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MEDSCRIBE FLORIDA info - CONFUSEDMT

Posted: Oct 30, 2011

Confused on whether to go with MedScribe or not. They seem like really nice people, but would be a pay cut (but they pay for spaces and now not getting paid for spaces). It also seems like the work would be consistent. My biggest fears: Having to work Saturdays, but most of all, if I can meet their 1300 line a day requirement. Right now, my line requirement with another co. is 800 lines a day and it seems that is all I am able to get, but I think that is mainly because of the accounts and not my ability. I used to be able to do 1200 lines a day many, many years ago, but the arms, shoulders, and hands are tired, very, very tired, so I'm just not sure. Any information or comments on MedScribe in Florida would help me a lot! Thanks!

MedScribe - pook

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Is this 1300 lines a day for typed? I work for a hospital and our requirement was 121 lines/hour typed, but they just raised it to 175, which is even higher than MedScribe. It won't be too long before physicians and hospitals switch to FEVR. Our hospital is going to it and another large conglomerate of offices in town went to it and laid off all of their transcription staff. I figure I got a year left tops before the layoffs start. I'd take it and do your best, won't be long before medical transcription is obsolete. Our ED switched to it (Dragon FEVR) and the company that owns Dragon says our ED saved $500,000 in the first year eliminating manual trancription and the docs couldn't be happier doing their own reports. Sad but true. All these transcription companies are going to be obsolete in a few years. I'd take what you can get now, or else go back to school for coding, etc.

MT Future - xmt

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I agree somewhat with pook. Dragon took over at the hospital/clinic I worked for, with many layoffs. The docs like it because of instant turnaround; many of them just e-sign w/o proofing or revising. EMR is becoming a joke! The other hospitals in the area are doing the same thing. MT is now a dinosaur profession. Pook recommended coding, but that's going in the same direction.

The daily line requirement - at MedScribe

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The full time line requirement at MedScribe in Jax, FL is 1200 lines a day, not 1300. That is what we have been required to transcribe for quite some time now, and there is still the two bonus levels that are paid out at 1400 per day and again at 1600 per day. I am on the acute care team and you are right when you say the work is steady, we have been offered overtime for the past month since the new Chicago account started. HTH.

line requirement - CONFUSEDMT

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Yep, I checked again and the paperwork sent to me says 13,000 lines in a biweekly period which translates to 1300 lines a day with the bonus starting at 15,166 lines. Interesting since they told me everyone's requirements (acute care) were the same and they also told me the rate of pay is the same for everyone across the board no matter how long you've been there. What they offered was less than what I made when I first started working at home 9 years ago.

MedScribe - MT

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I dug my old one out too and it says bi-monthly pay period not bi-weekly. We are paid twice a month not every other week.

I like it - oldMT

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yes the line rate is lower than I had at my last job, but I actually have lines now so I'm making more money. and it is bi-monthly, not bi-weekly, so it is actually 1200 a day. they have great software so it's not hard at all to get the line count. I have plenty of work all the time, and even overtime.

line rate - CONFUSEDMT

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Well, I have the paperwork/offer letter they sent me, right in front of me and it says 1300 lines a day. Why would i make that up? It's right here in black and white. Maybe they've changed their requirements lately. I think I made the right decision not to take the job because what they offered me was LESS than I made per line when I started working at home 9 years ago. Thinking I should go forward and not backward as far as pay.

MedScribe MT - Carol

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MedScribe has been a very good company to work for. I have been working for them for over ten years. The new platform makes it easy to get lines but you do have to work your schedule as that is required. Our healthcare plan is very affordable and the pay is bimonthly by direct deposit, never late and only one week after the pay period ends. My line rate has never gone up but it also has never gone down and I read alot on here about that happening at other companies. The incentive bonus is quite nice and really helps out around the holidays if I choose to work more.

ok I'm not going to argue with you about the lines per day - oldMT

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If you are still questioning those of us who work there and KNOW that it is 1200 lines per day, then call the recruiter and clarify. I am not accusing you of making it up, it's just a mistake is all. As far as the line rate goes, the last job I had paid me 1 cent higher on weekdays and 2 cents higher on weekends. but I had NO WORK. I chose to take the lower line rate and actually have lines and it is working out to where I am making more money. why would I make that up? 25 cents a line x zero lines is still ZERO. And there are incentives so you can push your line rate up. Plus there is overtime. if you stay too fixated on the line rates, you will end up with a job where you have a higher line rate and no lines.

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