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oops, meant yes, it is a lousy wage

Posted By: (no msg) on 2007-10-23
In Reply to: National average is $14.00/hour, so no- - (see msg)

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Opinions: Do You Think $12.00 An Hour Is A Lousy Hourly Wage For An Experienced Medical Transcripti - David
- That's 8 cpl doing 150 lph. nm - If you produce more than that, it's a low wage.
- TOTALLY! (It's an insult!) nm - Flibertygibbit
  - Where do you folks get these amounts??? - Loco MT
    - If you are Fast and Good - Carol
    - not a liar, not an old person, I make waaaaay over $20/hour, probably double (CA, .15-.17 line) sm - Deb
    - I make over $20 an hour - Working older person
- WAGE - nana
- Where are you located? - lindabel
- It is, but doing a Monster/CareerBuilder search shows that inhouse jobs - ARE being offered in the $10-13/hr range. Up to yo
  - ...up to you to see if you can make more per line at home versus going - in-house somewhere at possibly a lower rate. nm
- YES!! I made $15/hr at my first MT job... - sm
- 12.00 hour is way toooooo low - catzameow
- That depends - Lyndia
- Wage vs Need/Wants - AnnieM!AnnieM!
- Yes. I made that my first couple of years. - Definitely
- I've been at this for 2 years and make between - $18 and $23 an hour so-sm
- Doing EMR at $18/hr - Patti
  - Up North, experienced, educated, well-rounded MTs.....sm - CindiRI
    - Deep south, educated, experienced too - Making over $20 hr
      - I don't know why the anonymity of a board leads to....sm - CindiRI
        I did not know the words educated, experienced, etc. - Making over $20 hr
        And if you sincerely read and comprehended my 2 posts, I ....sm - CindiRI
        I just know people move to the south a - Making over $20 hr
        Okay, one more try at this for Daniel....sm - CindiRI
        Hmm, I think that was David insteal of Daniel - Making over $20 hr
        Wow, are you feeling better now? Need to justify or over-compensate? Lord.......nm - CindiRI
        Educated, experienced, well-rounded northern - Nah!
        Hey, I meant David, sorry.....sm - CindiRI
      - What part are you from because - tia
        Not working for anyone in the state - Making over $20 hr
- Well, with 8 years at the same company I was up to 11 and some change. - MslaMT
- Depends on how much experience you have. I have 26 years, not good for me. nm - sharon
- National average is $14.00/hour, so no- - (see msg)
  - oops, meant yes, it is a lousy wage - (no msg)

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I will not put up with lousy
accounts solely to profit the MTSO and doctors. The bottom line is if they can't provide me with profitable accounts, I'm outta there. I am so tired of being given the ESL and rambling dictators just because "nobody else can do them." TOUGH! Why should I make peanut wages doing the tough work because other people can't hack it?

Ever think that maybe 15% is going to QA because of LOUSY DICTATION? nm
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I must have a really lousy account.
I can do anywhere from 100-150 lines per hour at my job WITH an expander. I rarely have to look anything up, except for patient information and addresses, which is time consuming and really annoying. The work is not difficult at all, but needs to be "cleaned up". However, I felt completely inadequate seeing my crummy production rate. That is, until I figured out my lines per hour with my small IC account. 210 lines per hour WITHOUT an expander. And this guy pays me by the gross page. Imagine what I could do for him WITH my expander. Hmmm.... Gonna have to think about what I'm going to do here to even out this production disparity. I wish I could find another job like this guy.

Not a lousy reason!!!!
since it only takes a course that you can take on-line!!!

I can't believe what a lousy attitude this MT has
That certainly isn't the way to get a better raise next time. If I were in your position, I would start training someone else for this job. When that person is up to speed, sayonara, Ms. Bad Attitude.

Lousy dictators
Hospitals and clinics have no policy or rules against speaking to a physician about his lousy dictating habits; however, they just dread the situation. I've been there and done that.

For those working within the hospital, you usually know which docs you can and can't speak to about this. Seems their egos are so fragile they might bruise, but really, who cares? We are talking patient care, which is what all of this is supposed to be about, right?

MR directors are usually the ones put in charge of "talking" to them or transcription supervisors but it all depends on the doc. Some are open to suggestions and really don't realize they sound so pathetic. Others know and just simply don't care...like I said before; they think they are gods and no one should dare approach them and even if you do, they then make snide comments while dictating and I have seen them get even lousier with their dictation....which says what about them? They DO NOT care about the patients, just themselves....

How about fine for lousy .... SM

dictations? It costs us time and money with every ..uh ... aah ... ug..."The patient ..(shuffles paper) ... is a ... no, this is the wrong chart" . ... zzzzzzzzzzz ..

"Okay, let's start again", please go back up to the top .... "Please delete that first paragraph " ... hiccough ..... aaaach .... Uh ..... ...hmmm ... let's see...

lousy accounts/dictators
I also lost my best & longest account because the hospital did not renew their contract...so ok, took the bait about a new account with great dictators, their biggest unbreakable rule is it is VERBATIM all the way, don't clean up the doc, etc.
Have the nicest sounding, very polite, all american dictator who can not keep his concentration or needs to go to MT school, I swear. I actually typed the report verbatim...then counted all the Patient's, patient...both billaterally...15, count them,15 times throughout the report!!! If I could have put in the ummms, and ugh's, I would have made my line count just on his dictation alone

Are you a bad MT with lousy quality work?
My calls are answered immediately, i've been on the same account for years, i'm praised for my work, receive emails thanking me. Maybe its YOU and not THEM?