Yes, it is expensive, but you do not need certification (sm)
Posted By: Redpen on 2005-10-29
In Reply to: Coding and Transcription - Naejay
You do not need to be certified in MT in order to work. It's a help, but that alone does not guarantee a job.
At any rate, you cannot sit for the certification exam until you have two years of experience.
There is one thing, and one thing only, that will enable you to work. Employers will consider you and hire you if you have no difficulty scoring about a 98% on their employment transcription test.
If you can transcribe WELL straight out of school, then you will get a job straight out of school.
It is not easy to prepare a student for a job. The difference between doing well is very slight. Employers aren't looking for someone who can pass a test like you passed tests in high school. Then, 70% was fine. Now, you might think, 80-85% should be fine.
It's not. With some employers, a 96% is unacceptable.
So, yes, tuition is always a lot of money, but if you choose your school wisely so that you end up with a straight, sure route to a job, then the expense becomes an investment that you can earn back in a few weeks of working in your new job.
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less expensive way
The first edition SUM tapes are available through interlibrary loan. Most of the textbooks that go with it are available through interlibrary loan too. The Language of Medicine 6th (not current) edition workbook can be bought off amazon for under $10 used. Make sure you buy a "like new" used copy.
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Unfortunately, if it's not expensive, it's probably also not good enough. nm
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Well, I took CAI.. It WAS less expensive, but would not say "cheap"
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Just a head up - these are also the most expensive schools
why do you think living is Belgium is that expensive?
(disregarding their fame to being the diamond wholesale capital of Europe?) Shoot, if my family can make a living there, why not you or I? Euros are worth more than US dollars anymore.
CMT certification
Just wanted to say a little something here. I am a newbie...will be graduating from a Community College program in February and I'm very excited about that. I have been looking through these boards, and several times have read where people have said that AAMT is the only way you can get CMT certified. This is not true. The community college I attend offers the CMT exam and I will be taking after I graduate. Just wanted to let some of the newbies out there know that they may want to look into the colleges in their areas as well as AAMT.
CPC certification
It does not require 2 years of experience. I took Medical Billing and Coding, finished then took the certification exam two months later. Passed it the first time.
Certification
I had a CPC-A certification through American Academy of Professional Coders. I completed a course in Medical Transcription and will complete a course in Health Information Technician in the spring. I plan to take the CCS once I complete the HIT course.
Certification
No. I actually took the CPC certification examination at UF/Shands Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida
Certification
TWICE and passed both times. I was able to use the second test as my CEUs for my first year.
Certification
Does anyone that is looking for entry-level MT position have certification as a RMT or CMT?
certification
You don't have to have experience to take the RMT test. I just wondered if anyone who was certified as a RMT still had lots of trouble getting a job or does the certification really make the difference?
NO courses can offer certification
Just to clarify, there are no courses which can offer "certification" in medical transcription, so there aren't any "certification courses."
If you want certification, you have to take the AAMT certification examination, which, if you pass, will grant the CMT certification.
Other than that, you can take a course which will give you a "certificate of completion." And that is only worth the price of a piece of paper. Having that piece of paper is not what will get you a job.
What gets you a job is the ability to transcribe well enough that an employer doesn't have to train you all over again.
And then you have to keep it, so the transcription skills you pick up in school had better be top-notch or you'll be wishing you had just gotten a job at MacDonald's.
Also, coding education/certification will not get SM
you a transcription job at all.
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