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I googled MModal Indian coders and found out there is a - Fluency for Coding. Interesting. nm


Posted: Mar 11, 2014

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Whoever said the Indians would be coding was correct. - Futher google entry has this to say SM

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"growth plan now enables us to train our Indian employees with new skill sets in medical coding, in the complexities of medical billing and in the emerging field of healthcare analytics."

This was a post from 2012 from our dearly departed Vern. Now, how long was it from when Indian joined the MT picture until now? That is probably how long it is going to take for Indian to end up with the bigger share of coding.

of course the Indians - will be

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doing coding. They speak English. Many have medical degrees and other high-level educations. No question if, question how soon?

They are already doing coding. They got - this offer before we did.

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So, either there is a problem with them not being up to the task or not enough to meet the business needs.

You can bet this was a last resort sort of situation. Maybe they needed a lot of coders quick and US MTs are a better bet to successfully complete the program quickly.
Yes, everyone - knows
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the work ethic overseas is so much lower than here in the U.S. Maybe they didn't think it was worth the money they were being offered. Lots of them angry at the precipitous decline in transcription wages there already, perhaps not willing to be duped again?
Didn't say anything about their work ethic - anon
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However, your alliances are clear.

I shall disengage.


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