with what you are getting in terms of payment...
Posted By: NeUroTiC on 2007-06-15
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Then outsources like us are getting ripped off...
I barely make $5 for 8 hours.. you think that's fair. .. cause I sure *&%# don't.
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No payment
Would her name be Nina? If so, I can help with contact information. Please e-mail me at ellen1@mindspring.com with MT no payment in the subject line
One payment
Look at your 1040 and you will see that your taxes owed include SS and Federal. So when you make your estimates it is only one check.
non payment
infovision software, Kolkata, is not paying my dues (salary + others), resigned during Feb, now it April, Can any good fellow suggest anything? Not only me there are at least 50 MTs i know , who are also not paid after working with them.
payment for VR
So the account I work on has just purchased a voice recognition software. I see that a lot of the VR is paying about 4.5 to 5 ( and higher ) cents per line. Does this include the whole line or just the editing corrections you actually do for them? Please tell me that it is all the lines on the page. How could it be calculated any other way? I actually don't know yet if I will even be getting the installation as there are a lot of MTs working on this account & don't see how there could possibly be enough room for all of us. I might just have to work in another part-time job. Thanks.
Payment
Just wondering what alternatives there are when you don't get paid for work that was done and it's been months!!!! Two people (individual MTs) owe me money from back in February and I can't get them to respond, etc. HELP!!
This is one of the terms...sm
...that seems to have changed. I always put "metacarpophalangeal" before, but almost every doc I transcribe for these days says, very clearly "metacarpal phalangeal." I put the hyphen in because the words should be connected and that is the only way I can do it without changing what the doctor says.
Your book may list "carpophalangeal" as a word, but I am a former x-ray tech and I can tell you that none of the carpal bones attach directly to the phalanges. There is a metacarpal between the carpal bones and the phalanges. If you will look at a hand x-ray, there is a good 2-3" or more (filled by the metacarpal) between the carpal bones and the proximal phalanx of each digit.
That's why you can't depend solely on "word books." If they don't have a definition, you cannot be sure they are correct.
There isn't really a need to take med terms now
I'm not sure there is a need to take med terms before starting MT school. It will be part of your course.
If you are thinking that it will help you decide if you'd like MT, it might not. MT isn't med terms. Med terms is something that you need to know to do MT, but taking med terms might not tell you if you'll enjoy MT. Med terms classes at community colleges are often very boring, frustrating, and impossible. Students' grades are often unnecessarily low because a lot of schools use that class to weed out students who want to take nursing and health information management. They might use a book that isn't very good, too. You don't want that making you think you'll hate MT or that you don't have the ability for it.
When we teach it, we LIKE teaching it and we don't try to flunk people out with it. :)
Do you type really well? Without thinking? Or, at least, do you type 45 wpm without hating it?
Do you love to read? Do you consider yourself to be a good reader? Do you like to write? Do you read and/or write for pleasure?
Does medical stuff fascinate you? Do you enjoy watching medical science shows on TV? The ones with the operations? Do you enjoy reading medical websites and books?
Are you very, very detail oriented? Does your work, whatever it is, need to be just so? Have you always wanted to do the very best work for others?
Those things are better indicators of success in MT than a med terms class.
If you'd like to get a feel for MT, try typing up some practice reports. There are sample operative reports over on www.mtdesk.com. Type them over and over, noting the way they seem to be following style rules in the way they're done. You can also go to www.merck.com and type up some material from chapters of the Merck Manual for physicians. There is a manual there for lay people, too. If you enjoy reading it, that's a good sign.
You might have other reasons for wanting to take those classes that I don't know about, but I did want you to know that it's probably not necessary or useful to take med terms in advance!
Just ask for payment - with interests
1 .If you have no contracts - you have been doped.
2. If you have a contract -
Use it legally.
3. Stop all transcriptions at once until they have paid.
4. Report to the AAMT the incident with the contract, work loads, time and date.
That is my mortgage payment alone - sm
Our expenses for the month are about 5-6K per month.
MTSO payment
I am a very small MTSO as most are aware and I always pay my gals prior to mortgage,electric or anything. But I also want you guys to know that all of these fringes that you guys want, 800 numbers, direct deposit, etc. cost us money and the more money we have to put out the less money we can pay you. I do not feel that you should be so upset about direct deposit, if you get you checked maile don time and it takes the mail 2-3 days you have to allow for that in your budget. I do not make that much off my IC's 2 to 3 cents per line and I put in a lot of work to make that 2 to 3 cents per line. We have expenses to cover also. If we charge our accounts more, they will look elsewhere or over to India they go. So we have to charge fairly to the accounts and pay you guys fairly also. Remember the saying -- until you walk a mile in my shoes, don't critize. I am seriously thinking about cutting back to working only for myself, making enough to cover my bills and retirement fund and let go of a couple of accounts and gals as it gets quite hectic balancing the amount of work -- either too much or not enough -- payments, QA, decent help and just keeping my sanity. So that is where I am probably headed after the first of the year. I think I simply want to be responsible for just me in this coming year. Hope all have a Merry Christmas.
It is a scam. I got one that says I never sent payment and they
are going to report me, but it doesn't say what the item is. I've also gotten one where someone says they are trying to Paypal me money but it won't go through and I don't have any items pending. If ever in doubt never click on a link in an e-mail but go directly to the website and enter/view any information there.
Billing/payment
On my larger accounts I close out on the 25th to 28th, since I keep daily line counts in an Excel program, I print that out, do my bill in Quick Books, get the bill to clients by 28th to 29th, I give a 1% discount on my larger accounts if they pay within 48 hours and they do so I have my checks always by the 1st. I have two smaller accounts that I bill on the 15th so I have cash flow throughout the month. I have never been stiffed, they have never been late, they never question my line counts and always write thank you on the invoice. This works for me. I know everyone says don't give away 1% as a discount but it works for me so I do it.
Non or late payment
Just giving all MTs out there that a company called med-tech is not paying or paying their employees late. I have done some research on them and have found severla employees complaining of this.
Non or late payment
Gosh! We work hard enough for peanuts as it is!
Radiology terms A-Z
- abduction
- activity
- adduction
- air-fluid level
- airborne radioactivity
- angiocardiogram
- anteroposterior
- arteriogram
- arthrogram
- atom
- atomic mass
- atomic mass unit
- atomic number
- attenuation
- betatron
- Becquerel (Bq)
- binding energy
- Bohler calcaneal angle
- brachytherapy
- build-up
- cardiothymic silhouette (on chest x-ray)
- cholangiogram
- cholecystogram
- cineradiography
- Compton effect
- computed tomography
- contrast studies
- curie
- echocardiography
- electron volt (eV)
- electrostatic field
- element
- eversion
- excited state
- exposure
- extension
- film badge
- flexion
- fluence, particle
- fluorescence
- fluoroscopy
- gamma camera
- genetically significant dose (GSD)
- gray (Gy)
- ground state
- half value layer
- half-life
- hysterosalpingogram
- in vitro
- in vivo
- interstitial therapy
- interventional radiology
- intracavitary therapy
- inversion
- ion
- ionization
- ionization
- ionizing radiation
- irradiation
- isobars
- isomers
- isotones
- isotope
- Kerley('s) [s/l curly] A, B, or C lines
- Kerma
- lateral decubitus
- lethal
- linear accelerator
- linear energy transfer (LET)
- lymphangiogram
- magnetic resonance imaging
- mass attenuation coefficient
- mass effect
- mass energy absorption coefficient
- mass stopping power
- megavoltage
- mucositis
- myelogram
- myelosuppression
- nuclear medicine
- nucleon
- nuclide
- oblique
- pair production
- palliative
- perfusion studies
- photoelectric effect
- positron-emission tomography
- posteroanterior
- prone
- pyelogram
- rad
- radiation
- radioactive contamination
- radioactive decay
- radioactive equilibrium
- radioimmunoassay
- radioisotope
- radiology
- radiolucent
- radionuclide
- radiopaque
- radiopharmaceutical
- radioresistant
- radiosensitive
- radiotherapy
- recumbent
- rem
- roentgen (R)
- roentgenology
- scintillation camera
- sestamibi
- SI
- Sievert (Sv)
- sonogram
- specific activity
- specific ionization
- stopping power
- supine
- teletherapy
- tenth-value layer (or thickness)
- therapeutic
- tomography
- tracer studies
- tram tracking (on chest x-ray)
- ultrasonography
- ultrasound
- uptake
- venogram
- ventilation studies
Links for terms
Try this link...it has almost anything you might need.
http://home.adelphia.net/~ktm58/links.html
surgical terms
Why don't you invest in ref. books? Trying to do this job without them is like trying to build a house without a hammer for goodness sake. I don't understand you people - always looking for top pay and taking the cheap way out to do your job without proper tools.
or in layman's terms
making sense out of nonsense that the doctor's dictate.
Here's one with a lot of terms/glossaries.
http://www.mtdesk.com/frame.php?frame=glossary
Psych terms...thank you!
I have put this on my favorites and will check it out further.....I appreciate your response:)
You are confusing your terms.
Software is the computer interface that allows you to perform a certain task, in this case, FTP software allows your computer to connect to an FTP site. If you're looking for an FTP site that is secure, you will more than likely have to pay for it. You can try www.ftptogo.com, although it is not free, it is a good site.
Opthamology Terms
I am testing for a company and I need a good website with Opthamology terminology?
Thanks 
MT911 has some terms
and medications for oncology
Depends on the terms (sm)
There is all the world difference in saying your insurance is $500 a month (and therefore $250 a check for every 2-check month) versus saying it is $250 per check (no matter how many checks per month there is).
cancer terms
http://www.onelook.com
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/
layman's terms
FTP is (very) basically a secure connection to the client's mainframe. It is like your computer picking up a phone and dialing the employer's system. Once you are connected the only thing you have to do it keep the window open and the connection should stay active.
FTP is faster than a connection through the internet because it makes your computer a part of the actual system, instead of just a satellite. Think of it like a meeting: the internet is a group of people just standing around talking, anyone can just pass by and listen in and hear all or part of the conversation. FTP is like a closed and sound-proof conference room where only those in the room can hear. Yes, there are ways to breach the room, but they are much more difficult and, for most, too much of a pain to bother with.
The client should give you information how to use their FTP, but to understand, learn DOS commands (remember that from the 80's?). FTP is easy to learn but confusing if you don't understand DOS. Beyond that I can't really help you without a set of instructions and a netmeeting :)
Thank you!! I did request a stop payment and a nm
wire transfer or overnight but have had no response yet but it hasn't been that long either. Waiting for a response. I did email someone else who also works for them but no response from that yet either. My point is exactly as you said, being a week late, i am in deep trouble and it has costed me a lot as i go from check to check so like me and my kiddos are starving waiting on this check, lol. on the other hand, i make good money with this acct and don't want to tick them off as i love this acct but i am in a bind needing my money.
Payment to Santa's House
Here is the transaction number that Paypal gave me ...
December 2, 2005, $10.00 to MT Stars for Santa's House
# 1AF41998N6331691A.
Thank you
pagett4584@comcast.net
I agree but ask for full payment
good luck
...maybe incentive pay like OT or payment for bonus
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Should I make the car payment, pay the electricity, or
buy a few small Christmas presents for the kids? Of course, the electric company won't wait one more week to get their money.
The Jan. 15 payment is for last quarter in 2007.
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I ask for partial payment upfront if they were
or in lay people's terms, a cross between
As I go for terms, but glance back over
for headings and necessary elements, blanks.
psychology terms and tests
anyone know of a good website to get some basic psych. terms, tests, etc? I am soon to start a new psych account, and have done very few psych reports of any kind....thanks for any input!
Depending on you in terms of experience - sm
and knowledge, 5 minutes can take anywhere from 15-30 minutes. I can do anywhere from 12-20 minutes of dictation in an hour, but it depends on the Dr. dictating, ESL, difficulty of specialty, how much I have to look up (addresses generally), etc. When I first started it I would take me an hour to do 10 minutes of dictation. Hope this helps.
I don't know how to explain it - but it has more depth - in terms of
how far the key actually depresses, but I think it is an easy touch because my fingers fly on it. This is the original IBM keyboard. You know how on newer keyboards you are not even sure if you've hit the key at times - with this one it is easier to tell - I know that probably sounds crazy.
Need site for optometry terms. nm
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There are a few terms I am constantly misspelling...
I make a shortcut so when I type it my (wrong) way it is "expanded" to the correct spelling. 
I always try to leave on good terms, even if
I really dislike the company. Years and years ago I worked for a small local MTSO. I wanted to work at home and she wouldn't let me so I quit. I did tell her I would work PT at home only if she needed help and I knew she needed the help, but she was ticked at me and wouldn't give me any work. About 2 months later she called me practically begging me to work for her, and I did.
I have applied to a company and been offered a position but turned it down and then have gone back later and applied again, but I haven't actually worked for a company and then asked to go back.
It is frequently recommended here to not quit one job before you have time to test the waters on the other, just in case.
I would reapply or call them. The worst they can do is say no.
If you leave Co#1, do it on good terms so you
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Typing test, Terms
They may give you a typing test or a medical terminology test. Just brush up on your skills and know your stuff, just like any job.
Check out this for psych terms
Lots of psych terms and phrases on this one.
http://medicaltranscriptionwordhelp.googlepages.com/psychiatricterminology
Make a tax payment every pay period online.
I use the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System because I also am incapable of saving money. When I deposit my paycheck, I immediately go online and transfer a percentage of my check to the IRS. You can do it weekly, biweekly, quarterly--anytime you choose. It requires setting up an account with your SS# or tax ID#. Then you designate a bank account to be debited. They snail mail you a password and PIN about a week later. As soon as you receive your PIN, you're set to go. When you make a payment, you're given a confirmation number. The system records each payment and the date it was processed so you have a record of all your payments and the date the payment was made when you organize your tax info at the end of the year.
My mortgage payment is nearly that much. Ten year loan.
You have no obligation to assist in college payment.
I don't understand why so many parents these days insist on handing their kids an education while going into debt over it. My nephew had to work and find scholarships to go to college. My Dad worked the railroad to pay for his college. I'm still paying for my own college, and I've got a kid ready to start college in two years. I told him I'm not paying for it. He needs to get his grades up, find some scholarships, and work. You don't appreciate something you don't earn.
Your son will get a reality check when his bills are due.
Dud you send a demand payment letter? sm
You can find a sample one by Googling.
If you do win in small claims court, the judgement will give you legal ways to collect. For example, having the sheriff put liens on bank accounts, using a collection agency, etc.
Good luck to you. I have been in your shoes and, fortunately, the demand payment letter worked for me.
Mortgage late payment question. sm
I have 18 months left on my 30 year mortgage, roughly 4K left. If I don't pay my February 1st payment until March 2nd, is it likely they will demand the whole 4K immediately? Just broke right now. 
Beg, borrow, or steal not to have that payment be late!!!
It does not matter how little you have left on it. Late is late in my opinion.
agree - haven't had a car payment in years
paid $6000 cash for a 93 Volvo wagon back in 2002. Too many people think they need a new (or pricey) vehicle and really have better things to do with their $400-600 per mo. Every time I look into getting something new or simply newer, I decide that I neither want to take that much money out of savings, nor do I want to have such an outrageous car payment. I would totally prefer a brand new car, but it seems like such a waste of money.
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