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Any information on TransTech? - sm - MT

Posted: Mar 06, 2013

Just wondering the good/bad about this company. I tried to do google search, but did not come up with any up to date information on how this company is to work for. Any info greatly appreciated.

Reply - Matti

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There is plenty of information in archives. Just go to archives and search for their name.

transtech - anon

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Do not waste your time with this company. They have NO WORK MOST OF THE TIME. They want you to sign off their system when there is no work, which I have learned that is illegal. I hope they are the next to get sued.

Their line count per day is 1500. That is impossible when you have NO WORK. When you do not make minimum wage, which they do not like to pay, they will find a way to fire you, because they will not pay minimum wage.

You can have 6 accounts and never make their minimum line count. All different spec accounts which they expect you to know. They hound you forever to flex your schedule, but you can never do that because there is never enough work. If there are 3 jobs, they call you on the phone for 6 minutes of transcription. They want you chained to your computer forever.

You should sign off when there isn't any work.... - sm

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you work production, not hourly, so no product, no pay. Sounds fair to me.

that is just crazy - they should provide work

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No one on this planet should have to work a 24 hour day to get enough work to equal 8. If they want you to work Tues through Sat from 3 pm to 11 pm, they should provide you with the work to do that.

And just how do they "provide" you work? - sm

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Demand that the physicians dictate? If you can figure out how to do that you will make a million dollars.

Providing work - It is not rocket science

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They need to staff their accounts so that the MTs assigned to those accounts have enough to do during their shifts and stop over-hiring. They need to make sure people work their shifts, no more and no less without "jumping on" when they are not scheduled to work in order to pad their line counts. It's known as management 101. Can I have my million dollars now?

And then what happens when the work is - sm

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caught up if you only staff the bare minimum? You're sitting not getting paid any way. You have obviously never been a Team Lead or an Account Manager and have no clue as to the inner workings of an MTSO.

ya know, its ok not to have 100% turn around - it can wait 12 hours

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Most hospitals have 12 hour TAT, but the MTSOs want it in 1 minute. They overstaff for that reason.

I agree with the person who said its not rocket science - but I disagree with the ...

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turn around time. Im not sure about most hospitals having a 12-hour turn around time. The hospital I worked for had different turn around times for each work-type for example:

Stats = 1 hour TAT
H&Ps = 2 hour TAT
Consults = 2 hour TAT
Op notes and Cardiology = 6 hour TAT
ER Notes = 6 hour TAT (unless they were being admitted).
Discharge Summaries = 12 hours.

Other ancillary report types like progress notes, radiology, respiratory therapy etc. I dont recall.

If a person is admitted and going for surgery, they had to have that H&P on the chart first. If a patient was being transferred to another facility, they would prioritize their discharge summary and any other necessary reports so they would be ready before the patient's transfer.

I no longer work for that hospital because I was outsourced, but I still do their work at the MTSO they outsourced our department to and the TATs are still the same.

Another thing to keep in mind is that all these companies are in competition with each other and producing work in a timely manner is something these hospitals take into consideration when deciding which company to outsource too.

How about stop overhiring and offshoring too - much NM

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TransTech - Does not offshore

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I understand us voicing opinions, but let's not start making stuff up. Transtech does not offshore.

They provide work by NOT OVER-HIRING!!!! - AKS

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With all due respect, that was a crazy question!

transtech NO WORK - AKS

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Yep, I'm sitting here with no work right now. But they keep posting ads to hire more people. They could not care less whether we have work or not. They just want the work done within TAT for their clients and that's all that matters to them. I will be gone from here soon! Cannot make a living like this!!!

That's just not my experience with TransTech at all and I really..... - Long Timeer

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Have to question your motives for your response. The problem with these anonymous boards is that you don't know who's posting and what their true agenda is.

Sounds to me like you have a personal problem with TT.

I second that, Longtimer. Bravo! Couldn't have said it better myself. - Lois Lane

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And now, weighs in. nm - ex-TT MT

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Long Timeer - SM

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Just because someone has an experience that differs from your personal experience does not mean they are being insincere on any level.

That's one of the main problems with this forum, not the anonymity of it, but the fact that some posters refuse to accept the fact different MTs can have different experiences at the same MTSO and insinuate (or flat out accuse) another poster of being disingenuous.

Describing your own positive experience with TT would have been, IMO, much more effective than questioning the other poster's experience.

TransTech - I should have listened... - Amee

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I have worked for 3 transcription companies over a 6 year period (work for TransTech now). I made the mistake of NOT listening to the MTs on here who said these places had no work. So here I am again having to find out on my own that there is NO WORK!. So fed up with these companies!!!!!

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