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blanks yet? - drowning in email


Posted: Mar 09, 2010

I am so brain dead.  Are we supposed to be sending reports with blanks again? I thought this was held off until March 14th or is that just with unchecking the QA box if you do not want it to go to qa?  thanks.  between audits,lengthy emails, deleting this and that,its just a bit too much anymore.  sigh. 

First Time Right For Dummies - sm

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1. Effective 3/14, jobs with QA markers will no longer automatically route to QA. You will need to manually check the QA box if you want the job to go to QA.
2. Effective 4/1, MTs/MMEs may choose to submit up to 10% of total lines in 1 work week to QA without effecting base line rate. Any lines you choose to route to QA exceeding this will be paid at a rate that is 0.03 PER LINE less than base (SR/trans as applicable)
3. Effective 5/1, this changes to 5%

If you score below 95% on an audit you are put on 100% QA and ALL of your lines will be paid at 0.03 LESS than base until you score 98% on audit (minimum of 1 week on 100% QA)

Good job - shipwrecked

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Why can't the Q describe FTR as simply and concisely as you did, instead of muddying the waters with all the unnecessary verbiage for us to wade through?

Thank you!

first time what?? - no way

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In the latest email that was sent last week it states that reports routed for audit will not count in the submission score.
What you stated above sounds very stressful about reports being on 100% auditing will automatically be calculated 3 cents lower than base pay.

Clarification - sm

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OK, let's try this again.. IF you score BELOW 95% on your REGULAR audit, (those lines DO NOT count toward your QA submission rate) your CCM will have no choice but to put you on 100% QA. To avoid being on 100% QA and thereby lowering your line rate by 0.03 for all your lines during this time period, ensure your REGULAR audit score is at the very least better than 95%, shooting for 98%.


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