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The current status of MT - Linda

Posted: Nov 26th, 2017 - 12:34 pm In Reply to: home transcription - Lisa

Lisa, You are lucky you got this far before your position was terminated. This happened to most of us several years back.
Here is what has happened:
Providers are forced to either use VR, type their own records during the patient visit, or use a transcription service. The quality of dictation is extremely poor now because the MT is not allowed any communication with the client so problems are repeated, there are many more ESLs or those who flunked out in trying to use VR.

Our line was cut in half several years back to 7 CPL for transcription and 4 CPL for editing, which takes more than half the time to do usually. Additional cuts to income are not paying for anything but time on the keyboard. Searching demographics, doctors names, addresses, fax numbers, researching a mispronounced drug, etc. are all provided without any compensation. Most stopped paying for headers, footers, templates, or may pay only 2 cents per line for templates. Many don't pay for spaces which reduces your income another 20%. The services create lengthy specs to follow for each client. These are nitpicky things that no client would ever complain about, but it gives the service an excuse to further lower your pay as some of them doc you for correct transcription that was not per their lengthy list of specs. As more and more facilities move to VR, there is less and less work. This reduces work per specific client to maybe one report and then you have to switch to a different platform and review pages of specs to do one more report for a different client.

If you chose to stay in this profession, I would consider looking for work as a Scribe. This is a person who does the data entry for the doctor during the visit. They can work in office or remotely. The problem is that most of these are in-house and also require you be an medical assistant. There are a few services that use virtual scribes and one pays $8.50 per hour. Yes, half of what we made 25 years ago, but to find anything better would be extremely hard.

I use this forum and indeed.com for job searches. You can set up email alerts for keywords. I think you will find more positions for Scribes now than MT.

MT is just not something that single women are able to support themselves on unless you are lucky enough to land a job with a hospital and not have to work for a service.

Good luck!

Editing is a total ripoff unless you find a service with clients who need little editing (few and far between).

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