the rug is ripped out from under me. I am glad that you posted. There were rumors about the 'new' minimum lines being 8,000 PPP and I am only up to 6,000. So I might be Okay in that area. Did they state anything about any certain percentage of reports going to QA. That is another rumor going around, that only 15% of reports can go to QA, which does not make sense as I know they don't want us GUESSING what the doctor said!
With 2 years experience!
It is a good thing to make that much with so little experience. HOw did you start editing with only 2 years experience? How can you possibly know enough of the language of medicine to edit? I call someone with 2-4 years experience a newbie not an experienced editor.
Is this right? MUST HAVE: 2 years' experience
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15 years of experience and you don't know
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Well, she's now said she has 16 years MT experience
and explain to me how she has been in this field for 16 years and does not know medical terminology? An impossibility. Maybe she did not understand their format, how to access or send back work, any number of other issues - but if you have that many years experience - you definitely know what you are doing MT-wise. And I am the poster from below who was let go after all the changes by the MTSO - and her true belief that her way was the RIGHT way and the only way and how could I not see that (???).... there are so very, very rude people out there - lucky for you perhaps you have not met one yet - your time may still come - and perhaps you will take a different attitude. I agree that there are really some dingy MTs out there - I do QA - I see it daily - the terms are hysterical they come up with - well they are funny when they are not serious - but you don't last 16 years and not know your stuff.
Thanks. You can do it with 14 years' experience! (nm)
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7 years experience here, doing
multispecialty clinic work for local lady who has her own accounts and get .10 per gross line, also work for a medium sized national and get 7.5 per 65-char line. Same as the other poster, would rather have enough of the .10 per line, but it is not there.
With 22 years of experience. :)
nm
10 years experience s/m
I've been with MQ for going on 10 years now and only make 7.75 cpl. I am a "tier 2" - doing acute care basic 4, clinics, specialty clinics and even some cardiac procedures and OP notes. I recently interviewed with 3 companies and was offered anywhere from 8.5 to 9.5 cpl. With your experience, I would certainly expect to be making 9 cpl, unless you can pick up some private accounts on your own.
Another thing to consider is whether or not you'll be needing benefits. My experience has been that IC pay is a little better because there are no benefits. The line rates I listed above do not include any incentives which may be offered. That's also something you should take into consideration when looking. Those rates are based on a 65-character line - spaces and demographics included.
I have 15 years experience, mostly
heme/onc, endocrine, ortho, etc. I have been exposed to op notes for the past 8 weeks and absolutely despise them - cannot make my line counts after previously being well above what is needed. If you can afford to take the cut in pay to learn them, go for it, but I sure cannot.
Someone with 30 years experience does not need CMT after their name.
Okay, 25 years experience,
and STILL having this problem. Now I don't feel so bad. I really feel for you! I don't know about the QA keeping busy, as they are always complaining how swamped they are. They just get mad when you send too many blanks and they are supposed to fix it, when the real person to be upset with s/b the dictator! Do they talk to THEM, no! Then stop complaining already!
How many years experience do you have? If over 10,
I mean, if you have 10, 20, 30 years experience, how do you like receiving the same pay as a newbie just out of school or with only 6 months to 2 years experience? Don't you think you've paid your dues and earned your stripes and deserve better pay than what the noobs get?
I have 3 years experience.
I agree that someone with many years experience should get somewhat higher pay. But more experience doesn't always equal a better MT. There are some people in this field who have been around a long time and probably shouldn't be in it. And like it or not, if you want to make decent money, you have to be fast. Accurate and knowlegeable also, but if you're not fast and using every tool at your disposal, you'll never make good money.
years experience sm
If you go at it looking for a job, and put in 10 years or so, it'll come back as no jobs fitting that category - in other words, no one is willing to pay for people WITH experience!!
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