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Flunking audits --- and nothing to do with patient care!!!!! - cannot wait to take this job and shove it!
Posted: Mar 04, 2014
I spend more time trying to figure out what and whether or not I will be dinged for missing or "adding" 'the', 'a', etc. Getting dinged now for leaving output just as it was dictated. Got dinged for missing 'of' even though there was a note that it was dictated really fast. Got dinged for putting the beginning 2 words of one sentence at the end of the preceding sentence, and I remember that report. I could not figure out what the doctor was trying to say! Got dinged because every tense in the PE did not match exactly! I was passing all my audits before I was moved to this group! I am so sick of failing audits. >:-o. Now I am _supposed_ to be changing this stuff?? I used to get marked down for that! And now I should editing the reports like I did years ago, i.e., making the doctor look good? Editing has ruined my typing speed. If I can get my speed back up, I should just retype all the reports! Having to stop so much is causing me to lose track of the doctor's train of thought.
You shouldn't get dinged... - Ginger
[ In Reply To ..]For missing or inserted words like "a" and "the" or "of," there should be no point value unless it changes the meaning of the sentence or is a grammatical error (like a/an). If there are point values assisgned to those types of mistakes, I would talk to your QC Team Lead and/or TSM. If this is a newer account for you, I would also ask them if the client would prefer you to "make them look good" or just leave it as is. The PE should be changed so that it is all in the same tense. Taking this a little further, if it is too difficult to change or too messy, then I would leave it. However, my best advise to you is to talk to your team leads and TSM.
You shouldnt be dinged for it but I failed also - with that. sm
[ In Reply To ..]Added a word, forget which now, and had an incorrect punctuation. that is now enough to fail..Fire me PLEASE..U/E is looking sooo much better
failing audits - just me
[ In Reply To ..]If we fail audits by such a little amount, such as 99.0 to 99.5, will they really fire us? and if so will we be able to get unemployment? Never had to draw UE so not sure of rules. Surely they will look at the real medical words we know and not fail us for "prettying" up a report, and it is their word against ours as for the life of me I cannot hear what they seem to be hearing. TIA.
someone got canned for 99.3 last - week
[ In Reply To ..]but I think they must be giving some people more chances. Otherwise I think they'd be losing dozens every week.
either that or they keep going until they find that 99.3 job - i often wonder how many they pull
[ In Reply To ..]before they show you the one you failed.
Has anyone here actually passed an audit? - anon
[ In Reply To ..]I wonder that too, how many reports did they pull before they found a critical error. I only had 1 error and the other 4 reports were 100%, but that 1 critical error failed me.
yeah I pass 'em - but
[ In Reply To ..]it wouldn't be too hard to fail 'em.
I passed to, but I do not even believe that is true. - Just sayin
[ In Reply To ..]Failed 1 audit by one critical error, medication dosage that the doctor did actually dictate, but it was incorrect and I missed it. I was told I would be audited again. I was and received 100%. However, I remember mistakes that I DID make and just knew I was going to fail the second audit.
Now either they did not look at the reports where I know there were mistakes, but not enough to fail me, or they are using this 99.7% when and if they want to. I can get 100% for 3-4 audits in a row. If they know it is time for me to go, I am sure I will fail an audit and no longer be good enough. MTs who have been around 30 years or more are failing audits. Doesn't add up. I seriously believe they are now using 99.7 to get rid of people, trying to show just cause so they are not eligible for UE.
canned for 99.3 - lynlou
[ In Reply To ..]If you get canned from a job with a 99.3 score, this is probably a blessing in disguise. At the rates being offered to do transcription these days, time to move on to something better.
being dinged - some ole story here to
[ In Reply To ..]I was dinged for the same, failed 3 audits with 99.5 scores, but none of the errors related to patient care. A 'to' here, an 'a' there, all really nonpatient stuff and did not change the patient care. The "miracle" auditor made a comment if I do not understand to leave a marker! Ha not understand, I relistened x2 and still have not heard whatever he/she says is supposed to be correct and possibly will end my 30+ MT career. I miss typing and learning, here we just hurry read and try to proof over noise, blowing noises, sniffing, eating, chewing gum, barking dogs, and some other rather unpleasant noises! If I can make it 4 more months, car will be paid for an I will be out of here!!! thank goodness. Good luck everyone. We need it against the "miracle" ear auditors.
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