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Insurance or Worker's Comp transcription - Looking

Posted: Apr 07, 2010

Are there any companies that do worker's comp, or insurance for auto insurance?

Workers Comp... - jm0405

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Workers' comp didn't have transcriptionists -the doctors that see their patients have MTs. That's where I started 20 years ago - in-house MT for 7 orthopedic surgeons and our reports went across the street to the W/C building. If you want something like that, then you apply for jobs with orthopedic docs, pain management, physiatry.

I do orthopaedics ... - zlover

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and we do many independent medical evaluations for workers' compensation cases.

These are usually very long dictations (20 to 60 minutes, taking 40 minutes to 2 hours to type), often filled with large gaps of no dictating where the doc is reviewing pages and pages and years and years of medical records.

I don't like doing them and, although my day is cut short because I get lots of dictation minutes logged, my line count is markedly decreased and I feel whipped after taking 2 hours to type one report.

It would be fine doing them all day at an hourly pay rate.

I agree - RLee

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I typed independent medical exam reports along with all other reports for 17 plus years at a neurology office. They were very time consuming, but I was paid an hourly wage during those 17 plus years and we did not have any line requirements to meet each day. That makes a big difference in feeling BEAT TO DEATH and you do not feel under pressure.

I agree, look for orthopedic, especially specialty orthopedics . . . - sm

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I worked for a hand/shoulder orthopedic surgeon and I absolutely LOVED his reports. Did not care for him, though. He was a real jerk to work for. BUT, he was meticulous, precise, very anal about his dictation and I did not have to listen to him flip through charts as he was ready to dictate when he dictated. I loved the IMEs, MMEs, workman's comp, second opinions, I made AWESOME money; however the jerk wasn't worth the mental stress. He even offered me MORE MONEY!!! He was blown away when I didn't take it. Not everyone can be bought.

worker's comp - mt

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I did QA on worker's comp reports. I did it off paperwork and did not have to listen to anyone talking.

workers comp/IME - McFingers

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The ortho docs I worked for at first did not want to do workers comp and IME. They thought it was beneath them until they realized how much money they could make. I like doing them if the doctor is a good dictator because they tend to use the same terminology over and over and you can bang off lots of lines when you get used to it. I think the larger ortho practices do them.

I got lucky with IMEs - jm0405

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When I worked for ortho docs, I was paid by the hour first off. Secondly, when they did IMEs, each doc turned in their own tape - yes, I am old - LOL - when I started MT work it was on a Wang computer with large cassette tapes and then microcassette. The IMEs worked well for me cause docs turned in separate tapes for the same patient. I didn't have a lot of wasted time during dictation. More money? I was paid hourly. Today, with VR, I wouldn't mind doing those because they would be worth a ton of money when you merged the document together - easy 13-25 pages!! WOOHOOO!! Love the money!! :)

I remember those Wang computers . . . - Sunshine State MT

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How time flies.

What a "blast from the past." Those were the days. I liked the Wang. Yup, hacking away on the Wang, transcribing from a standard, micro or mini casette machine.

Here we are still . . . hanging by a thread, hoping for the best.

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