Proficient Transcription is supposedly a company but they charge you to work there (sm)

• New - Amber
  • Proficient Transcription - Amber
    • No, the woman who owns this company can't transcribe herself, much less run a company. - nm
    • I find it fishy that someone would contact you for employment instead of the other way around. - sm
    • Ridiculous - Amber
      • I did on the job training. sm - MTSO
        • well - Amber
          • Amber, you are exactly right - sm - anon
    • Working for them and doing fine. I think you are reading into wrong. nm - present employee
      • ? - Gina1234
        • Proficient Transcription is supposedly a company but they charge you to work there (sm) - anon
      • I am too - Angela
        • Well, I got scammed too so I - sm - Brenda
          • Who are you?? I think at this point someone is making up names to post. Get a life! nm - MTSO
            • Maybe instead of accusing others you need to address ... sm - MTMom
              • I believe I did. sm - MTSO
                • No, you did not address all the issues...sm - anon
      • Funny how you keep coming back and posting this - sm - anon
        • No it wasnt me. I posted below. nm - MTSO
    • Proficient Transcription is a scam - sm - anon
      • Of course you would not list your name as you know you are wrong. sm - MTSO
        • Let's say I have the foot pedal and software....sm - Becca
        • I didn't see YOUR name on this message, MTSO! - MTMom
        • So it changed from $99 for software that is free - sm - anon
          • We can discuss this via email if you would like but the software was never free. nm - MTSO
            • I happen to know two of the people you "hired" - sm - anon
              • Express Scribe is not the only software. nm - MTSO
                • Well, it's the only software my friend was asked to buy! - anon
                  • No, of course you don't have an answer for that - sm - anon
  • One word...E-bay. - jeannal
  • You may not even need to buy a drug reference CD...sm - anon
  • start up costs - sm

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Anyone got any information about working for US Transcription?  Good or bad information would be great.

Thanks.

I am going to address the issues that were posted on this board.  First of all I have been transcribing for over 10 years.  I enjoy what I do and I support my family with this career.  I feel the need to defend myself after reading some of the posts.  A couple of my MTs have told me to just ignore the boards and dont worry about "feeding the trolls" .  However, I cant help it.  Staying silent is not in my nature.  I got into this business without any schooling and complete 100% on the job training and as a new mom it gave me a way to be at home with my children which is my number one priority.  You dont get into this line of work for the glory or the benefits.  I am a big believer in karma.  I was given a great opportunity by a great person and I wanted to give that back to the newer MTs.  A lot of times new MTs are caught in a catch 22 "No experience, no job" and "No job and you get no experience". I wanted to bridge that gap and help new MTs get their foot in the door.  However, I cannot do that at the expense of my own living.  I am not a large company and I cannot afford to "foot the bill" for equipment and start up costs for each new MT.  I dont think that asking someone to be responsible for their own costs is a big deal. After all no one is hired by me as an employee they are independent contractors.  As an independent contractor you are responsible for your own business expenses. 

I have prayed about this a lot and it is heavy on my heart tonight and I want to clear the air.  Someone is upset, that is fine.  You cant please 100% of the people 100% of the time.  Instead of directly addressing me he/she is using this forum as a public flogging.  Posting names is against the board rules I believe and invites more trouble, i.e. defamation and libel issues. 

Please search your hearts and support your fellow transcriptionists as we are all in this business together.   I cannot express enough how beneficial we can all be to each other if we just join together to get through issues instead of attacking each other. 

Hello,

I was wondering if any of you have heard of the transcription company called, Advanced Language International Systems. (alsi-llc)?  Thank you.

I live in Austin, TX. A local medical transcription company has their own in-house training and internship. They started their own training because they couldn't find qualified people for their workload. The cost of the education and internship is $2,000. They then hire you as a contractor, if you get a 'B' in the class. Although they cannot guarantee work, they say they are very busy handling work from 5 area hospitals. Someone my sister knows works for them full-time and is happy.

I've also looked at the job requirements for the company Medquist. One suggestion they have is learning at a school based in Utah, Career Step. The education is online and through cassettes and books, not at the school itself. Their education costs around $1,500. Although you're not guaranteed a job at Medquist, you most likely will be considered because you trained at CareerStep.

I'd like your opinion about this. It seems you need to take a training or education course to learn medical transcription and at least 1 year of experience to get a job. I didn't see any problem with paying for training. Do you?

Thanks, amelia  

I recently received a reply from an application I filled out for Medquist and was wondering exactly how they operated and what to expect if it turned out to be promising.  Do any of the companies provide all of the equipment?  My MT instructor said that there were companies that did provide everything from computers to software and the hardware, too.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed...I'm willing to do just about anything to get my foot in the door somewhere.

I went to Google Local.  Clicked on "find businesses".  I then put in medical transcription in the "what" box and my City, State in the "where" box.  I sent a resume and cover letter to every hit that looked good to me.  I also went through the yellow pages and sent a resume and cover letter to every listing.  I sent out more than 50 resumes. 

I had about fifteen calls back.  I had five offers.  I accepted one.  I have been getting calls ever since.  In fact, I left my first position about three months after I got it in order to go to another company that was offering me more per line plus incentive.  Yes, I accepted 7.5 cents from my first employer and she worked me to death and had some serious, shall we say, boundary issues.  But I got my feet wet and in the door and was on to better things within months.  I have been at my current position for about seven months, and it was a position I got based on yet another one of those resumes that had been received, kept on a desk somewhere, and acted upon months after I had sent them out. 

One thing that no fewer than five of the fifteen callbacks said was that they were very impressed by my resume and my cover letter.  One lady said that she was amazed by the number of people applying for jobs as medical language specialists who cannot even manage to put out a resume and cover letter that is free of spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes.  So, do a professional resume and cover letter and make sure it's PERFECT. 

I love my job and feel very blessed that I never experienced some of the awful newbie troubles I have read about here.  If you have any questions or anything, feel free to contact me off the list or reply here and I will get back to you ASAP. 

Elle

I am newly out of school.  I intend on sending out letters of introduction to community doctors this week to express my desire to work for them.  I was wondering if anybody can give me a ballpark idea of what I should charge if they ask or what I should take if they offer?  Oh, and I live in Washington state if it matters.  Thanks.

Jenn

No, I don't plan to put what I charge in the letter.  I just want to know so that if the Dr. calls me back and is interested in my services.  Either they'll ask what I charge or they'll offer me a rate and I want to be sure either way that its reasonable.  I live in Napavine, about 40 min. south of Olympia. 

In that case I would say about .6 cpl to start. Then after you are up to speed reevaluate. But I also encourage you to call around to local clinics, offices and hospitals.  I live up in Sedro Woolley way up north. Good luck to you!

you need to provide.  Are you going to have to pick up tapes and deliver completed work back to them, do you do envelopes with the letters, do you print on sticky paper and if so do they provide it, if you have to return work, do you have to return it printed or can you just put on a disk and they print so you need to figure in cost of printing supplies.   If they are digital what equipment do they use and do you have equipment that is compatible so you can download work or will you have to buy some equipment/software, how much dictation will they have, etc.    If they only have 1 or 2 docs who might only dictate 2 or 3 times a week that is good for you because it gives you plenty of TAT but do they have enough dictation to make it worth your while (especially if you're having to pick-up tapes, provide paper, etc.)

6 cpl is way TOO LOW, I don't care what part of the country you live in.    If you are working for a service that is probably would you could expect to be paid, but that isn't near enough to charge if you have your own accounts. 

Hi, I'm a new grad with an opportunity to work from home. The current MT in a local office is not working out and I need some advice. They are billing by the word vs. line count/hour/audio time. Has anyone heard of this? Also, do you have any idea what a good charge per word would be? I've only seen the line count. It doesn't seem like the pay is great, but it is a way to get my foot in the door. I just want to make sure I'm not shooting myself in the foot before I even get started!

I was also wondering if anyone could suggest a good way to learn macros/word expanders? Are there any tutorials out there or good programs?

Thanks!

Hi everyone.

I just wanted to share that I got my $99 refund from Proficient Transcription yesterday. I got it in the form of a money order. I believe this is a positive gesture on the owners part to ensure I have no hassels with cashing it. I'm glad I don't have to worry if the check will clear.

I haven't and really don't expect to. 

has a screw loose. 

A friend of mine who was recently looking for a job had been talking to a lady from New England Transcription (not sure if this is the same company??) and had been given the total run around from them. 

First the lady said that they paid 9 cents a line to start, then when my friend got the contract (which she had to call the lady for 5 or 6 times), it said 5 cents a line.  Then she never heard from the lady who hired her until the day before she was supposed to begin the job.  Then, the day she was supposed to start, she was told there was no work, and she should call back in a few weeks. 

Needless to say, she didn't take this job, but it wasted about 3 weeks (from the time she accepted the position until they told her it was no longer available due to lack of work). 

If this is the same company, maybe ask for the contract up front and review it carefully.  Ask what the work load is like and all that good stuff.  Hopefully it's not the same place.