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A Disgusting Thought!! - Excuse Me???

Posted: Jun 29, 2012

You know how we supposedly don't get paid something or other about the headers being the mandatory headers on the left side of the document in DocQScribe? Now that they are putting already typed standards over there on the side do for the physical exam and review of systems do we not get paid for that? I notice they have the little || signs when you pull them in. I have a sickening feeling this means we are not going to be getting paid to do the PE and ROS anymore. Could I be correct about this?

So much for clarity - right there with you

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After the last lawsuit where they paid our money to AHDI instead the deal was Medquist or MModal now was supposed to provide CLEAR description of exactly what characters were included in a line and how we were getting paid. Since that lawsuit we have received a pay cut disguised as evening out the tiers and still nobody knows for sure what exactly constitutes a character.

Honestly, I would not be surprised to learn they are not paying for any of the things you listed. They already dock our pay for sending to QA, they do not pay for demographics or CC. I am sure they employ full-time corporate lawyers just to search for any way at all to not pay us and still somehow make it legal.

When I'm ready to quit - They will get what they pay for

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I'm just going to type only what I get paid for and for the patient's sake, leave a note in the QA/client note box saying that the report is incomplete and only paid information was typed.

I bet you MModal certainly charges the client for all the stuff we don't get paid for.

We're supposed to be paid for every character and - sm

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space in the entire document, because you can bet your a$$ they charge the client for it. I don't know how they can legally get away with requiring us to do searches on CC's and demos and then not pay us for them, and now the headings, numbering, etc., too?! This is getting fricking ridiculous. I guess they won't stop cheating us until we get a class action lawsuit going.

This is what I think ... - MME1

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I think pretty soon they're going to have us type the entire freaking report on the ADT because they know they don't have to pay us for it and we'll accept it and do it anyway. It's getting pretty close to that now ... I'm working on an account right now that requires at LEAST 3 additional pieces of information be input on the ADT than ever before, not only the referring doctor's NAME but I have to manually type in their address too on a separate ADT line.

I'm just waiting on the day they put a "text" box on the ADT where we just start typing away on the report.

A lawyer would have a field-day if - sm

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an MT ever gets fired for ADT-related issues, when we aren't paid for ADT/CC's yet required to research & enter everything correctly. It's bound to happen eventually.

The saddest part about your question is... - anon

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That we will probably never know because I doubt they will tell us if they are eliminating that from our compensation - just like most of us have no idea when they eliminated headings, etc. THEY JUST DID IT without notifying us.

99% of us will wonder why the hell our checks are getting EVEN smaller and never even have a clue it's because they are removing things from our pay structure without telling us.

Think about this: A McDonald's employee notices their hours stay the same but their pay is decreased. Being asked why, the store manager says, "Oh didn't we tell you. We decided that we are going to pay you for assembling the sandwiches, but not for frying the burger. But, you still need to do that so it is still part of your job requirements, we just decided you won't be paid for that part anymore."

Could you imagine ANY OTHER LINE OF WORK IN THE WORLD putting up with this?

We must be complete, total fools.

We Should Hit Social Media With It - Do It

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I think we should shout from the rooftops so the whole world knows how MModal treats and pays us. LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and everywhere. Abusers are empowered by the silence of their victims.

All I know is I am getting burnt out at 300.00 a week - MTfor25years

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I got a second job to make ends meet, b/c I cannot survive a single mom on minimum wage. I am exhausted doing both, and going to graduate school half time. I am about to go out of my mind this week. But I can't let either job drop, both MT jobs, both minimum wage or 4 cpl line which ever comes first.
I realize that I am going to have to get a 10.00 an hour job or 12.00 an hour job out of the house soon. I am getting sooo burnt out on minimum wage.
Our technical expertise and brainpower are worth much more than that. Why do I put up with it? B/c I have done it over 20 years and underqualified for anything else. Sigh. I am going out of my mind with this low pay! I really am! If it gets any worse, I don't know... grrrr.

Have you thought about food stamps? - SB

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I know we are all fierce individualists, but we have had the rug pulled out from under us through no fault of our own. I don't think it would be demeaning to allow the Feds to help us out while we are trying to shift directions and find employment that will allow us to take care of ourselves and our families.

Refuse to depend on the useless gvt - no food stamps, sm

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our only hope it to shout about the crap that is going on...not many people know that their medical records go overseas to India, when I tell them they go nuts..Keep spreading the word..Wish we could run a class action lawsuit, AGAIN, and see if we can get a working wage

The worst part for them should be that India is not bound by HIPAA - anon

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Hardly anyone knows this. Their medical records going to India is bad enough, but the fact that India is not bound by HIPAA regulation is enough to send some people over the edge. Their private medical information could be (and probably IS) sold to anyone, anytime over there and there isn't a damn thing any of us can do about it.

I disagree. You are not underqualified - FLMT

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I used my training as an MT to get an MD. You are very qualified to do a multitude of other jobs with just a little training.

perfect analogy!! well said!! - (no message)

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