page v. line count
Posted By: mt42lng on 2005-10-23
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I'm basing that on 1200 lines per day!
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page v. line count
It can be anywhere from 40 pages to 75/80 pages depending on the length of the report.
You need to watch your line count. I was working for them and got reports that had line count of 0
You need to watch your line count. I was working for them and got reports that had line count of 0 in them. They did not pay for templates, they would deduct the template even if it was not used and deleted. I notified them and said they could not change it.
So I asked to be put on another account and they refused. I quit.
I was also promised they would have an incentive plan going into place if you type a certain # of lines. Two years went by and nothing.
I was really disappointed in OSI.
They also offered to pay half on joint AAMT, which they failed to do.
I am glad I am no longer there.
Gross line = each line on page counts as a line, even if it's only 1 word. nm
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Take the character count divded by 65 and that will give you your line count.
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Ask for a sample report. Count the gross lines on a full page. Then
figure out the line rate you want to make. For example, if there are 30 lines on the page and you would want to charge $0.15 per line, then that would be $4.50 per page. If they would like your hourly rate, figure out how many pages you think you can transcribe in an hour. Using the above example, if you can transcribe 4 pages per hour, then charge $18.00 per hour. In California the going transcription rates are approximately $22-$25 per hour.
New England, 16.50/hr, 8 cents a line after minimum line count..
full benefits available with general contribution by the hospital before you start paying for them, retirement, 403b, all benefits, and working at home as an employee, BUT, you have to live local to the hospital.
per page is better with rad than per line - sm
Per line means you will work your hiney off just to make any $$. Per report is the best way to go. I was paid $1.40 per report. I averaged about $33-35/hour and worked 3 hours a day.
If I worked onsite for a radiologist I was paid $88 (EIGHTY-EIGHT) for 2 (TWO)hours onsite.
By the page or by the line?
Is $2 to $3 per page good or getting paid by the line better?
By line or page?
Hi all...if you had an account with progress notes where you use a previous visit note for the patient and then only change the date and the vital signs on the new note for the patient, would you charge by the line for those reports or by the page? These are physical therapy notes where the patient comes for HUMS therapy just about every day to every other day of the week, so everything in the note stays the same except the date and vitals. Thanks in advance.
Per page versus per line
Does anyone know how to compare a per-page rate versus a per 65-character incl. spaces rate?
Question regarding IC pay by line vs. by page...
I am a Southern California IC for two chiropractors and soon starting a third chiropractor in a few weeks. I charge $1.50 - $3.00 per page. Usually the notes are 10-25 gross lines and sometimes (1-2x/wk) a 60+ line report. I do approximately 150 reports a week total with the two chiros. So after paying gas, paper, ink, taxes, etc., I feel like I am making very little for what I am putting out.
So now I am considering charging by the line, but worry on how much to charge. I print out all reports, pick up and deliver 2x/wk, and pay for all materials including disks for backup. I feel I should be making more, but worry what to charge. Does anyone have an amount that sounds fair? I was thinking in the lines of .16 or .17 per line, does that sound right?
TIA~ 
paid by page or line
wondering how many people out there get paid by the page instead of by the line? I am getting paid by the page (varies from 1.50 to 1.80 a page, and half that for less than 15 lines on a second page). Welcoming any insights to what others are getting.....thanks!
I get paid by the line. Pay by the page is a ripoff sm
I do a lot of MRI/CAT scan/neuroradiology, etc. These are sometimes long drawn-out reports and sometimes go to 2 to 2-1/2 pages.
Most companies that pay by the page only pay at most $2.00 a page. You can make more by the line.
Thanks! I have also noticed that some radiology is by the page and not the line... sm
is there a specific reason for this?
TIA
ICs -- what are your rates right now? what are you charging per line, page, minute, etc?
I'm trying to get my own docs and want to set rates that are equivalent to everyone else so as not to undercut and lower our industry standards. But, I can't seem to find out what rates are locally, soooo, as much input as possible would be appreciated. Anyway, I know that local family practices have been quoted by the hour, by the minute, by the line, by the page, and so on.
I don't really want to do by the minute -- it makes them feel like they have to dictate at sonic speed. Some of them balk at by the line because no matter what you tell them, they feel like they are penalized for having nice formats. They balk at by the page because they think you will extend it to 2 pages for more money. Then there are the ones who gripe about hourly rates because they feel like you will type slower to make more money. I actually typed a sample tape for a local practice a year ago and based on my rate the office manager figured it up PER PATIENT and said it was too much!!
I know family practice docs and nurse practitioners don't make that much money but dangit I gotta feed my family too.
So help, please!!!!
I'm paid by the hour, but by page or line are both common.
I work on-site, which is why I'm hourly. I also think working on-site with the actual paperwork in front of you makes for the best quality. Otherwise there would be sooooo many tech errors or dictator mis-speaks that I wouldn't be able to research from home that it would drive me crazy. But lots of MTs do it, of course.
I know that for the hard page break, what about moving to the next line while keeping the justificat
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Line Count...
Does anyone know if the Word 2000 line counter is generally the same as what most MT companies go by? I'm trying to see how I do being paid by lines as opposed to report.
Line count. No way, no how, ever. nm
Nope!
Line Count
I have worked for SS for a few years and I DO NOT like the fact you cannot check individual line counts. I do not like having to trust someone to be in charge of my line count and I have no way of verifying it is correct. The line counts bounce all of the place. Try it yourself. I have a line count program and one day it is a couple of lines off and others over 10%. Not good and I can't believe they get away with this.
changes in DQS line count..sm
Apparently, now the ASR count is included in the "transcription" count. As of yesterday, I had to
look under "correction" to see ASR count and as of today, there is no "correction" listed. Hmmm.
line count
When they first started ASR it was under transcription, then they separated it, now put it back. Actually QC is a level higher than QA, at least that is how it has been explained to me, if QA can't fix it then it goes to QC
mq line count
Yes, I was surprised to see that suddenly happen on Sunday, I believe it was. Seems like explanations should be given to us before or at least shortly after making such a change. Maybe their lawyers suggested they do it this way? I have not yet had a pay cut for ASR.
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Line Count
I have a Line count software, if you want please do email me, I shall help you out!
DQS and line count
I have been frustrated with line count on DQS since I started on program well over a year ago, but have adjusted to it. It might not have been as disappointing/frustrating if they hadn't made such a big deal about how many MORE lines we would be able to do on this program....... even had "employee statements" to back it up. I have since decided they were just actors, like you see in those drug commercials, you know, "I am a doctor/nurse/medicine man", etc. ......... It DOES get better ........
MQ line count
YES - I work for a hospital that uses the DQS software from MQ. Our pay went down 40%. Nobody knew what was going on, until we discovered that they cheat their transcriptionists! QUIT THEM... I want to see them go totally under. They are horrible, horrible people!
Line count
Can anyone tell me what is good for a newbie to get for line count? I have a company that is going to pay 8-10 cents a line. Is that good? Please help!!!
line count
No its not a IC position, its a employee position, I have benefits and so on.
line count
It depends on how the company is counting the lines. Transcription companies are getting better as to what they can count and what they don't. Spaces after lines have entered can easily be taken away. As technology moves forward, so does the ability to be more accurate with counting.
line count, etc.
It has been my experience that companies get defensive and leery of hiring you if you ask much beyond the very basics. They have sort of a do you want the job or don't you attitude. I hate it too that we don't even get to find out what their software is like before we accept the job. I usually can tell IMMEDIATELY if I want to work for them after being on their software for 5 minutes. Waste of their time and mine if I don't.
Line count
I count gross lines using the Microsoft Word. It will count the blanks between lines but I count those also. Have used Syncount and liked it, a little different to get used to and you have to save your documents differently but it did fine. You can define it to count several ways. Guess there is a lot out there and you should get several answers.
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Please Miss, may I have one.
getting my line count up
I would love to get your book. What is the charge? My email address is above.
Thanks
Paula McCann
getting my line count up
I would love to get your book. What is the charge? My email address is above.
Thanks
Paula McCann
LIne count
Okay, lets cut to the chase. The way our lines are counted has been RADICALLY changed. I've done this for 15 years and you get a feel for how many lines you are producing in a set amount of time or in the number of reports you generate. Everyone is denying it but the line count is NOT the same. But I'm sure the clients are still being charged the same. They also cut out our pay for headers and footers. So what to do? There is nothing we CAN do. These large companies are all about end results. If they have to hire armies of TYPISTS what do they care? They only have about a zillion QA people who can clean up the reports and make them look good. Lets pay the typists peanuts instead of paying our TRANSCRIPTIONISTS decent pay.
line count
I know I have seen this posted before, just cannot find it, is there a good line counter out there that is freeware? I have MPcount, but it does not count headers unless you upgrade from the freeware version. Thank you
Line count
Charge them for all the lines. If they have doubled their provider staff, they have to expect to pay more to have all the names on the template. That's only fair. If they had lost half of them, you would have cut the price, right?
line count
banging stapler, rummaging through chart, shaking paper clip cup while talking, looking up referenced doctors names, stumbling, starting over.
line count
Its been a while but from RAD menu, Transcription Statistics will do time frame by typist and Stats/comparitive will do line count, report or report type. That is if you have those menu options. Think that counts header too though.
line count
while you are in your document you wish counted, go up to *tools* on your toolbar. a drop down list will appear and *word count* should be there. click on that, and it will give you a character count. divide that by 65.
Line count
I have a question, I usually produce 1000-1300 lines working 6-6.5 hours a day. Would you say this is about average? 
sad line count -sm
I am struggling to get a decent line count with the service I am with. I just chalked it up to being slow and probably spending more time surfing the web than I realized. Then recently I started with another service and my line count is great. What's up with that? I feel a bit foolish now for sticking it out so long with the first MT service. I don't think its anything malicious on their part but it does make me wonder. How do you know if you'll be able to get a decent line count with a company before you sign on with them? Thanks.
line count
is there a way to include the headers/footers on reports in the line count program free download here in MT?
line count
I have been making 11 cents a line for the past several years. I was very blessed to find it though. In my opinion, the smaller MTSO's pay so much better than nationals. Good luck to you!
better line count
I am only a year into MT and have been wondering something for a while. Do most MT's relisten to the dictation to edit it once they are very familiar with the dictators? I have been tracking my errors when editing and have almost none and I thought how much that would improve my line count if I did not have to relisten to every one. I'm thinking about cutting that back to just the difficult dictators. The QA people are happy with my work. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
Need help with line count and pay....sm
I don't know how to figure this out so...which is better- .085 per line at 55 characters without spaces or .08 per line at 65 characters with spaces?
Thanks
Line count
Use the free program called MP count. It even creates an invoice for you.
They can set the line count any way they like. SM
I have worked for some with that program and they had it set not to count spaces and not to count headers.
Other places I have worked they had it set differently.
When a company buys the Dictaphone system they are trained to set it up to count lines, spaces, characters, etc.
Line Count
What exactly does 500 lines per day equal out to (how many hours per day, reports, etc)? I have worked for one clinic and I get paid a nice monthly salary.
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Line count
I am looking for requirement information. Hospital employee required to do 1100 an eight hour day in Word-based Program. Can anyone tell me any other requirements out there. How much an hour or an 8-hour day?
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