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7 cents a line, IC, no bonus incentive program...sm - cashstrapped

Posted: May 13, 2010

Would you bother? It's clinic work, so it should be easy, but I don't think I could make a living on that.

I would think that should be strictly.........nm - Your decision!

Having done clinic work, you'd have a hard time making a living - Just my opinion

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Most of the time clinic notes are very short, and depending on the program, takes some time to get in there and type those few lines that will probably only be like 50 cents a report, if your lucky. I was making 9 cpl and I struggled to get 100-150 lines an hour so I figured I was only making around $10 an hour, but again that was at 7 cpl. You could always try it. The platform might be user friendly and you could really buzz through the reports.

You speak the truth...sm - Scoobie

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Exactly! The reports are usually very, very short - sometimes takes more time to get in the report than to type it - and they're not always easy. They tend to talk very fast, and you still get your share of ESLs.

ditto - I am not making a living

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making minimum wage at this point with mostly short charts, any and all worktypes, and lots of ESLs. The demographics and cc's take so much time, and we are not paid a cent for those.

Do you already have a job or are you completely without? - Happy MT Robin

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I think that might be my deciding factor. If I were getting unemployment benefits of any kind, would the potential income in this job be more than those benefits? Do you have any income coming in at all? For me, if I had no income, I'd take the job and just keep on looking for something with a better line rate because at least some income is better than no income. Just remember to put some aside for your taxes or pay your taxes right away with each check, because if you don't that will come back and bite you in the rear like nothing you've ever experienced.

You might also talk to the recruiter or whomever you're dealing with and ask them about the work flow and what the average lph their current people normally do. I do clinic work and I average about 200 to 230 lph. I have periods where I can do more and have done up to 300, but it's not sustainable for me at this point. The one nice thing about clinic work is you can set up templates and normals and fly through some stuff, so even those short reports that take up the time with the demographics can be productive because you're not having to do much actual typing.

Good luck, whatever you decide to do.

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