RE: DISABILITY AND HIRING/FIRING PRACTICES

Hi everyone:) This is in reference to the message left about applying for work at Precyse. One MT stated that their hiring practices left a lot to be desired and she took the test and felt she wasted her time. I am now among the ranks of those that tried and didn't make it. I took the test, and looked over everything carefully and felt I had done a good job. I took the job in the late evening and not even 1 hour later I got a message that I was not a "good fit ...

FYI, when negotiating with potential employer, DO pin them down in detail about how they pay for *editing*. My recent experience: Offered job paying 8 cents straight typing (which there is not much of), and 4 cents for editing. I was aware up front that the edited line was considered 1-1/2 *regular lines*, or 97.5 characters (Visible Black, of course) constituted an edited line. Most recent information regarding this pay, their software was not able to calculate the 97.5 rate for editing, so t ...

Over the past four months I have been hired by companies ***** after passing all the necessary tests and background checks as a medical transcriptionist. Each and every time I was offered $ 0.9/line, told I would have very little voice recognition if any which, would pay anywhere from $0.3 to 0.5/line. Once I get onboard and through training, I find out 90% is voice recognition!! I am applying for medical transcriptionist jobs - not Editor, QA, or Speech. I have been in t ...

Of all who were fired today from Medquist, are you full time or part time? ...

Below someone commented that good MTs are let go. That they see a trend. That they project this is because the "older" MTs make more. First, "good" MTs are not only or always "old" MTs. Sometimes quite the opposite. Second, what constitutes a trend? Third, what kind of sense does that make? If an MTSO is in business to make money, they need to get the lines typed. More experienced MTs do not, as a general rule, get paid more money than less experienced but equal ...

People are being terminated without warning at M Modal, according to the board here. People are being picked on at Nuance even more than usual by QC and supervisors. These are the 2 biggest employers in the industry. Why this now? And most people only make minimum wage. There can't be such a big economic reason for firing people who are paid so low with this kind of technical skill. What is going on here... and why... thinking aloud, but ideas would be ap ...

This is my end. I have received back to back ESL horrible doctors that slowing down only obliterate more. They absolutely know NOTHING in how to pronounce the simplest drug names, and have butchered it beyond control. All from the same hospital from the south. Now oncology notes and are whizzing past the difficult chemo meds so fast it is virtually impossible for ANYONE even Indians to decipher this garbage. This on top of a major error MQ has made concerning ...

This makes me REALLY glad I am getting the hell out of health care! These draconian measures are being implemented across the country. Most require that ALL employees -- even those who work off-site and have zero patient contact -- receive the toxic injection or they will lose their job. Check out the comments. I was VERY heartened to see that the vast majority of them are by posters opposed to the mandate (several very educated MDs and RNs po ...

Patient has COPD exacerbation and acute bronchitis. Doc dictates, "The patient was started on the best practices protocol." Any information? Is this an internal set of procedures or possibly a standard of care for the specialty? ...

I was wondering what others think about this. When QA sends feedback at my company, the feedback is also sent to all regional manager and all the team leaders in that region. I think this creates unnecessary embarassment and humiliation for the MT getting the feedback and I feel this practice is unfair, especially when they are not critical errors. Feedback is supposed to be helpful and encourage the MT to improve and step up their game but when it is done th ...

I recently got 'promoted' to MME, having taken the test with the understanding that I would receive a 5% pay raise to my transcription and VR base rates (according to MM intranet MME FAQs document). But the recent e-mail we received, asking tier-3 MTs to become MMEs, says we are "eligible to be considered for" a pay raise. What? Does that mean my raise is going to be raffled off or something? Feels like bait and switch, and just another example of sketchy practi ...

I F11`d a report a few weeks ago and now I got a generic F11 best practices email. It states the only acceptable use of F11 is an exception listed in a CP. I have never seen that in a CP! I have also found, besides being very inefficiently written, many CPs are out of date, i.e., states you must do certain things that have since changed. It is SO frustrating! The document was such a hot mess that I had to retype it as 90% of the ASR was garbage. ...

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 2010 AHDI Conference -- MedQuist Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDQ), a leading provider of technology-enabled clinical documentation services, continues to support industry best practices for quality standards and metrics. Together with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI), the Medical Transcription Industry Association (MTIA) and other industry quality leaders, ...

I had a very bad experience recenly with a company which will remain unnamed. I had been intentionally decieved about some policies. If I recall correctly I had read something about the labor board. I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to contact them. This was an INTENTIONAL , DELIBERATE misrepresentation. Since I am no longer with said company I really have nothing to lose. I have also read repeated co ...

I'm NOT an attorney; therefore, cannot give any legal advice. If you want to pursue the issues addressed below, please consult an attorney. In the case of Department of State v. Washington Post Co., 456 US 595 (1982), the Department of State refused to disclose private information of individuals to an "American" corporation, "Washington Post", citing the policy of not disclosing "personnel and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly ...

Here's the link for ADHI Quality Assessment and Best Practices http://www.ahdionline.org/Portals/0/downloads/QABestPracticesJuly2010.pdf or http://tinyurl.com/AHDI-best-practices In this document, they do point out there are valid reasons for blanks. So... if MQ is going to adopt this, we should no longer be punished for valid blanks. They also include standards for dictators and recognize that lack of dictator compliance with these standards is a cause for blanks. Plus, IMO, ...

Hmmmmmm...I think I'll pass on trying to become a scribe. I don't think I could do what this scribe is asked to do. ...

I'm a disabled MT (Radiology) and am able to earn $720 per month per govt guidelines. I had the ideal job until recently thanks to VR. I was able to work a few hours each day until I reached my $720 limit. Don't think I could work 8 hours at this point so giving up my disability is doubtful as I have lung damage. I am finding it impossible to find employment because I have to tell them that I can work...but only able to earn $720. I'm frustrated. There has got to be another ...

I have no health care, I just got terminated, I am being told I might get denied unemployment, I can't work outside the house because I can't perform simple duties like standing, squatting, walking. I can't find another job as an MT. How do I get on disability if a lawyer tells me I can't make more than 1010 dollars a month (gross), yet I can't afford to live on 1010 dollars a month and have no where to live (for free) if I can't find a job. Anyway, if anybody kn ...

I am having surgery next week and I was wondering if anybody has ever had problems getting short-term disability. I just do not trust Mmodal. ...

I've been doing this since having an IBM Selectric was the fastest typewriter out there. I'm under 50, but in the past 6+ years, my neck and back have started killing me. I went out, spent $800 on a Herman Miller Aeron chair - what a waste of money. I've been getting epidural steroid injections and had rhizotomies in upper and lower. MRI shows bone spurs and degeneration. I applied for SS Disability on my own, and was denied. I spoke with a lawy ...

I am ready to come off of disability. Should I tell whomever I am applying with that I am on it? ...

My current MTSO gave me the option of employee status or IC. I chose IC. One of the reasons is because I have disabilities that do not allow me to work without breaks: CTS and neuropathy from a spine condition that causes unbearable foot pain with one particular dictator who requires constantly having to flap the foot pedal to try to make out what she is mumbling. They never gave me a schedule but I take about one day off a week and put in my agreed time per day. I have not disclosed my disabili ...

Has anybody had to use short-term disability? My cancer came back so I have to miss time. ...

If the company provides long-term disability insurance, what would be the reason for choosing to have short-term disability insurance? Does anyone have that? If so, what are the actual premiums? The formula for figuring out the premiums seems obtuse to me. ...

Was talking to a friend, who is on disability now, a former MT and is BRINGING HOME more than me a month. Was talking to a neighbor, who is on Welfare, who has MORE FOOD in her house than I do, and better medical care. This is ridiculous. ...

If you have a medical condition absolutely linked by your doctor to sitting here all day long, what are my options? Doc wants me to quit, does this become a job related disability? Can I get compensated or something, or do I just get to quit and go hungry? Making appointment with specialist to see if surgery can fix the problem but really need to know my options for the future. I've never in my life collected either U/E or disability, so kind of in the dark here. ...

For the past week I've been on PTO because of terrible vertigo/nausea, apparently caused by labyrinthitis. My vision is so blurry from the meds I'm on that I have to have my daughter type this for me. Without the 3 different meds I'm on I am in hell, with them I am barely functional bc of the side effects of the meds (which are still better than the horror show carnival ride of vertigo. My PTO will run out on Sunday and I know this is going to take a ...

Basically, story goes like this. Have been a transcriptionist many years. Thought I was moving up to a better line count with another company (having trouble making ends meet). Found this great pay rate with a national MTSO and signed on. Couldn't work full schedule since the beginning due to medical problems but did work consistently part time with excellent accuracy and no job-related complaints, nothing but praise for working a very difficult account. About ...

Any MTs out there that pay out of pocket for short- and/or long-term disability insurance? I am thinking of doing it and wondered now much the premiums would be? I want to continue to be an IC and want to see if this is affordable. Thanks. Chloe ...

RE: DISABILITY AND HIRING/FIRING PRACTICES - Jasmine 215

Disability and Hiring/Firing Practices - sublimelytragic

I was fired for making mistakes because of a hearing - Me

Have you tried using the ADA ? - anon

I tried ADA, lawyers, civil liberties/rights, you - sm

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