Legal MM Stuff - see msg pls

I've read several of the posts regarding MTSOs requiring MTs to complete HITECH training on their own time, work over 40 hours without reporting it, or forcing ICs to adhere to a schedule, etc. Although not an attorney, I'm very close to an employment attorney, and here is a summary of the laws. Please check out the FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) under www.dol.gov and check out your own state specifically. EMPLOYEE STATUS: 1. It is ...

Saw an ad for legal transcription from Freedom Type. When did they start doing that? ...

How do you get the new stuff. Can't see anything earlier than 10/08 on the boards. ...

Hi - when QA gives you feedback on a blank you had, are they supposed to (ethically is it proper) for them to continue on and reprimand you, for example, with "I did find the same thing you blanked at Google. You need to go to Google." or are they supposed to just correct, and then have your account manager talk to you? Thanks! ...

ASR: "She could not tolerate beta blockers or recent hamburgers for cardiomyopathy." Dictated: "She could not tolerate beta blockers or ACE inhibitors for cardiomyopathy." ...

I just got a report where words were added that were essentially a diagnosis that could match the symptoms and treatment the patient had, but THE DOCTOR NEVER SAID THAT! Talk about adding words! Now MM ASR is diagnosing patients along with all the other extra words it adds. At least this string of words was obvious, but there are a lot of little care-changing words added that could be missed. It's amazing what it makes out of thin air when the doctor isn't dictating as it's ge ...

first is open smart stitch sutures correct as is? and second is it times 2 or x2? Never had this before. :-). tia. ........This was treated with a subacromial decompression and repair of the rotator cuff using the open smart stitch sutures x 2. ...

The patient had been trying to wean himself sexually from the PCA. ...

ARS: round ligament could not be seen or identified, did not seem to be coming "off a rope swing." Dictated: round ligament could not be seen or identified, did not seem to be coming "through." Clearly dictated, no slur, no pause, no nothing. Where does this come from? It is no longer funny, it's pretty darned sad. This program has been training for at least 10 years that I can remember, probably more ...

in FIESA is supposed to help my quality if I CAN'T go back and relisten to what I missed. I don't like taking somebody's else's word for it and I certainly don't like putting my initials that I reviewed it. If I missed it, I would be the first to admit it, but I don't ever really know if I missed something or not. I know it doesn't count against the QA score, but it's still aggravating. Sometimes, being able to listen a second time would make everything cl ...

Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong place, but it seems like with all the screwing over that some of these companies do to us (and I know it's no accident that they don't encourage us to communicate amongst ourselves), few people here are suggesting some way of getting together to "encourage" the companies we work for to screw us over less, or at least less painfully. I know there's a Fair Standards act, for example, that supposedly covers even us (working on production). Whi ...

Like if your in a report that normally uses certain phrases and the doctor hesitates and says NOTHING for awhile, the ASR is putting in headings or text that could go with the report..its crazy...and this ASR with DCQ7 SUCKS ROYALLY...worse then the last version by a mile and a half...Progress huh? ...

something is about to blow up. Can't put my finger on it just yet, but be prepared. ...

It is so frustrating to be working when only a few others are working and having the job#'s progressively increase, but then have a really horrible dictator's file come in that was hundreds of jobs before the rest in your box! In other words, being thrown back. If you have your client set to show TAT, you can see it in the TAT too! Like file 1 being at 18:05, file 2 being at 18:05, file 3 being at 18:03, but then file 4 being at 16:55. If this happened with any of t ...

After a surgery..Patient instructed to get up and work...Dang they are getting pushy in the hospitals today...And I guess the patient is a he-she cause sometimes is a male, sometimes its a female...Who does this stuff? ...

I'm an ex-Transcender and when I was approving my time sheet this morning I noticed that my time sheet said my percentage sent to QA was 20.2%. I have NOT sent this many reports to QA as blanks, but have sent a lot of stuff due to discrepancies, no demographics match, no dictation, etc. Are they seriously counting stuff that we have NO control over against us for purposes of denying bonuses? I asked my TSM if that would be the case after we got news of the new pay cuts and ...

Hey Everybody! I am in an entry-level coding position. I work at a very small rural hospital. I'm trying to figure out how things work and wrap my brain around the whole "cycle." So...here's where I'm puzzled. I ask different questions like, well, who does the E/M coding and the radiology coding and the pathology coding, etc. It just seems that there are many people who do lots of the coding in the hospital. I just want to know if this is normal. One person does inpatient ...

that the failing audit stuff has stopped. Was this an effort to get us to slow way the heck down so they could lower our PTO rate? ...

Maybe added to the fact that we are now working on 3 or 4 accounts which are unfamiliar, you will recognize that just maybe the facilities are seeing more errors and becoming frustrated because the work is being sent to India where they are seriously less familiar with the account specifics than MTs who worked an account regularly and reliably up until it was taken away. ...

I have not seen how long our pay would be dropped the 3 cents. Am I missing something? Is it just that pay period or the next week or what? I just don't see that. I spoke up and am having a conference call with the "team" tomorrow and I really would like to know how long our pay would be deducted. Peronally I can't afford to have my pay deducted and if you can (mq mts), then you are lucky. I have not had a pay raise in 9 years and all of this is goin ...

Here are some things I learned about the various types of coding. They tried to interview coders who do each kind of coding as they went along. (I was taking notes as fast as I could and trying to understand. Anyone who REALLY knows please feel free to correct my understanding! I am including these notes as they were of great interest to me as a potential coding student.) 1. Technical component and Professional component. They illustrated the distinction this way: In interventional radiology t ...

I've already been through school with Andrews and am getting ready to start the transition ICD-10 course, and I honestly don't mean to be a jerk about M modal. I do feel badly for the MTs there, but I don't see why all the MM coding talk couldn't have just stayed with the MM side of the board. Anyone else feel the same? ...

So I was having lunch with an ex-transcriptionist (got out when the getting was good) and I told her about the docking of 0.03 as of May 1 if we hit 5% QA submission. She brought up a good point. Is this even Legal???? If this is done then I am assuming MANY out there will be working BELOW minimum wage. This can't be done can it? Doesn't the Q have to pay you at LEAST minimum wage? I try to maintain 1800+ lines a day and if I lose 0.03 and do the mat ...

work 6 days a week, even though it adds up to 40 hours a week? Our supervisor is trying to force us to work 2 hours every Friday night. This means only one full day off. I have had to get another part-time job on call Friday and Saturday (under the table) to supplement the lost income with MQ and so can't work her mandated hours. Is it even legal to demand that? ...

Is it really legal for Nuance to make us work a holiday, then we don't get paid for it because there are no reports, and then they expect us to work overtime another day to make up for the holiday we worked on that we were never paid for?! Did I get that right? Has anyone here called the Labor Department? I'm curious. I will not work overtime after missing Christmas with my family (for zero pay), in order to accomdate their poor scheduling. I'm upset that ...

I missed 3 days and 3 hours of work due to computer crashing. It took all this time to purchase a new computer, get windows 8 out and windows 7 in, fix whatever for windows update to work and now I'm told I have to use PTO or MUP this week. Seriously? Well, I can't work 14 hours a day so I guess I get screwed out of my measly PTO. How is this legal? Why not just pay me for what I do this week???? ...

I am not able to keep track of my percentage to QC. How would I know if I am nearing the 10%? ...

how does this sound for legal transcription work? this is my first time being offered (and quoted) this type of work and pay. any ideas? i did test for them and the verbatim legal test file was quite easy and well over 1-1/2 pages in a short amount of time. <<<15 pages = $18.00 a page. All pages count. Usually less than 25 lines on a page>> any advice appreciated! ...

I was hired full-time by a small company 3 months ago, offered 15.00 hr, just recently demoted because of a complaint of quality (which was very questionable), told they would pay me 5 cpl (woohoo) for production. Now they are not supplying me with any work, let alone full-time work! Dont they have an obligation to fire me, lay me off or supply me with work? How can they do this? I cant get unemployment if I'm employed, but my employer isnt supplying me with any work ...

Legal MM Stuff - see msg pls

Just toss it. Employees are listed under the - creditor matrix routinely and the

Thanks, I will chuck the stuff - nm

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