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Considering offer from Cypress Medical - Unsure

Posted: Aug 21, 2012

I was just wondering about anyone's experience with Cypress Medical. Was offered a position there, but scared to make the leap. If you work there, are you able to make a living and are they nice to work for? Thanks.

Is this for the medical summarizer position? - nm

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Yes the medical summarizing position. nm - Unsure

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I work there - sm

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I've been doing it for a few months. It's okay. I do it only part-time. The hardest part about it is that you never know how much money you're going to make from day to day. One day I can make only 35 bucks, the next day I can make 70 bucks (working part-time each day). It's hard to know how many records you will summarize each day. The other problem is the work flow. You basically have to ask for work each day, sometimes the work doesn't come to you until the end of the day. Other than that, it's okay for supplemental income. It's also a nice change of pace. I don't miss listening to doctors talk and worry about making line count each day. I recommend taking it and if you don't like it you can always leave.

cypress medical summarizer - beentheredonethat

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Almost ditto to *I Work There* post...been doing it almost a month, transcribing 3500 lines a week also. Kind of left to your own, not much feedback, work is self-explanatory and mind twisting at times, but agree about not having to transcribe full-time.

I thought they paid by the page? - Unsure

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I thought they paid by the page, but you said you were getting 3500 lines a week?

I think she means transcribing 3500 lpw in addition - (sm)

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to her summarizing work for Cypress (probably the tx is for someone else).

Yes, that is why I mean - beentheredonethat

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Cypress Medical - Anon #2

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I tested for this company. I thought it was very odd the way they did this. They have no web site. They will not give me any address or location, or any info on the company. I did find a posting by a transcriptionist who worked for them for a month and she said they never paid her and after a month she was unable to even contact them to get her money. This made me question the Steve person who has been contacting me. He would not give me any address or any info on the company and so I for one will not work for them. The transcriptionist who posted to be wary identified this company as a scam. Just be very, very careful.

CMLS NOT a scam - beentheredonethat

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There is no one by the name of Steve; there's a Richard. They contract for the State of California Workers Compensation. Nothing shady about it.

Um, there is no such thing as the State of CA Workers Comp - sm

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Not being mean or condescending, so please don't take it that way, but...

They may do medical summaries for work comp cases in the State of CA, but there is no such entity as what you mentioned. I work legal defense in work comp for atty's in CA and know this to be true :) So if Richard is telling you that, he's not honest.

CA worker's comp - beentheredonethat

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You misunderstood...just meant that they are doing business in California doing worker's comp cases, therefore it is Calif workers' compensation, as opposed to Nevada, etc. I decided after 25 days I didn't want to continue to pursue this position.

To been there done that, why did - anom

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Why did you decide to leave after 25 days?

reason for leaving - beentheredonethat

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Various reasons but mostly that they only pay once a month.

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