A community of 30,000 US Transcriptionist serving Medical Transcription Industry

Op note diva? - PAMT

Posted: Jul 19, 2011

Did anyone see the ad this morning for an op note diva? Where did it go?

Yes I saw it. Was going to apply until I read in the sm - anon

[ In Reply To ..]
archives that it is a bad company. So decided not to.

I notice the ad has already disappeared, too. - Maybe it was a scam-job.

[ In Reply To ..]

Op note diva - nn

[ In Reply To ..]
I didn't see it, but would love to know what company it was. Perhaps it wouldn't hurt to have an application on file there. LUV those op notes!!! E-mail if you don't want to post it here. TIA.

OP Diva company name/thought about 10 cpl - VA MT

[ In Reply To ..]
The company named within that OP Diva ad was Cornerstone Professional Services
in Lincoln Park, NJ

I disagree with the other poster who said 10 cpl is chintzy for someone with 8 to 10 years of experience and strong suit of ESL.

I have 25+ years of FT hospital MT experience and excel with ESL dictators. The last time I had a raise for anything, including offering to do the most difficult accounts and ESLs was in 1998 to 10 cpl. And, I am lucky that I still manage to make that. I left a huge MTSO who wanted to cut my pay to 9 cpl and likely less (especially if VR took over the accounts I was on) - and every single other place I have applied has offered 8 cpl to someone with 25+ years of experience, so 10 cpl is evidently now the new 12 or 11 cpl that some of us way back when received or hoped to. And, any of those still lucky enough to still be getting that and not being cut in pay.

I wish it wasn't so, but 10 cpl is top pay for many MTs nowadays, least it seems that way from my point of view?

I cut and pasted the original OP Diva ad below, for anyone interested in reading it.

Cornerstone Professional Services

Lincoln Park, NJ

We are looking for a full time OP note diva for a small hospital. We prefer to hire MTs with 8 to 10 years of experience. OP notes become available on the system for late first shift, and a 9 a.m. EST start time is preferable. This is primarily Monday through Friday. Being able to put in 4-6 hours over the weekend is preferred. We are seeking a minimum production of 800 to 1000 lines daily, but currently these numbers fall well below our OP note needs. This account is heavy ESLs overall, though less so for the operative notes. The team is small and supportive, making the working environment quite pleasant for a team player.

EQUIPMENT: Your own computer with XP and Word2000/2003 NO EXCEPTIONS. Infinity 1 or 2 pedal. High speed internet, cable or DSL required; our system does not work with satellite or dial-up. Platform is MedRite-XL (provided), your expander or ours within MedRite.

This position is independent contractor without benefits. We pay .10 cpl including spaces and normals, which will be provided to the MT we hire for this opening. We looking to hire and train quickly, IMMEDIATE OPENING for the right person.

Cumbersome platform - me

[ In Reply To ..]
Worked there for a few weeks - the Medrite XL program is very slow for uploads etc even with DSL....easy to use and the people were nice. But time is money in this biz and to wait between reports wasn't for me. The rate had started higher than 10 until you got used to the platform and then gradually after 2 months went down to 10 so you were still rolling along...don't know if that has changed tho. As I said, nice people, slow uploads/downloads.

For all the experience and hit-the-ground-running - expertise they want, 10cpl is kinda chintzy!

[ In Reply To ..]

that's funny because I just read a post the other day telling someone 8 cents a line for - IC was good, sm

[ In Reply To ..]
Of course, I think that is not an acceptable pay for IC as after paying your self-employment taxes at tax time, which is 15% of your pay as your employer pays 7.5% when you're an employee, you're going to be hit with a lot of taxes for being an IC. So I would never take an IC position for 8 cents a line. But it seems that is what MT has gone to, little pay for a lot of hard work and aggravation to type a bunch of physicians who could care less about the way they dictate. I wonder if they know the people trying to type their work are trying to pay their bills??

I guess if a person is new, and doesn't know any better, - they might think 8-10 cpl is good pay.

[ In Reply To ..]
That's pretty hard to swallow, though, when you used to make $28/hour.

10 is good right now - me

[ In Reply To ..]
You can make $24/hour at 8 cpl if you have the right platform...I had to for awhile - but 10 cpl is the best I've seen in the last 18 months....I used to make $42/hour at 12 cpl - (350 lph) but those days are long gone for now thanx to greedy companies offshoring due to the economy. So $28 isn't that difficult to achieve, IMO. Just saying.

It was removed for not providing minimum required info. NM - Moderator

[ In Reply To ..]

Similar Messages:

Jan 08, 2011

Does anyone have any info on Diva Transcription? It's a smaller company, but I'm hoping someone can answer. Thanks! ...

Sep 29, 2013

Just wondering if it's okay/possible to put my "Call" macros back towards the end of General_Macro? And if so, where? I tried moving them to just before End Sub and also before Page 1:Selection..., but those locations didn't work. I'm getting an occasional errant "g" or "L" (apparently related to the GramLiter macro) at the very beginning of my VR text when I run it now, which I didn't have at all before when the "called' macros were at the end. Was part of the fix ...

Jan 19, 2014

Would enjoy talking with Macro Diva about all things macro! I've written one big macro with which I preprocess virtually all of my transcribed documents. First, it identifies the document template type, e.g., office note, letter, hospital discharge, echocardiogram, PV study, etc. It then displays a dialog box with drop-down lists from which I select the ordering physician, dictating physician, date of study, date dictated. etc. (The date of transcription is, of ...

May 15, 2014

I don't know where to begin with trying to record a macro for this need myself. On my main account, we're required to list meds without any following punctuation, but due to other MTSOs also subbing on it (who apparently don't have any specs or just don't have to follow the same specs we do), the lists invariably come through on VR with totally inconsistent punctuation. Such as this: MEDICATIONS:Ativan,ZofranDexamethasone.DiltiazemLanoxin. But should be this: M ...

Oct 29, 2009

A question for leads - has anyone else ever dealt with diva MTs? You know, the type who (when their QA isn't so great) get personally offended when you do your job and point out their repeated errors? The type who complain about not getting enough money but yet absolutely refuse to work over 8 hours to achieve just that when they just start out, and the type who complain about not enough work yet refuse to help out when the workflow is high on the weekend? The type who, be ...

Oct 20, 2009

The fundus was then grasped with a s/l "shaney"______, and the uterus was flipped. The final pedicles were then clamped, cut, and ligated with a 2-0 Vicryl with a s/l 4NF_____ and a stay suture bilaterally. ...

Oct 30, 2009

In regards to his ears, he is status post tube placement, adenotonsillectomy, and left s/l "cleft or cales utoma" removal. thanks for any help! ...

Dec 21, 2009

The physician request that I format in an ER Note, but all I can find is an ER Consultation, progress Note, or soap note. How do I decide which to use? I need one that can handle the history, past medical history, and review of systems. Does anyone have a site I can locate this information plz. ...

Nov 10, 2010

OK, am editing an op note that ASR typed as......maintained the dorsal wrist artery with an ERECT MALE and using bipolar cautery. Where do I sign up for OR tech classes? :) ...

Mar 04, 2011

Dictated ... A S/L trap mold was applied to the ear canal followed by a S/L glassapack dressing. TIA ...

Jun 02, 2011

help! s/l 'frome like'. There was one area that had protuberance from the lining of the mucosa, which appeared to be an inflammation tissue and was *------* . This may be the location of the colovesical fistula. ...

Aug 22, 2011

anybody ever heard of what s/l do-co-be?? any help is much appreciated. TY A left-sided hemitransfixion incision was made with sharp dissection and a Cottle elevator were utilized to elevate an intact mucoperichondrial layer on the left side, leaving a sufficient broad-based caudal cartilaginous strut. The cartilage was incised and contralateral elevation was carried out by _______. The cartilage posterior to this demonstrated the anterior deviation mentioned above, therefore this ...

Sep 25, 2011

Doctor dictates: "In pregnancy, Lamictal causes malformation or s/l "tur-raj-ah-dinicity." Thank you very much for your help! ...

Nov 25, 2013

I just got a note from my quality coach (or whatever they are called) for a QA note that I left on a patient that I did. The quality of sound was poor to the point where I was pulling my hair out. All I said was poor cell phone reception, poor sound quality. ...

Jan 29, 2015

I, like most of you, am not happy with this mandatory shift change that has messed up my life. I am job hunting. I find very few things, if any, that I am qualified for with my experience with MT work. Basically I need to know if I am missing something in my search and if anyone can guide me towards something in the job market. Retraining is not an option at this point unless it is on the job training. ...

Oct 23, 2009

The fascia over the latissimus dorsi muscle was incised throughout *s/l its long tuda tenderness* insertion. ...

Nov 11, 2009

I'm typing an ERCP note, and the dictator says something that sounds like - "a two one dashed was used to cannulate the pancreatic duct." I'm at a loss, I even tried Google. I hate leaving blanks. ANyone have any ideas? ...

Nov 24, 2009

Patient has a history of cad, hypertension, and chronic back pain. I'm stumped. Thnx. ...

Feb 13, 2010

I have come on this site for awhile, mostly because this is a place where everyone gets what you do and can understand what you're going crazy over. Try telling your neighbor the ESLs are getting to you today and you get what I mean. However, since I have become an MME (in October), this has become a not so friendly place. I love doing QA work. I have been in this field for 20 years and feel I can and do help MTs out. When I make a correction, it's to give the MT some feedback, ...

Mar 18, 2010

Have you guys been using the search engine to look up previous reports? I LOVE IT, have been waiting for it for YEARS!!! I just did a look up by patient and was able to avoid 2 skip markers...the doc was flying through the medicines and I could NOT get them, looked up a report for the patient, there was only one, but it did list the meds...WOOHOOO....there are some good things in these changes if you look for them!! ...

Mar 22, 2010

Before you send in an essay with your name on it. Think long about it. There are a couple of issues: 1. Taxes. Think about how much you will have left after the taxes are taken out. It won't be 1000 dollars. 2. There are those of you on here talking about a union. If any of you are serious about a union -- DO NOT sing praises about ANY MQ POLICIES. It will come back to haunt you. 3. Remember exactly what is going on in MQ r ...

Jul 27, 2010

While on Facebook last night, I mentioned about going back to school to be a vet tech. and one of the things I mentioned was that it was work that would NOT be oursourced to India. Some guy from India sent me a message asking what was wrong with sending work to India. So I told him how it has decimated the careers of American MTs, how American MTs often can't even earn a living wage because they are competing with the low wages paid to Indian MTs. I could have said more to him, but I left i ...

Aug 28, 2010

How would I write this properly? The patient received a total of 224 x 10 to the eighth nucleated cells or 0.37 x 10 to the eighth with a total CD 3 dose of 16.96 x 10 to the sixth per cubic gram patient weight. ...

Sep 01, 2010

The hydrocele sac was then opened its full length. There were actually 2 distinct sacs. In the center of them were 2 S/L "extrisences" or 2 papules that came off of the hydrocele sac. Thank you in advance... ...

Sep 16, 2010

This lady has knee pain and she has weakness to her tib ________. It sounds like anth. Like he's shortening it like tib-fib. But I can't figure out the tib-anth??? Thanks. ...

Oct 29, 2010

ACL repair, he states in one part of the dictation that three Max s/l splay sutures were placed and in another it sounds like Max displayed sutures. Help please! TIA ...

Feb 09, 2011

I took a test for a large national, well-known, jumped through all the hoops - applied, tested, waited for test results, waited some more for phone interview, only to find out that this particular position could not start working until 11 a.m. This is the sort of information that should be supplied on a website. This was a deal-breaker for me and had I known this ahead of time, I never would have wasted my time (OR THEIRS) by going through the whole process. There should be a form f ...

Apr 22, 2011

. ...

Jun 30, 2011

anybody have any ideas?? s/l "Stell" dont think it is Steel. TKS:) The 29 mm _______ stapler was then passed via the anus into the rectum. The circular stapler would not fit flush with the staple line. ...

Jul 13, 2011

I had a formal QA evaluation by my QC and scored 99.5%, so feel I dodged a bullet. This is my first official QA since the 99% change. The things I did wrong didn't seem to carry as much weight as previously. Just trying to hang on until retirement, but checking out college courses. They have a new major at the local college called Medical Interpretation (Spanish to English). A whole new wonderful world of opportunity!! ...