No longer surprised but always still upset--sm

I got a new computer from MQ today! It is a slimmer CPU that can either stand or lay on a desk, its really small, AND a flat screen monitor and these awesome headphones with volume control on the headset! I'm so happy! (Now if I had some work to do...) haha! ...

Boy was i surprised today. I work as a coder for a large midwestern teaching hospital network/medical college. We have an aggregate of about 900 inpatient beds, 160-some outpatient clinics on our campus, plus multiple satellite sites, 3 ERs and several urgent cares. a cancer center, a heart hospital, and 2 ambulatory surgery centers - so lots of transcription. Today at our CODING meeting while discussing some upcoming changes to our epic system and striving for improved documen ...

or are we just so numb that we just expected it? I read that update...no 401k matches for 2009 and no approved employee merit raises for 2010. BUT we should be happy with all the other benes we are given, according to the suits. Well let's see...I have the "benefit" of watching my pay drop over the last few years. I have the "benefit" of not seeing a pay raise. I have the "benefit" of seeing NJA almost every day. I know I am not alone. Aren& ...

I don't know what's going on at the Q, and I know I'm going to jinx it, but I've had 14 reports in a row of straight typing!!!! If this keeps up I'm gonna work until is stops! Honey! Put on another pot of coffee!!! ...

I am never OOW with Nuance. I am busy all day long everyday. It blows my mind to hear that people run out of work constantly and can't make money. The money isn't great I know, but it's not bottom of the pile either. I worked at a lot of places before and had problems with TMs, OOW, low compensation, horrible hours and schedule, but not here. I must be lucky or something. ...

of the millions of medical records that were hacked into by Chinese hackers: "A group of sophisticated Chinese hackers, known for its high-stakes corporate espionage has a history of stealing medical-device blueprints, prescription-drug formulas and other valuable intellectual property from large health-care companies." http://bloom.bg/1sQpVdV In the article, it mentions a Franklin, Tennessee company. ...

This new account we have been given (which I heard was sent back from bad ILP work) is absolutely impossible! Yes I am in the south... I will not say even the letter because already i had my posts deleted for putting it (even though others are putting it and not getting deleted). Yes I feel I am being singled out for whupping.!!! Now today I get reports back that have obviously been abandoned because no one else can possibly do this (among many hundreds same n ...

goodness gracious ...

So over this report card. I don't have to pend anything anymore unless of course it needs to be pended, but today due to low work got stuck on new acct which I had never typed and very first report could not understand what he said (only said 5 words); could not locate any prior reports to look at, went in to pend (totally different looking then what I was used to - tried to IM my QC person who didn't respond so sent email and eventually had to download and now I go in and they s ...

Doncha love the frantic emails about how the customers are upset with all the out of TAT work? Seriously what does this company expect when they push people out the door in droves due to the lousy pay, mistreatment, unethical way they run things. Karma baby. ...

...because so many people are not making 99.5% accuracy in their audits. Perhaps it is time to consider that whoever promised the client 99.5% accuracy has something quite strong in their medicine cabinet. For years, the standard has been 98% and that is for a reason. That number is possible with humans. Machines sure can't deliver 99.5%; just ask anyone who has to correct the harebrained interpretations of SR, which never learns, by the way. Do the doctors hav ...

When I send an email that states, "I am OOW on the following accounts: Blah, Blah, Blah and Blah. I will check back later." Why do I get an email back saying, "Did you check Blah account?" Ummmmm, it is in the list I sent you... TSMs are sending out their famous backlogs....THEY should know I am OOW, but I feel almost guilty telling them I am OOW. I have had TSMs tell me that no one else was OOW on such and such a date. Ummmmm, it is likely they are on different accounts. ...

- the medical transcription schools, weren't mentioned. Most likely it's because more people the below-mentioned classes than MT. Still, it's proof that when times are hard, there are vultures out there preying on those who are just trying to get by: One fast–growing American industry has become a conspicuous beneficiary of the recession: for–profit colleges and trade schools. At institutions that train students for careers in areas like health ...

I am very upset, I took the radiology test and they say that I failed it and I don't see how. I have been a radiology transcriptionist for 20 years. There were only two questions on the multiple choice questions that I was uncertain of and the typing was easy. Has anybody else encountered this? ...

I've been working in an office for only about 3 months now after about 12 years in-home transcription. It's a busy office for a doctor who is kind of a "superstar" in his field and I love it. Here's the thing... it's a new practice, the entire staff has been here for less than a year and we don't all have hardly any PTO saved up (less than a year and all...) and the doc is going to be closing up the office for 2 weeks to go on vacation. Several of ...

This is how it went for Webmedx a few months before they sold to Nuance. I sure hope not, because I love my job and do not want to go back to working for Medquist. ...

Is this a profit sharing bonus or do we normally get a bonus around Thanksgiving every year, and will we also get a Christmas bonus. Thx ...

someone know I had a runny nose than know what my financial status is. ...

I see that there' no feedback on World Client from the meeting leaders regarding yesterday's heated teleconference discussion, just the usual "KEEP SMILING" (we AREN'T) cliche's and even a request for coverage commitments for the New Year's Day period. I guess they're hoping if they don't deal with it, it will pass and we'll all go back to be good, mute boys and girls. NOT. I thought there would at least be a minimal response considerin ...

...when they need a boatload of us "unfavorables" to resign so they can hurry up and give former QC (previously it was the team lead) people our slots. Nuance should realize that, at the very least, some of us have learned to transcribe right through their stupid bogus scripts, some have even had the same script twice, it has happened so frequently, and we have learned how to do screen shots and keep meticulous records and ... warn others about it. So, especially you folks who have been ...

I am so thankful that I am no longer with MM. I quit in May and it is the best decision I have made in a very long time. I got so tired of the unreasonable hours, the constant changing of hours/days. I got tired of the threats about quality (which is definitely unrealistic), then you get the threats about not having enough lines. I don't have to tell all of you what a terrible journey it is with MM. It is the kiss of death and it will never be any b ...

I am really surprised at the number of MTs who have been on recently asking about which companies provide computers. The advantage to having a company-provided computer is that if something happens to said computer, then the company has to provide technical support or provide you with a replacement computer. Precyse, the last I knew, sends out a Netbook computer, so you still need a monitor, etc and there is no way that you can load your "own programs" or even be able to access the i ...

Okay! I've had enough. I was going to hang in longer but I am now being Aggressive and sending my resume out! I won't be doing MT work anymore -- that's for sure! Perhaps working at the local community college if not for the government. At this point, I don't really care what I do because anything is better than this! WooHoo! It's a AHAA movement for me. It won't be long now. Best of luck to those who chose to stay wit ...

I noticed today that the break pay section of the timesheet was gone today and when I clocked off a minute ago after working for 7 hours that in the "break" box, it said 0.00, when usually it would be 0.33. Anyone know? I know it's not a lot of money, but I usually get about 3 hours per pay period and about $30. I would hate to lose that, cause every dollar counts. ...

I'm told the low volumes are due to the time of the year. I just don't remember this happening in past years. My time sheet has 10-15 entries by the time of the day - this is nuts. Can't take no pay, can't use up all my PTO in a week. Seriously, what are we supposed to do? ...

of leaving out the word "a", this is ridiculous. Whenever I think about quitting I feel happy; whenever I think about working I feel sad, micromanaged. Life is TOO short. Just my short rant. ...

my new life of not dealing with trying to produce a medical report for a MTSO to look good and make profit. How things have changed in the medical world and it is getting ulgier by the day. The demands put on MTs are totally unreasonable. I am walking away because of retirement and I am thankful I can. I honestly do not know if I could survive under the stress of trying to produce perfection for such minimal pay and know that a MTSO is making as much as me for each line I ...

No longer surprised but always still upset--sm - anon

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