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DOES ANYBODY ACTUALLY MAKE ANY MONEY WITH THIS COMPANY - MTDISGUSTED
Posted: Aug 22, 2012
Is anyone even able to make minimum wage here? This is ridiculous!!!!!!!
I make above minimum wage - almost close to double
[ In Reply To ..]I guess I am still lucky for now. I have been up and down though, but right now I have my nails dug in and squeezing tightly!
paid how - MTdisgusted
[ In Reply To ..]by line or report?
by line - almost close to double
[ In Reply To ..]Although I have a decent line rate.
What does M-Modal - Mickle
[ In Reply To ..]How does M-Modal pay and how much do they generally pay. How much can you make an hour?
Pay varies based on experience and tier level, but - I have heard that
[ In Reply To ..]Everyone starts out at 4cpl, but you can get a raise - Pay adjusted according to tier level.
Different people have different line rates.
I make money. - see msg
[ In Reply To ..]I am paid by the line and I average anywhere from $13 to $15 dollars an hour. A friend of mine does really well also she brings home $1200 after taxes and insurance, I just barely hit $1000. But you can do it.
If you are new, it takes time to adjust to your accounts and VR and it also depends on your cpl rates.
Even when I am having a bad day I will not punch out till I reach my goal dollar amount for the day, but I can do that because there is always overtime.
Don't know about tiers - MTdisgusted
[ In Reply To ..]I do radiology, paid by report, not only is there never enough work to do a full 8 hours but the reports are so long - lots of 7 to 10 minute jobs, some actually 5 or more procedures and get paid for ONE report!!!!! Would do great being paid by the line. I am NOT new, have been doing this over 30 years and make less now than I did back then!!!
Five or more procedures - Split the job after each - procedure, click split and import
[ In Reply To ..]all the demographics by clicking import on ADT screen. I would seperate them, not put them all on one page.
Good example of learning to beat them at their own game. - nm
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Five or more procedures - kittykat
[ In Reply To ..]Read the CP first, our CP's say do not split the jobs.
don't know about tiers - kittykat
[ In Reply To ..]Have you talked to your CCM about this? I know one rad group were thinking about going to line rate a couple of years ago, but I have not heard that they have.
How do you do this on VR? - struggling
[ In Reply To ..]I'm doing about 180 lph consistently and I simply cannot figure out how to edit any faster. I hardly touch the mouse, using all the keyboard shortcuts, use my expander. I have very few docs who use macros, so no help there. I'm a pro at google and don't think I spend too much time researching. Do you have any other tips? Or maybe it's just my accounts and it's hopeless.
How do I do it? - I average $120 a day and make more
[ In Reply To ..]than 4 cents per line for VR. I wont say how much, but I will say I make more than 4 cents.
I sit still and focus and just do it. It took me some time to adjust but once I got the hang of it I started making more money. I am sure I am not the only one. Not everyone posts on this board. Also I work on about 12-14 accounts just like many others and even though I dont know ALL the docs I am familiar with a lot of them and some days I actually do get the same doc several times.
Focus is the key word - broken promises
[ In Reply To ..]I completely agree with your post. Focus and just do it. The problem for me is ASR is turning me into an ADD poster child. I get so distracted and bored so I check my email or check the weather or check this website, anything just to break the monotony. I can focus just fine on straight typing reports but I just cannot do so on ASR. I fight boredom every day. I know it can be done but I have started wondering if the battle is worth it any more.
Most of the ones who fly through the reports have tons of errors. That's how they do it. - An MME.
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Good to know. Thanks. Unfortunately, I'm not going to give up my integrity. - righteously poor ;- |
[ In Reply To ..]I tried the zip/fly through reports for a day once. Too many errors. I would have to give up my morals to continue that practice.
I can only wish those who make money on ASR that way would get caught in the job audit web. With my luck, I probably would.
Ya know, a suit would have no idea what the above post - means. nm
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Of course the suits would not. They haven't experienced their ASR. - dnr
[ In Reply To ..]They would also have to understand they post I replied too which they could not unless they had to edit the same MM SR junk we do.
They think MM SR is super duper and market it as such. They have to believe/dupe themselves to sell this stuff.
One could only wish they would have to spend a day or, better yet, a week in our shoes doing ASR and getting paid our rate.
I was thinkin they wouldnt understand the words *righteously* - and *integrity.* nm
[ In Reply To ..]ya think?
Yep. ;) nm - dnr
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So you are saying because I make more than minimum - I am making tons of errors?
[ In Reply To ..]No, I dont think so. Maybe I have just been doing this forever and dont have to look up a lot, and have built a good expander for me. Maybe I focus better, maybe I use more keyboard functions than you. Maybe you are just not as good at editing?
Dont lump us into a group that "just fly through" reports.
I am sure you are not one of whom I speak, but when I - see posts like this I cant help but SM
[ In Reply To ..]wonder if you are one of the MTs I edit, who makes the same mistakes all the time. It is just SOOO obvious many of them just put down the important words and build sentences around them, regardless of what is actually dictated. But like I said, I am sure that is not you.
And you must be that snippy MME - who is a comma zealot.
[ In Reply To ..]How does it feel to be stereotyped like you just did us?
Call me what you want, means nothing. I just go for the errors - that impact pt care, making up sentences, etc.
[ In Reply To ..]If it doesnt impact pt care or change the meaning of a sentence, I dont care. I dont have time to chase every comma, I am pd on production just like everyone else. And 95% of MTs are great. Only see a job from them on occasion. That other 5% is another story. It is the same 4-5 MTs that make the same mistake over and over.
Ya know what you call that? Job security.
Wish you could mentor me in editing. - dnr
[ In Reply To ..]Sounds like you might do a better job than what the mentor had to offer as I was already doing what they were taught to teach. The only advice she was able to offer was to retype more (because the ASR ws so bad).
In case you read this as an attack, I'm serious about wanting a capable mentor and not putting you down.
I wish they would let us help each other out - only helps them
[ In Reply To ..]I dont know what the mentors taught because I still have not had a mentoring session, but if there is anything that I can do, let me know.
I agree. The accounts I work on are audited weekly and - I still average $120 or more a day..see msg
[ In Reply To ..]Our accounts are very picky and trust me, if you make a mistake you WILL KNOW ABOUT IT. We are audited weekly because of their pickiness and it still does'nt put a dent in my production and I NEVER get emails about errors.
So just because a person does well does not mean they are flying through reports. It all boils down to how long you have been doing this, shortcuts used, the amount of time spent looking things up, expansions etc.
The ones who win our highest production contests for backlogs are usually - the ones with the most errors. nm
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whats a highest production contest? - been here forever and never heard of that
[ In Reply To ..]The only contests I have ever heard of are at MT week.
Some accts, threat of mandatory didnt work. So trying honey instead - of vinegar and getting better results. nm
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What? Wait!!! All I get are threats! - Thats dung
[ In Reply To ..]Man, I hate that! I am told mandatory OT all the darn time.
I keep posting mandatory is just a way to bully us into OT. Are they - going to fire you over not SM
[ In Reply To ..]working an extra 2 hours and so lose the 40 hours you do work? I think not. I asked my CCM point blank if I would be fired for no OT. She could not/would not tell me yes. And if you are threatened with being written up, tell 'em to bring it on. I was written up once and it was the best thing to happen. It got me the tools I needed to do my job and I got the opportunity to tell my side of what happened. If you get written up just say the CCM was bullying you, trying to get you to work OT and you couldnt becuase of previous commitments. But really, I highly doubt they will write you up cause you wont work more hours than stated in your signed contract.
You must have good ASR. - dnr
[ In Reply To ..]When I get bounced around in the 'cesspool', I find a few accounts that actually have good ASR, but they are usually small hospitals with good dictators and most probably have not many MTs regularly on those accounts.
This ASR junk is so unfair. A few getting proper ASR and way too many of us getting defecation product. I get angry when I am doing ASR and the ASR is bad (as per usual), but not "bad" enough to F11, as I don't feel I am getting paid fairly for my work. I do F11 if it is 90% retype. I used to F11 when I felt I was doing more work than I was getting paid for (50% bad output or more), but I got reprimanded for using F11 'too much'.
Sad thing is, I am producing the company average according to the BOOST productivity reports they send out. Add to that, my inactive time is way below their target.
What's horrific is I was told by the BOOST mentor that, in order to bring up my line count, I should retype more of the document.
PTO rate is just under 18$/hour - ginger
[ In Reply To ..]My PTO rate was just calculated at 17.98/hour and I have actually calculated my own average rate as anywhere from 11-14$/hour AFTER TAXES depending on if I am having a bad day or a good day.
wrong account - MTdisgusted
[ In Reply To ..]Well then I guess I am on the wrong account because sure can't make any money by report!!!!!
making less than half - okcmt
[ In Reply To ..]I used to work for a smallish company that was taken over by MedQuist. We were paid by the keystroke and I did the minimum that was required, we had 24 hours to do get in our keystrokes and it usually only took me 5 to 6 hours to get the work done. Here, I slave away 8 solid hours and still make less than half of what I used to, barely over minimum wage. I'm sure there are folks out there who can make it work here, I just can't seem to myself. I will add that my heart is just not in it anymore as I see jobs advertised at fast food places and Wal-Mart paying nearly what I am making now. Someday soon, hopefully, I'll find something where I will be actually treated like an assest to the business.
I heard that Walmart - is now including a food stamp
[ In Reply To ..]application with their employment packet. Serious. I live by Bentonville, AR, Walmart HQ and someone in the home office told me.
I recently read in an article about homelessness - that in order to get food stamps, - sm
[ In Reply To ..]you have to be down to $50 or less to your name. The person in the article that was applying for food stamps still had $500 in savings and lived in her car. The person she talked to said,
"Then why are you applying for food stamps? You have a car! You have $500! Come back after the car and the $500 is gone."
When I looked at their website to see if I was poor enough for food stamps, it became obvious that I would have to first blow through whatever remains in my anemic little 401K. Never mind that I can't start withdrawing any of it until 2020!
Mmodal includes Earned Income Credit in theirs - broken promises
[ In Reply To ..]Just saying, even this company knows how little they pay and encourages their employees to get government help. So sad.
Mmodal does not want MTs to make a living. - mom2huskies
[ In Reply To ..]Just my opinion.
Nope. - bye-bye birdie
[ In Reply To ..]I was tier 3, made 10/6, worked my rear end off, and was making $11.50 per hour. I quit.
Your Kiddin, Right? - FedUp
[ In Reply To ..]If you wear a suit/dress clothes and work in TN, NC or India, then you betcha. If you are one of the honest, hard-working MTs, forget it. Apply at McDonald's, Wal-Mart, etc., or for welfare and food stamps first. This company sucks, as does the industry.
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