Hate to sound like a broken record

what is the best school to go to (online) for becoming a coder? I have been an MT for 15 years and tired of the feast/famine. Is there financial aid available? I cannot afford even $250 down and $100 a month. Also, are there any companies that hire coders to work at home right out of school? Thanks for any help!! ...

like an idiot, but would someone kindly tell where in the h*ll to find the information on the schedule change? i have yet to find it or the swap board and CCM not returning any emails. any insight/info would be appreciated. thanking in advance. ...

I was actually reduced to tears today with the bullying and threats from people of various departments. Support acts as though we are stupid and below their level and the shipping department basically called me a liar, but in a nice way after their nastiness. Due to my age, it will be hard finding a job but at this point, I will sweep floors rather than put up with those with big heads because of a meaningless title. Then again, on second thought.....I am not leaving without a ...

NOTIFICATION OF DQS 6.1 ISSUE - ERRANT BROKEN HEADING AT END OF DOCUMENT Got this email on 03/16/2011 from MQ. All of the sudden we are have an issue with the headings? We have to turn off all markers (redundant, skip, etc.) I was under the impression that all the red markers/headings counted in our line counts. Do I have this right? Is this another ploy to undermine line counts/pay? Please correct me if I misunderstood. Thanks all ...

In a physical examination paragraph, what sub-heading does a clavicle fracture go under? ...

I've been doing this job for 10 years. I've been with what is now mmodal the whole way. I've seen really good MTs let go or just beat down until they left. With every change they threw at us I was able to find what I needed inside of me to stay with the job and have hope not that things would ever go back but that I could still at least buy a few groceries for our family, but this last POD "idea" that they threw us into has broken my spirit. Fluency has some really good thin ...

Does anybody have any experience typing with a broken leg? I broke my left leg (thank goodness, not my foot pedal leg!) this weekend. I don't have the luxury of taking time off, but I'm finding it exhausting keeping this leg elevated and sitting upright like we were taught to do. I'm in a full-leg cast, and it puts a heck of a strain on my gluteus maximus muscles. I have a feeling I'll just have to keep trying new positions till I find one that works, ...

I finally did it! I got a bad audit, could feel it coming. I thought it was on one report but it was on several, not from the same account, not the same doctor, etc. I'm still going through the interview process for the job I will probably get hired for, but it still may be up to a month before they make the offer. I will post when I get it for sure. My confidence in my ability to understand a new job is at an all time low. In the meantime I am a music teacher and wish I ...

I HATE that I am tied to my office just waiting for work to come in on two different companies. I HATE that I just quit a third company because of LACK OF COMMUNICATION (gave my notice to Keystrokes, no response from ANYONE). What is wrong with these people? They demand certain things of us but we have no rights? I HATE HATE HATE it and as soon as I possibly can find another job, I will LEAVE MT WORLD FOREVER. I HATE THAT I HAVE NO LIFE WITH THIS PROFESSION. H ...

of the medical field in general. What happened to all the American doctors? Has it become so blasted easy for foreigners to come over and get a job as a doctor or are Americans so damn-ass lazy that they don't want to get the education? Or is to so blasted expensive that no one can afford to become a doctor unless you are a foreign student? So freaking sick and tired of all these foreign dictators who speak so fast and sloppy. What the heck is going to become of our health care when we can& ...

So, we can stay with Records One but just with no work promised except for as soon as it becomes available. Sounds promising. I wish promises paid my bills. It is a sad day for me. ...

just do along and work? I was writing job # and which hospital and work type but its time consuming and I don't see the point because I hope not to be here much longer. ...

http://www.fortherecordmag.com/archives/091012p22.shtml ...

See link below... ...

There's a very well-written article in the newest edition, called Life on the Low End of the Pay Scale, regarding pay for transcription, current and past, how WE got to where we are now, and MTSOs' role. In essence, a good way to start us back to better income is to refuse the low pay that lots of companies offer. We have to raise our bar, no one will do it for us. ...

I'm trying to follow the path of a patient medical record. Pls correct me if I'm wrong. But here's my understanding: the doctor dictates (or inputs his data), then it goes to coding. From coding it goes to billing and from billing it goes to the designated payor (insurance company, medicare, etc). So If my scenario is correct, then if there is not an accurate record, then it can't be coded correctly and it can't be billed correctly and the medical faciility does no ...

Below is a link to another breach of medical records. We can directly blame the fact that today's medical records largely dwell on the internet. Lest some of you come back with "but without the internet, we would not have jobs", let me tell you that we got along without the internet previously and had higher pay because the offshore vultures could not get at the records and we were in higher demand. We can do it again. http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/ ...

My community college offers this course and I would like to take it. ...

I want to make it clear that this is not a rail against all MTSOs; there are MTSO's still out there who are NOTmotivated by greed, and who continue to pay their employees very well.I have worked for companies which historically have paid employees much higher CPL than other companies - Keystrokes and MTP (both based in Illinois, owned by former MTs, and as far as I know, all work still on US soil) - and several of these companies actually DO pay employees "more than fair" hou ...

Can someone explain to me what a medical record summarizer does and what kind of pay is it? Thanks ...

I began working for a doctor's office and we get referrals. Some of these apparently are entered by the doctor. It is the biggest mess I have ever seen. Sentences are run together. There is no punctuation. Capitalization is either nonexistent or incorrect. There are no paragraphs. The report is just literally words run together for a whole page. Other offices have canned forms, and they fill in a few blanks. The paragraphs and h ...

If anyone is on Facebook, search for the "Healthcare Documentation Today" page. There is an article posted regarding medical record errors. It is a very interesting article regarding the other side of what we do. ...

I have been corrected by QA twice on this one. The first time it was changed to capitals (Electronic Medical Record), so I started typing it that way. However, recently I had it changed to lower case (electronic medical record). Both times the sentence was the same... "Detailed in the electronic medical record." I had always typed this lower case until it was changed the first time. I never did understand why it should be capitalized. How do you usually transcribe this one? ...

Brushing biopsies were obtained with final pathology consistent with squamous cell carcinoma, according to the Vista web pathology medical record from the Montana VA. ...

I know that transcriptionists at Veterans' Hospitals have used the EHR for years and it works really well at VA. Now it seems that you hear about it all the time, but every single description is different from every other one. Nobody seems to know anything. When I ask how it works in other hospitals and clinics or with MTSOs, I hear that it's really no big deal. You just transribe like you always have. If each system is different, I guess what I want to know is, are any of you using it ...

My husband went to the doctor last week. The lady asked him his medical history, typing it in the computer, then spun it around and asked him to enter some of his personal information, name, address, etc., himself. Now that might be a first. ...

Thanks ILP. You have blown me away. In a 10-minute report you have managed to get approximately 50 errors... This is of course after your MT finished the report, routed it through 100% review with your QA, and then sent it to lucky me... Yippy. ...

Timely! Computer-aided coding and its impact upon the coding job market is the feature story of the just-released For The Record magazine. Some excerpts: "...From what I've heard from those hospitals for years now is that it's not that they need fewer coders." Instead, Bronnert sees coders being used more effectively and at a higher skill level. "They become even more valuable to a facility. I don't see their roles or positions diminishing at all. I see ...

Hate to sound like a broken record - Cheated

Either no one knows, no one wants to tell me or - Cheated

i'll tell you - aquamarine

Thank you thank you. I searched that page one day - Cheated

Easy way to remember - Triscuit

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