Well then sign the petition and help make a difference!

• Immigration - Please sign the petition! - see inside
  • Online petitions are NOT legal, period! - MQ2
    • NumbersUSA has done their homework on this issue. If you have questions, ask them. They will answer - you and (sm)
    • So what's it hurt to sign it just in case? - nm
  • Hope California would join the two states - CAMT
    • What position does the Governator have on this issue? - nm
  • This problem is here to stay - petition or no petition
    • Yep - thank you liberal loony TV execs - sm
    • I have never seen a white man/woman in the fields. - I live in ag country
      • you have no idea what you're talking about - so hush
        • Actually she does know what she's talking about. I - see it in our ag area, too. nm
        • Do you expect businesses to cease operating because the U.S. work force refuses to provide services? - I think not
          • you're making things up as you go along... - so hush
            • Oh, I know what is going on. I live in the San Joaquin Valley. - Here it is
    • Well then sign the petition and help make a difference! - Thanks! nm
      • No kidding! With the attitude like the problem is here to stay then - change will never (sm)
        • do you really think they cross the border on their own? - don't be naive
          • Uh YEAH, I do...because I live in south Arizona and WATCH THEM! - nm
            • Illegals - Oh, yeah they do-- all the time!
              • Wow! VERY well written and said! My husband works for a local hospital and - (sm)

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I have seen several on this board talking about this endlessly and I wonder why anyone else really cares about what others do in their work. There is always back and forth about what independents should work. Others here say they should not have certain hours to work, that makes them an employee, not an independent. Pray tell, what differences does it make to anyone except to the person working? If you are independent and you work whichever hours you work and another independent and they work certain hours only, why the big fuss? By an independent having their own set hours, does that somehow play into your normal everyday routine? I do not think so. Does your employer now tell you because others have set hours, you will have to do that also- I do not think so. If people are happy with their own job situation, why do others think they have to come here and bash them for their job ethics. I for one am tired of all the nonsense going back and forth. Leave it be. Give it a rest. Do your job and don’t worry about the next person.

This is usually my local stuff though and not my online stuff.

I have one that will say, "Good Morning whoever you are this morning and thank god it's finally Friday, Friday, FRIDAY!!!" When he gets to Vitals he'll say blood pressure like dracula. At the end he'll say, "and we are finally done for the day, thank you for typing this for me."  Every time I get one of his tapes I say, "Oh GOODY!"

I have one  that might have 10 whole patients on a tape who will start off by saying, "Prepare yourself, this was a long day." A tape that "long" usually takes me less than a half hour. Around Christmas the doc had patient named Virginia and said, "Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."

My all time favorite is the one that caught me off guard on April Fool's day. He said, "The first patient is Peter Rose. Chief Complaint: "I have a gambling problem." Then he said, "April Fools! Sorry, I just had to do that."

On the flip side I get the Dr. Repeats who will say the same thing 5 times and do 60 lines on a a follow up note.

Seems as if just about everyone says thank you and/or have a nice day. Even the online people. I guess they must know I'm a nice person.

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I signed the petition because I know firsthand how outsourcing has affected my job.  I have lost over 5 accounts and losing my last one due to India.  I have just been offered a position to go back in my field of billing that I did 12 years prior to the four I have done in transcription.  I am not at all eager to go back into the office, but I have no choice.  This field was wonderful four years ago with so much work that my head spin, but now there is nothing all because of Nationals and outsourcing because they- DR- saw a cheap way out thinking that this was better.  In fact, from what I hear, it is worse with all the editing.  Such a shame this field has gone to the DOGS!!

her medical info being leaked to gossip papers.  A question was raised about this on the Gab Board under 'Question about med records, privacy and the law"  and explains the issue in a little more detail. 

I wrote to an official in office, a few days ago, about out-sourcing.  Trust me there are many concerned people who do not know about personal information going off United States soil.  Anyway, here is the response I received back just today.  MTs, we have to stick together and stay strong on this one!  There may be hope yet.

Greetings,  Thanks for taking the time to contact me regarding your concerns about out-sourcing medical records beyond our country's borders.  I appreciate you bringing this important issue to my attention.  I will forward your very valid concerns for consideration. We have a responsibility to protect personal information and medical records.  So many loopholes!!!!!  Thank you again and have a Happy and Holy Easter Season.  Mauree G.

She also sent me a second E-mail asking that we keep this topic alive in our field.  We can do this.  Yes we can!  Write to your state representatives.  Trust me they don't know what is going on, but they do listen.  I pointed out that if we work from home in the U.S. that we also save our earth.  We are not using gas to travel to other jobs, ect.  There are many, many valid issues here.  Just take a few minutes and type out a quick note to your representatives. 

Sign petition and letters to Representatives and President.

http://www.billing-coding.com/forum/read_thread.cfm?ForumID=8&ThreadID=11607&Thread=2506

everything I post. I'll admit I've gone anonymous a few times, but it is rare. I'm just not going to do it. I stand behind anything I say - if it's wrong, then I made a mistake, I wasn't trying to hornswoggle anybody.

It is easy to see the culprit behind these MTs who can't make any money. You hear people talking about "platforms" and searching for demographics, etc. That's the problem.

I work for somebody for whom I am a source of income, not a cost center. The faster I am, the more we both make.

I do use my Expanders - a lot - and I've used the same shortcuts for years. But the main thing is that I work in Word without worrying about how some unit secretary is going to pull up the report I just typed. The company I work for isn't there to make sure the consultant on 4E can see the work quickly without shuffling papers. They're there to produce a fast and accurate medical record - period.

That other stuff is for the hospital to worry with, and the hospital I work for has some kind of system where my Word documents go in their system in batches. I wouldn't pretend to know what that is, LOL, but I'm not crippling along on a program that was designed for everybody but ME, and that's what happens at these big companies. They have to have a selling point, and that seems to be it.

"Here, let us do your transcription. Here's how it works. The MT types your report, it goes into the chart electronically. And the stuff is all there for the data miners, too, so everybody can like us!" This was true for Dictaphone, Lanier, everybody. They all had to have an angle for everybody in the hospital and the MT was left sucking hind teat, as we say out in the country.

Been there and done that and would only go back if I had absolutely no other choice. As much as I love this profession, I couldn't figure out why people gripe about not making money so much - and then I went to work for a national and found out real quick.  

I don't know what they are charging you but I talked to several before I went with Trinity Debt Management whose name was given to me by my church and they were the cheapest.  But I still ended up filing a Chapter 13 because of a divorce that cost me so much I could not pay the bills.  But I did start with them and they were very nice.  It cost $50 to start the program but their monthly maintenace fees were way cheaper than the other major ones I talked with.  Some wanted as much as $100 to $150 per month to manage my account that was a payment to a bill.  But I chose the Chapter 13 repayment program and pay $300 a month for three years to the courts and they pay it out and the balances are then wiped clear.  I only had to pay partial attorney fees, mainly filing fees, the rest was put into the monthly fee.  I still feel bad but at least am paying something.  But there is nothing you can do when you go from two paychecks to one and doesn't feel the bills are his responsibility.  Good luck.  Just thought I would mention them.

Patti

They will probably hee and haw and not sign a contract or they put in whereas for "cause they can terminate the service immediately" or with 15 to 30 days notice they can terminate the service without cause.  So with or without a contract they will terminate her services when they find someone else if that is what they are doing.   Who knows I could be wrong and will probably get my goose cooked for working now for 15 years without contracts and have to eat my words.   Time will tell. 

Have you ever seen this dictated as part of HEENT exam on history and physical exam.