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Illegal? Unethical? Shady? - mt

Posted: Mar 05, 2012

So "Perry" has a job on the job board. You essentially give them leads from accounts you work on and they will try and underbid your current employer. Guess they never heard of a confidentiality agreement, ethics, etc.

I'd never work for a company with such a complete - lack of ethical business practices! nm

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Hopefully moderator will delete. - nm

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not surprised - this is america now

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Everything is about money now, folks.

I now an account I'd like to tell him about but..... - beenthere

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I'd be afraid it'd come back and bite me in the behind. A company I used to work for, which I never ever would return to, has a large account I'd like to see them lose. But like I said, I'd be afraid of repercussions from doing that.

Yes, I sure would like to do the same. - Anon

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I am wondering though why some posters feel we owe any loyalty to companies that have treated us like crap in the past. I would be hesitant to refer any old accounts due to legal implications or repercussions that would probably come back to haunt you. I am not sure what these companies legally could or would do to former employee who caused them to lose some accounts. That would be interesting to find out.

But why in the world do you think we owe any loyalty to MTSO's that have used and abused us. The only thing stopping me is the legal repercussions.

Illegal? Unethical? Shady? - pw

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Wow that's really twisting what I had offered. I never mentioned nor was I interested in under bidding anyone. I was not asking about your current or previous employer either. It just so happens that MTs are on the front line a know what is going on in the industry. There are many that have heard about unhappy healthcare facilities due to sub par quality and turn around time. This causes poor patient care. Maybe you need a reality check on how many patients each year are negatively impacted by poor quality and delayed documentation. Offering a substantial compensation for the referral of a healthcare facility that is unhappy because their patients are suffering due to their current transcription solution, whether it be their in-house staff, front end SR, off=shore, another MTSO or whatever reason is not illegal, unethical or shady. So please stop trying to create something that is not there.

If the hospitals cared about quality, they - would be willing to pay for it NM

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Illegal? Unethical? Shady? - mt

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The fact that you even wrote that response and find nothing wrong with it, speaks volumes.

At the very least, you're shady and unethical and IMO only go DOWN from there.

Perhaps not. Maybe their - allie

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quality is better or they can provide better coverage. Offering a bonus for leads is just part of business - all kinds of business.

Agree that this is just part of business world. - Suzy Q

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You know other businesses do this all the time. Look at Silicone Valley -- how do you think some of the businesses got ahead with their software technology. I am sure that Bill Gates and Steve Job were not above using staff whose only job was to spy on other companies and thus rewarded for whatever information they could gather. I am sure even Mitt Romney has done something like this to get ahead in business. It may sound unethical and dishonest, but let's face it, that is what the business world is all about. How do you think M-Modal get so far ahead -- from being the nice guy and treating their employees good -- oh yeah, give me a break. This is not a nice world and in order to survive you have to play their dirty little game.

Seems to me if the hospital was that - unhappy, they would SM

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do something about it themselves. I really don't believe they care that much about anything except the bottom line IMO. Instead of trying to hone in on other MTSOs, why not hire the best MTs you can and pay them for the quality documentation they can produce. You could then obtain accounts with your own reputation. Of course, this only works if anyone at all cares about quality in medical records and obviously the decision makers do not.

The biggest complainer about the - allie

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poor quality work being put out by the MTSO in our Radiology Dept is the doctor who wanted an MTSO the most. He was told by his superiors to put up and shut up. So now he spells everything, complains, curses, and carries on like a little kid, but, hey, you get what you pay for.

At least that ad is finally gone. - Hallelujah.

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