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Does TTS pay for training, etc., etc? - Heather
Posted: Mar 03, 2015
I can't believe the number of emails, forms to fill out, meetings, more tests to take & phone calls. It's very time consuming and haven't even started yet.
A few years ago. sm - Anon
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I started with them a few years ago. I don't remember an excessive amount of forms or more tests BUT any formal meetings you attend should be compensated so keep track of time spent in them and also HIPAA training and the test is compensated. Emails and phone calls are not, unless it is on the phone training for your account with someone from the orientation team (about a half hour) who then will be checking your work for as long as they think they need to be. Also, time spent with IT loading your platform is compensated. Again, keep track of that time. A word of caution, don't be too in the their face about this stuff, be patient. You will be compensated for what I've mentioned above. If it doesn't show up in your first paycheck, then question it in a low key way, and they will most likely add it into your next check. It's probably going to be only a few hours at your state's minimum wage (make sure of what that is). Good luck. I like it there.
Sorry but you are incorrect. They do not pay for those - they are cheap
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I tested, was hired, trained and got paid ZERO for all of what I had to do. The only thing they pay for is cpl.
I know what I got paid for, again. sm - Anon
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Time spent on phone with trainer, time spent with IT loading the platform, I got paid with a separate check for doing the HIPAA training. As someone else below said it is listed as administrative time on your paycheck. AND for the first couple of pay periods, they'll do MUP to your state's minimum wage until you get up to speed; but of course, they'll be breathing down your neck for you to get there. They did not let up on me until I did. I have attended a few meeting on GoToMeeting and was paid for those too.
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I started with TTS in May 2014. I was paid the state's minimum wage then for all hours with trainer, which included phone calls. It is a lot of paperwork, times and security and HIPPA have changed. I honestly cannot remember if we were paid to view eScription video and testing, or HIPPA test. I really appreciate it here. I left TT when IMEDX bought them out last March 2014, knowing I could not stand yet another "merger" after Transcend/Nuance. YES, there are negatives and the pay is low - too low. Their standards are EXTREMELY high. Benefits are pretty good. Steady work - no OOW situations too often.
I got paid my state's minimum wage for sm - >><<
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administration hours, meaning hours I was on the phone or talking with the trainer, etc. SHE was the one that put that in for me, SHE kept track of it and I okayed it. This was just in January 2015, so at least then I got paid for training. After that one day or so of training though, that's it; it's all production after that.
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