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Does anyone know the going rate the services CHARGE - per line? sm Curious

Posted: Oct 10, 2011

what the difference is between what they charge and what the MT gets. No company names needed, just curious. I'm an independent MT looking to switch to a different group of docs in the Northeast.

Thanks for any info.

.15 to .20 a line - nm

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Our hospital is paying a service 14 cpl. - Me

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13-14 cpl for the companies I work for. - nm

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Transcription Pay - MT2011

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The hospital I work for has informed us they are outsourcing to Transcend. We were offered a job with them for 4.5 cents per line for edited work. The 0.5 cents is for working PMs. Is this the norm for these companies?

Yes, unfortunately. - sm - MT

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4 cpl is very common, and sadly I have even seen 3! Check out the VR/Speech Recognition board for more discussions.

That has been a standard rate for over 10 years - Sowhythen

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Have the MTs salaries been cut in HALF?? Yep, brilliant idea whoever came up with the VR idea. Deepened their pockets tremendously, left ours empty, and we are working harder than we ever have. I never from day one listened to that garbage pitch about being able to do twice as much, and then when i was forced to do it or lose my job, i felt completely stupid/inadequate that i wasn't achieving what was supposed to be the "norm". Bad side of being at home MT? Isolation, no communication with your fellow MTs so you think you are the only one failing. Which is what deep pockets want. We need in each and every state regular group meetings even once a month. We have as much right to know what is really goin on as these company owners themselves because without us, there would BE no them! We are being degraded as a profession, a profession that requires a lot of skill and God knows the physical and mental wear each and every day!

If we stand together, we can fight this. I really like the above main top article about what is wrong with offshoring. I'm gonna print out a hundred thousand flyers of it and hand them out to everyone! Doctor offices, hospitals, law offices, anywhere real people can how their health records,identies, personal finances can be stolen! Now you know how the normal layperson will get mad as a hornet and start joining our cause too! Article explains concerns very well in easy terms. There are several good starting ideas to make our voices heard. Read it, go to ATA and sign the petition. That is a start! I will be the first to start a group here in the Atlanta/surrounding areas. Let me know who will stand with me. That is my promise to keep the AMERICAN MT! Any ideas moderator? Copy and paste this over on offshore concerns forum.

Think ill start notifying media like Dr. Phil. Think im kiddin? Please stand up with me. If you truly believe in this then it will be a whole lot more fun than waiting at your computer 12 hours a day waiting for that beloved ding you have one more job downloaded! Join me by a show of yes or nos either here or by my email. Help me start a wonderful blog too, for those who cant get to a group meeting? We can keep everyone up to date on the goings-on in our profession. I know i would much rather do something positive than come her and read the same depressing situations. Let me hear from all you serious about keeping our profession alive and profitable!

I will be the first to stand up in the state of Georgia and start a group. I am not afraid. Who will do this with me? I WANT to know the MTs who are struggling as hard as i am because i cant talk to a normal layperson without their eyes drifting off in confusion. May we can start a blog, city by city, state by state, put our heads together, make new friends and take baby steps to stopping offshoring now! Squeaky wheel always gets the grease....Please let me hear if enough of you would be interested...dont have anything better to do these days but wait for the next report to roll in. We can even take it to the media! Dr. Phil here we come!

I should post this on the offshore chat as well. Have any ideas moderator?

I know i repeated myself above, but tired - GAMT

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Excuse my typos, i'm just so ready to get going and quit being depressed about. I have all these great ideas. Talk to your friends who dont get on here and see if they would be interested. We can do fundraisers to be able to do our monthly or whenever groups, pay for fliers and any other costs we have. We already know we're a poor group making what we used to and we deserve better. Maybe a movie how we turned around and got our profession back by fighting back? How cool would THAT be...okay getting super tired now. But we will also have huge support from many MTSO companies who still believe in this profession and will never offshore. Remember they have to worry about being put out of their livelihood too! We would do anything for our kids at their fundraisers right? Well, same good cause here! Sleep on it!

0.12 and get 0.07 or 0.08 depending on the acct. - nm -

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agree - 12.5 cpl where I work - depressing aint it? - NM

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I believe it is more in the 25-30 cpl range. - frommanagersihaveworkedwith

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There are a lot of hospitals keeping their MTs because it is cheaper, but their MTs work very, very hard to keep it that way.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! - MTSO

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I haven't seen even 16 cpl in over 10 years. Stop dreaming !!!!

Agree - nm - MT

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Maybe small time contractors, but the big guys make lots more. - some smaller ones do too

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I subcontracted from a lady that got 0.35 cents a line. The really large international MTSOs do charge that, too.

Uhm, there's a difference between 35 cpl and 0.35 cpl!! - LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

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I would name the company, but the request was not to. - Believe me, it happens.

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The last 2 places I worked were being charged that much. Of course, it is in your interest not to let people know what you really make.

Good grief. Shows what you DON'T know! LOL - Opinions are better formed with FACTS.

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You should have kept that one under your hat. LOL

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