i GUARANTEE she won't be hired back
Posted By: maybe on 2006-08-08
In Reply to: Don't like the part where doc's office tells you not to tell her. They should be upfront and - hvlmt
maybe its some kind of a TEST, like the service owner ASKED the doc to try to lure her away, and once she did it, THEY would BOTH fire her.
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CMT NOT A GUARANTEE
I do not think that CMT is necessarily an "investment in your future". I am not certified and am making a crazy salary. I get paid "salaried" as an editor. It is great money and I am earning it not on the basis of certification, but based on my experience and what I have put into my career. You get back what you put in. I have never even been asked if I am certified or not.
As far as offshoring, I think it's a travesty, BUT, other major American business are doing it, so it would stand to reason so would the medical profession.
If you are willing to learn, learn, learn, and perfect our "craft" then you do not need to be certified to have a great career.
not a guarantee either
I've been with two companies who had DD and was still paid late. The last one I quit I told her I would finish out the month to give her a chance to find someone else. My DD was 2-1/2 weeks late for that pay period. It hosed me financially and she had the gall to tell me she wasn't responsible for my financial situation. When you are the one holding my paycheck, you are.
Don't know you can get a guarantee of
number of reports -- that would totally depend on the patient load, whether or not anyone actually needed x-rays, whether the doctor is working FT or PT, etc.
CMT does not guarantee a qualified MT, maybe
just someone with enough money to play the game and take a test. I personally have worked with and hired MTs with and without the CMT at the end of their name and I really see no difference overall the CMT makes as far as quality of work or fund of knowledge, and there are some with CMTs that make me wonder how they even passed the test. Experience alone is the tell all. I would hire someone with years of experience over someone with only a few with some silly credential behind their name. If you have been in this business for 15+ years, you do not need some credential to prove yourself. Some just need to have somthing to make them feel superior when they actually may not even be that good. Passing a test for CMT looks good on paper, but in my experience does not mean you can actually decipher dictation or produce quality reports in the real world. JMO
There is also no guarantee the work will be there.
I have not had a hard time getting paid, I have had a hard time knowing my contracted lines will be there. However, of course, I am expected to live up to my promised lines. Catch-22. As an IC you of course can and should get more than 1 account or company to work with. That is my advice. Make sure to do your homework too.
You are correct. There is no guarantee of
They'd need a crystal ball. All is a guestimate when it comes to workload, etc.
Try www.medword.com and search contracts. You can find some templates there.
Correct spelling would be a guarantee.
differential.
I can almost guarantee that the MTSO is making more than
0.05 cpl profit. I think you have to look at each potential account individually. Do you had equipment that they can use to call-in, do they use tapes, do you have to print and deliver work, etc.
I also think you need to look at where you live. If you live in a metropolitan area you could get away with charging more. It you live in a very small town with no much in the area you would probably need to charge less.
You could offer to do the work for a couple of days and then come up with a rate. Maybe they have tons of normals, very easy dictators and it you could really be productive you might charge a little less versus if you have to pickup tapes, print and deliver work, etc.
I've never had my own accounts or even worked as an IC so I have no personal experience.
There is no guarantee that FlashType will work in Meditech although
it works in most Windows environments. It does work in many platforms and all stand alone word processors, email programs, instant messengers.
Bravo! I guarantee you will feel better in time
NM
I guarantee you it's NOT the software that is making this person
$30/hr, it's knowledge that comes from years of studying at a good school. I wouldn't expect to make $30 right from the start, either. It is possible to work up to that over a couple of years. BTW, I don't know of ANY type of software that costs 5K. Maybe this person meant computer, software, reference materials, etc.
I have been asking for one since the day I was hired.......
I have been on this account for 2 weeks and it has been like this from day 1. My account mgr is telling me everything is low and that there are no secondary accounts to put me on......and I have experience in everything so I'm not limited in what I can do! I know this time is always slower but this is beyond slow. I'm trying to hang in there but getting really frustrated. They are still hiring and we don't have enough work to do. Then, they are rolling out this BeyondText voice recognition thing and while we show no jobs ready to be typed the ones that are at MLS, which means they are in voice recognition, is full......seriously considering going back to school because I see this field getting worse and worse. Harder to make money. I'm trying to stay positive but it's getting hard to do. Sorry everyone has to listen to me complain but my bills are really getting behind.
Same here. I was hired as IC
My company would not hire me as an employee. Never told me to work for other people. I am plenty busy, fulltime with this company working on one account.
The company I work for now has been in business for over 30 years. I have been with them for 1 year now. I do not believe they have had any trouble with the IRS or I think they would have told me I have to work for more than 1 company.
Oh you mean the one that likely hired her? LOL
Good luck. LOL.
Someone like that hired here and is
making slightly a dollar an hour less than me. Now THAT burns me!!! I have 7 years experience but because they upped the minimum starting wage after I was already here people are starting out with almost what I make- but did they raise anyone elses wage to compensate? No, that is not their "policy." I guess we get penalized for longetivity. If I quit and came back and was hired a week later I would make at least 1-2 dollars an hour more than I am making now. Sickening.
I don't think so. I just was hired for them and they were
pretty firm in the schedule. Someone has to work weekends so most companies have gone to a Tu-Sa or Su-Th schedule. After 6 months you can change schedule, but don't know if you can eliminate a weekend or not.
So were you hired?
The test was very easy. I sent it in, but I have not heard back.
They do not need your SS# unless you are hired.
You may think you are being hired for
the morning shift, and then they tell you that only evening shift is available, 2-10 p.m.
They hired you as LPN, so they cannot
all of a sudden change your contract and add also the duties of an MT and not even pay you for it.
But you can do it in the evening at home.
Is the doctor your employer when you do the MTing?
I just was hired with the new SE pay/incentive!!!!!
I must say I am very happy and I think other SE's will be, as well!!
I hired in at 9 cpl and can earn up to 2 cpl in incentive on every line I type! I'm excited! I can hardly wait to get started!! Though I am only obligated to do 6000 lines in a payperiod, if I type 16,000 lines in the payperiod I get my extra 2 cpl and that makes for $1760 just for that! I think that is pretty good.
My training is next week and I hope to be able to reach that with my first check!!
If all would please be calm, I'm sure that the new SE pay/incentive plan will soon get out there!!! You'll be very pleased! 
How do these people get hired, if they are so bad. Also...
My QA goes 99-100%; yet, I can still get 'ugly' comments from QA after 14 years on the job (only on certain accounts, because my QA is AWEsome on my primary).
There is constructive criticism, and then there is the attitude I have personally experienced by QA of thinking they are in some elite group and that they are better than everybody...making nasty little digs and extremely unnnecessary comments. Those personal comments are not professional, period.
This does not sound like you, and not even most QA, but there are those few QA people, in my opinion, whose comments can be downright disparaging, condescending, and sometimes even sadistic.
It is like doctors, almost, you know - how they seem to live in a world of their own and forgot how to deal with people as 'people' after a while?
I keep saying this, but rather than degrade people, there should be more education for people whose skills are not up to par, and my biggest complaint, how are these people getting hired. Perhaps recruiters need to get more input from QA, or QA should be involved in hiring.
One more thing: For QA who edit off-shore MTs (my apologies to you up-front, if you do not, but to make a point here), I have seen some pretty hideous reports from overseas; yet, never hear QA complain too much, or make rude comments to or about those MTs individually.
For those 'lazy' MTs you call them, perhaps that is why you have a job. If everyone was perfect, there would be no need for QA. You make more than MTs, right?
Also, it is always easier to read along with a report and see mistakes. Heck, I even find typos QA people make, and even in formal letters I get from MQ, etc. (There is even an error in Dorland's, haha).
This is only my opinion, as I do not see how many of these so-called 'lazy' MTs even get past the testing stage.
As far as being for the ''good of the patient," as I have heard before, if we were doing what was good for the patient, well, I could on about that one (smile). Insurance companies and CEOs of hospitals do not seem to care much about the patients, because if they did, they would not be discharging before they are even well or healed, just to save a buck. They would not be outsourcing overseas, just to save a buck...
Hired by Spheris in May.....sm
All I did was send my resume. Recruiter called within 2 days promising me the moon and the stars. I never tested, never had my credit checked. I have "Equifax Credit Watch" and get notification if there is "any" activity including credit inquiries. They never checked my references...professional or personal. They sent me the whole kit and kaboodle even though I told them I would use their computer as required, but I didn't need a monitor, keyboard, mouse or modem. After my "training week" getting paid at $7.00 an hour, they had the nerve to tell me I would be started at 6.5 cpl after recruiter told me I would make much more because of my experience. I was gone before they had a chance to take a deposit from my paycheck. I was more than happy to send them back all their outdated equipment. So please don't generalize when referring to nationals.
Unless you signed something when you were hired
that says you agree to pay for return shipping when you leave, then the company is responsible. If you don't have your original hire paperwork, ask them for a return shipping label. If they say you agreed to pay for it, ask them to send you a copy of the signed agreement. Make sure you save all correspondence.
I was just recently hired by
Transcend and am receiving the equipment today or tomorrow, will train next week. I would not worry about the interview if I were you. She was very nice and we had a nice talk. I am leaving MQ. Welcome.
I was hired at the same time you were and
there have been a lot of changes. I emailed you and you did not respond so I now wonder if you aren't just trying to flame ETP. With due respect, if you are meeting the guidelines for qualifying for benefits and after 9 months you aren't getting them, it makes me wonder why they wouldn't give them to you especially since you did not get a bonus. They only gave bonuses to people who qualified for them. They gave you the criteria to earn the bonus so you could keep track for yourself of every level that would earn your bonus. You can always call HR. Heck they even have an open door policy so you can email any of the head honchos.
If it were me and I knew honestly that insurance was a benefit I wanted and did not have, I would never wait 9 months to find out what the problem was.
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I was hired w/o testing - sm
Started looking for 2nd job when started having low workloads on my primary job; sent out 2 feelers and both asked for tests, then one of them called me and said not to bother with the test, my experience said it all. What a good feeling - to be appreciated!
Have a great day.
Yes, I have been hired before w/o testing. nm
nm
I was hired for 5cpl..lol
My first job offer was 5 cpl just a few months ago (what a joke). I knew it was low, but I was trying to get my foot in the door. As it turned out, the company was a nonpaying company  and I quit 2 months later. A few weeks later I was offered a job making almost double. I agree that 5 cpl is low, but I gained experience in acute care so I guess it worked out in the end.
Normally editors are hired from within the
company, though I occasionally do see postings looking for editors/QA. Almost all the posts I have seen are wanting people with at least 2 years recent QA experience or 10+ years MT experience. Editing tends to pay less than MT. Some companies pay per line and ideally you should be able to edit more lines a day than transcribing, so you might even out. Some companies pay hourly, but the hourly rate is usually considerably less than what you would make as an MT. There are various kinds of editing - VR, editing offshore work where you have to edit 100% of the work and correct probably 50% of it, editing where you just fill in blanks, and then fill in blanks and 100% edit files on a regular basis to monitor quality.
it's how many got hired 30+ years ago....
When I was hired for my first account I had no
MT schooling, though had LPN training. The first report I transcribed was what was considered the worst dictator on the account and I had 2 blanks. The MTSO apologized for giving me that dictator, but she had to pick her jaw off the floor after she did QA on it and saw how well I did.
I have had a love of anything medical-related since I was about 12. I used to read Gray's Anatomy for fun. I just had a natural aptitude. I was only doing about 600 lines a day and that was w/o an expander/macros.
your very welcome. you mentioned the other gal was hired sm
so she could possibly take some home to do it so i thought well why can't you take some home too, at least temporarily until you are better healed with your feet. you could put in 4 in-house, go home and then late that evening maybe put in another 4. i think breaking up your time at the computer into some sort of split shift would be the best thing for you and your feet. but do check into the requirements (maybe not asking the lady over you as she seems to not want to work with you). it typically is not 40 hours at all places.
Have Experience, Can't Get Hired!
I can't figure this out! I have over 10 years' experience, but I can't get a job! The company I work for is closing, so I began to look around, but doors are slamming in my face left and right.
I learned through a mentor about 12 years ago (spent 2 years under her) and have worked in acute care for a small company for the past 10-3/4 years. Is it my lack of schooling?
What are they looking for? I thought it was experience.
Just got hired to type into EMR
Three doctors refuse to type into the EMR's -- they are older but there are still some out there. So just got hired to do it for them. This is the second time I have been hired to do this. Takes a little longer and charge by hour and not line, but still a job and keeps me current on the new technology.
Is it possible to be hired by a hospital
for an at-home MT position? If so, how would you go about applying, mailing resume, searching Internet job databases, searching hospital web sites? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to e-mail. Thank you!!
Our Co hired about 20 grads from
Hi Rae,
The company I work for hired 20 graduates all at one time from Med Workshops and they did well. This was about 1-1/2 yrs ago.
We contracted with Med Workshops to provide the graduates based on parameters we were looking for. Because our Company spelled out the training, it was hard to go wrong. Students got a break on the normal tuition costs.
I understand they are a medical transcription staffing school; the only one I know of.
Didn't they tell you when they hired you?
You are supposed to pull a rabbit out of your friggin hat! Yes, certified magician Transcriptionist s/b next to your name! It's frustrating when QA gets mad at you for not being able to figure it out and leave too many blanks, and when you ask if someone can talk to the doc, forget it.
She just hired 5 FT people for a new
account, so she isn't at this time.
Oh, they'll be hired all right...
...but they'll be paid in rupees.
So would a QA person hired from outside.
Every company's policy is different on how they QA, weight of errors, how they give feedback, etc. If an MT wants to take the QA job, then I see no problem with hiring from within.
I was just hired by one of these better companies...
I have been through three of the more reputable nationals before finding the perfect fit. I am also very happy with my choice and am working very hard to make it work.
The issue is that none of these companies would even consider paying the line rates that many have posted here today that they are making. Please don't take my OP the wrong way. I can also understand to a point why a person wouldn't want to name the company they are working for. Can you at least answer me this? Are the companies that are paying 12+ cpl the same ones that post job ads on the popular MT forums? You mentioned doing some research. Did you have to search to find a company willing to pay this? Or when speaking with your prospective MTSO, did you decline the rate that was offered saying, "I won't work for anything less that X amount per line? Are MTSOs willing to negotiate line rates with new ICs? I was thrilled to get offered 8.5 cpl and I have 15 years experience in the specialty I was hired on for. I know experience doesn't always matter, but I can honestly say that I know I am a very good MT. I have been told by former employers that I am well above average and deserve to make more than what I'm making especially if it's obtainable.
Without giving out the name of your company, would you just kindly answer some of my questions at your convenience. My husband is laid off right now and I am really struggling to provide for my family. 8.5 cpl just isn't getting it, especially since it looks like I may have to buy insurance. Please feel free to email me if you'd prefer. I'd truly be grateful for any advice anyone would be kind enough to offer. Thank you!
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OK! I'm glad you're back down here. Now don't go back up there and read those evil posts ag
Okay? But I have to leave you now, sadly. Thousands of noble dictating doctors are anxiously awaiting my help with their "dictations"....They're all loading up on chips, drinking lots of soda so they can burp, and then have to go to the bathroom...You know the routine! Off I go to earn some pennies!! But, truly, I am thankful that I have a job! 
PS.. It apparently worked..I heard back and already submitted the paperwork back.
I'm not sure how many people they are hiring but you shouldn't stress too hard over it. Do the best you can.
How is the DET platform for Medquist. I might be hired and
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