You're welcome! Start dealing with some lawyers, and they make MQ look nice!
Posted By: MTQR on 2005-07-27
In Reply to: oy - justamushroom
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You might try cleaning for MDs or lawyers, might make more money :)
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You're in such close contact with the lawyers - ask them what many of us did. I owe you no
explanation. The rest of us MTs who went above and beyond "giving our name and email", well, they know what I'm referring to, and that's all that matters to me. Obviously, you're just naively into looking at MQ as the "big bad monster". Believe me, I thought the same way back when, but really jump into the pool and you'll see that things are not quite always as they seem! The suit by the 3 employees - nothing to do with DEP platforms, etc, whole different story than all would have us believe - as in the lawyers. Most of us who were very involved months ago are now just sitting back, seeing where the ride takes us. Very simple really. And if you had been more involved than even you acknowledge, you wouldn't be the LONE poster here, cheering on the lawyers against MQ. Have you noticed per chance you're like the lone voice? As opposed to months ago when there were TONS of voices on your side? Have you begun to wonder WHY we're all silent now? There is so much more to this story than what you are reading. But, I have 100% faith that you'll get where the rest of us are eventually...
I definitely feel like we are dealing with the same person! I think I need to make some phone calls
and put a stop to her! I cannot stand the idea that she is out there still scamming people like she scammed me!
How nice that the world revolves around what you make and no one else could possibly make more. sm
Marla in So. California pays 11 cpl for a 55 ccl, Oracle pays 9-1/2 cpl, MDI-MD 11 cpl, JLG 10 cpl for gross line, etc.
Of course, these are rates negotiated and paid to qualified MTs.
Wow what a great way to start your day. It would be nice if they all would do that
To start expect to make about $6 an hour - sm
If you are good, meaning not having to look up a billion things and a quick and accurate typist then you can make more, $16+ depending on the type of work you do. I am not a fast typist, though I do not have to look up much (except for address which slows me WAAAAAAY down), and I currently make about $12 an hour with 4 years experience. So this is no huge money maker. As you are only looking to supplement, you could probably expect to make an extra $30 a week to start, presuming you can find someone to take you on for so litte work. In time you may get that up to $60 a week, but still it is not a fortune.
You're not being very nice
It's very hard with anything to know what is important to other people and what just will not get their interest. It would be even harder with public speaking to a group of kids who probably have a short attention span and more than likely would much rather be anywhere else.
And after all that, all I can say is good luck. I've been a recluse for so long, I barely remember how to speak to the local grocery clerk, let alone a group of people about my profession!
Make sure that $5000 is in your hand before you start packing !! nm
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Ask him next time to start a new file and not make it so large.
Yup, you're right. I was just trying to get her to play nice
Some people's feelings can truly be hurt by some of her comments, although I doubt that that has ever crossed her mind and probably wouldn't bother her at all. I can only imagine what type of employee she makes and how she reacts to QA!
hope they're nice enough...
i would say it dont hurt to ask and get details. then try it out. then weigh it out
I am trying to be really nice, just wanted to make sure someone else thought so, too.
I do love these other two docs, it's just that this one is making me nuts. Knowing that the OM has already talked to her about this twice, mentioning to me as well that she is not comfortable with the HIPAA issue, I though might give some more leverage to the OM. I also thought that was less personal than me saying something like "I find this disrespectful to myself as a transcriptionist."
I appreciate the insight. Thanks!
you're kind of bullying in and it just isn't nice.
surely you can do better about presenting your advice.
you're just not going to get along well here with that bully attitude.
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I get so frustrated when people tell me they need a new computer because theirs is to slow. The first question I ask is "how many pictures do you have on there?" Standard response "oh at least a couple hundred, but the guy at the store said it could hold Xamount" yes it can, and every picture/video you add is taking up space. Invest in a few flash drives!!
Do you LPN's on-call make around $50-60 an hour?!! Nice chunk of change! nm
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lawyers
i'm thinking about doing the same thing as well before I cash the check. I could use the money now, but I want to be assured that they're not doing something underhanded again!!
I have seen so many lawyers who are
supposedly reputable who sit on cases until statutes run out and get it in at the last minute.
Yours sounds like one of that type and so sorry you got him, but you can file a complaint with your state legal society or whatever your state calls it. This is not a new happening with lawyers. I don't know how much he charged you, but I would request some of that money back being as you paid him based on the fact that you were going to be the one filing for divorce and because he sat on it, you became the respondent to that divorce action. As far as your car, that can be amended, but it brings additional attention to this item if he wants to fight it, but you need to get it done. Just take yourself to another attorney, tell him the reason you want to switch, and see if he can request attorney's fees from your husband being as he is the one who filed first and initiated the divorce proceedings.
You might ask him about how to handle the current lawyer situation, but most lawyers do not like to go against other lawyers in their town or city. That is something they really hate to do, so your best bet there is to call your state's disciplinary board for lawyers.
You're going to have to make a change.
If you can try to work an hour or so earlier or later to get in some lines when her son is sleeping. I find that if my children/DH are awake I want to be with them, even if just watching TV, so I'm more productive when they are sleeping. If you think this new account situation is just a temporary thing and in a month or so you won't have to work so much then just have a talk with son and explain the situation and make an effort to spend some quality time with him. Starting with any new account is takes a while to get productive, but if this new account is too difficult, ask to try another account or change companies.
I gave way too much to my job and not enough to my family, even though I had to work, I wished I could do it all differently. My son has seen pictures and home videos of me hold him in my lap and reading to him and he can't believe I used to do that. I allowed my work to take priority. I can't go back and undue the past, but I've learned from my mistakes and working hard to correct things now.
So what is it that you do that you're so successful at, & how much do you make? (nm)
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and, you're an IC, so you make a little more because of your taxes.
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Maybe if you're fast and make 9 cpl
The way I figured it, to make $60k a year at 40 hours a week you have to type at least 300 lph and make 9 cpl. Not many 9 cpl offers these days and only experienced, long-term MTs can do 300 lph on a regular basis.
Bet they didn't put that in the ad.
All the lawyers I called said
this was not a big case in the sense that a) I didn’t die, b) I was not disfigured in any way and so forth. They said it was not a big enough case and that basically elective surgery and juries would not be sympathetic with me.
A lot of us here still don't make $10 an hour. You're lucky. nm
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That's IF you're lucky enough to be able to make 200 lph. Many accts are
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well, of course you make more with your own accounts cuz you're not employee
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we're all humans here and we all make mistakes
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One from MQ, and in it a letter addressed from the lawyers
I am just afraid the rug is going to be yanked completely from under us, and I have no plan B. The changing of management, no raises, and losing accounts is nothing new, but my biggest fear is being sold and being at the mercy of a lower pay plan, worse rules, etc., i'm comfy where I am.
I consulted several lawyers, all told me the same
that in essence, I had brought this on myself as it was elective. I must have called 10 or so, same story. You know, this did not break me financially - hurt me that I felt the pressure not to press forward with recouping my money and then for him to dictate it just like it was all done. I probably more than likely have discarded any materials pertaining to this in years past as I told my present hubby just wanted to let it go. What goes around comes around is the way I look at things. Thanks
In our house, we're all allowed to make suggestions. sm
and a lot of the time we do the shopping together. We try to make sure that the majority of us like something before we decide on it for dinner. And we're always trying new things and have found many new favorites that way. However, if there's something we're planning on having that one of us doesn't like, I'll make a simple alternative to it (like maybe fish, etc.)
I certainly can't criticize the kids for not liking everything we like, or tell them to go without if they don't like it, because half of the time it's ME who doesn't like the planned dinner. For example, they all love steak and I can't stand red meat.
We try to include enough of a variety so that everyone's happy. If one person isn't crazy about the main dish, then more than likely they're going to eat more salad and veggies or maybe a sandwich with it. It all works out. :)
Ask for samples, make some templates, and Go! You're blessed to have this
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Make sure there aren't other taxes that you're overlooking.
Some communities/counties have occupational privilege tax, 911 tax. Some sales require you to collect a sales tax on your service. The best advice is to check with a tax preparer AND visit your state's revenue website to make sure you're not missing anything.
You can buy just the Start/Stop software w/o the pedal if you're able to use your pedal as a VEC
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I totally agree, it reminds me of lawyers. nm
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I think the best of MQ is over. With the horrendous amount of money going to lawyers and what it
will cost to pay these hospitals that they bilked will be millions and millions. There is no way there is going to be money made with MQ anymore without a tremendous amount of aggravation. I think they will sell out or merge. My office is closing and they told the clients either get on DQS or find another MT company so they are moving on rapidly to something and not sure what. I think they are getting their ducks in a row.
Make you request. The worse they can say is NO. I doubt they would say, NO and you're fired.
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Well, ya can't make $50k a year unless you're willing to give up your life and be chained to S
you PC 12+ hours a day. I can't recommend any particular school as I didn't go to one of the "online" schools. I learned in an actual classroom which I recommend over any of these online schools. Another thing I recommend is working in an office for at least six months, but more like a year, because there is a gigantic learning curve once you actually get a job. There are just things that schools can't or don't teach, things that can only be learned on the job from other MTs who have been doing it longer than you.
Don't get me wrong. It's great to be able to work from home. Personally, I don't think newbies should be allowed to work at home right out of the gait. There is some much they don't know. They need help. They need to be able to ask questions and one of the best things about working in the office as a newbie, is being able to ask the seasoned MT next to you to listen to something for you.
Having said all that, I think MT is slowly dying. It's become difficult to make a decent living in this profession. I'm one of the few lucky ones. I work at-home for a hospital. I get paid hourly, get incentive, and have all the benefits of being a FT employee. Oh, and they can't take my benefits away if I don't make my quota.
You can't support a family on 7 or 8 cpl or even 9 cpl when the dictation is the crap they won't send to India. I would suggest finding another profession. The trend in medical coding is that all coders will be working from home soon what with everyone going to the Electronic Medical Record. I would go into coding. You may end up working in the office for a while, but I don't see coding being outsourced to India any time soon.
Good Luck.
Personally, I think lawsuits only give lawyers more money
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DH and I used to clean lawyers' offices for supplemental income. sm
Made good money. They were very appreciative folks and even gave us a $100 tip at XMAS time. Mind you, we were working for a contractor. Would have made more if we were the contractor. No shame here.
You're likely to make more money on the lower rate because easier to understand and can probably
faster and need less time to look things up, etc. Just my 2 cents.
There is NOTHING to post! The boards were trolled for a long time by the lawyers AGAINST MQ, looking
for any lame info in a very unprofessional (not to mention unethical) manner. They used us and left. Now the law suits are in the "discovery process", where both sides are gathering info, where they can then decide whether to proceed forward or not. No news at all for us MTs. Again, the $$-hungry lawyer(s)? were all over this board months back, stirring up the pot, begging us for info, and then VANISHED!
I talked to the MQ MT lawyers. They promised it would take time to gather evidence.
As any professional deserves to be paid for their time, so do lawyers. They spent years in college while you probably were doing MT work typing someone else's words and ideas. Lawyers go to school to develop knowledge of the law and ideas of their own. Now on the other hand, you seem to have no problems with the CEO(s) of MQ jeopordizing your job by illegal billing of clients all the while bonusing himself and his cronies at your expense.
With all due respect you are full of it.
Unfortunately, their way of dealing SM
with what they call a "troublemaker" on that forum is to state that the discussion has gone as far as it can go and they proceed to lock the topic. If you try to open a new topic, they lock that one also.
There are so many issues they have done this on, their advertising ethics, the cost of the BOS, not giving the journal to student members...they just say IT'S BEEN DECIDED, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. Really makes someone want to join, doesn't it?
Dealing with it
We went to a lot of counseling and at first I did not agree with the counselor but now I see where he was coming from. It was worse in my situation as my husband is a truck driver and was on the road a lot and so I was the main discipline, rule maker, etc. His son lived with us twice and when he stole our car, etc. he did go back to Florida where his mother lived as he had outstanding juvenile warrants down there that his mother forgot to tell us about when she shipped him to us. But looking back I definitely see where it was the unstable life style and the first time that he was as bad as he was, we should not have sent him back to him Mom where he wanted to go. That is how he controlled us was by being bad. Now I see what the counselor was saying that no matter what he did, we were not to send him back to his mother but we did. Even if we had to separate but basically what the counselor was trying to do was to get Jeff to quit his job and stay more at home and be with his son more which he refused to do, so the first time (age 11) he took a butcher knife to new furniture, stole money and checks and took his bicycle trying to run away to Florida. Then he came back at age 16 and did the car thing. But I truly think that if we had stuck it out the first time, it might have made a difference but who knows. But my ex also had two daughters from a second marriage and I am closer to them than he is. We are now divorced -- no children -- after 22 years but I stay in contact with the kids --well grown kids now and see them. One got married a year ago and I went to the wedding, Dad did not. The easy thing to do is to walk away and give up, the hard thing to do is to love them and try to shape their life somewhat. It is hard but I really don't think it is impossible at this age. But your husband does have to lay down some rules, give you the support when you need it and let them know that they must listen to you as well. You are a family and I always worked with the kids mother to show unity and in fact am still friends with one of them but have gotten along with both of them better than he did. We just tried to do what was best for the kids. But again, they do need to know you are a united front and together and at this age, they have two choices, follow the rules and be part of a family or not and be alone. My oldest stepdaughter called on Mother's Day to say hello and she had lived with me/us from age 19 to 21 and gave us especially me since I was home most of the time a run for our money. Nothing like the stepson but doing some partying, not calling, things that normal kids do. She did move out after a little over a year but stayed in the area. She did apologize and say that she now understood where I was coming from and wished she had been a little different but she did appreciate everything I had done for her and was glad that we were still friends. So that kind of made my day. Again, counseling would be a good idea. Remember that kid is coming from a different lifestyle and we expect them to adapt immediately to our lifestyle. Like when you first get married and your first Christmas comes along and you realize you now have to deal with celebrating Christmas two different ways with two sets of traditions, it is hard. Good luck. Sorry I rambled on so much. Patti
That is exactly what I am dealing with....nm
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Dealing with burnout
Hi:
Is anyone out there dealing with burnout due to their transcription job? I have been doing this for 7 years as an Independent with only 1 vacation in that time. I work weekends and holidays and feel like I am about ready to yank my freaking hair out  from the responsibility!!!
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gender, medical, racy or adult topics. I mean, really, when's the last time you saw a feminine product on TV and decided that you simply must run to the store right away to get you some? Cialis and Viagra? Come on, maybe E.D. was invented to give women a break for once in their adult lives. And all those pills being pushed by the manufacturers? Yes, let's go to the doctor and demand pills because we're all self-diagnosing.
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