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Transportal - being cheated out of pay/lines - notMTing4free

Posted: Oct 06, 2010

I was reading through some of the responses on the board regarding Transportal regarding being cheated out of pay/lines, other people getting credit for reports that other MTs typed. Did this involve the clinic accounts or the hospital accounts? I was offered a position typing for the clinic accounts and was wondering how the workload was, pay issues, AMs and QAs as far communication goes, and other general information before I make a decision. Thanks in advance for any information you care to provide.

TP - pay

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Most of their work is clinic work. They have little hospital work (acute care, they do have ER).

The program they use is Scribe and THAT is where the issue is. And yes, there are ways that you get cheated out of lines you did, if you are opening a job another MT had already opened and then closed w/o completing the report. And you get told, they're sorry about that :)

It's an okay gig depending on what accounts you're on. There's a lot of accounts where you don't get enough work, are held from working until a particular time (whether it works with YOUR working schedule or not). And heaven forbid you work for a certain acct manager and have a sick child or become ill yourself.

Ended up being too much micro management for me and then trying to get lines in so you don't fall below production contract, well, let's just say I'm in a happier place now.

transportal - suzmt

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I have been working for Transportal for the past year, and I have not had the same experiences that some have had. I have never been cheated out of lines/pay, etc. I have found that as long as I get my line count in, which I have never had a problem doing, they pretty much leave me alone. Have never had a problem running out of work either. If anything, the opposite. Most of time there is weekend work if you want it. I cannot think of any major concerns with working for them. Good luck!

Transportal - Sparky

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I tested with them but have not heard anything. I know I past the objective part of the test. How long was it until you heard from them?

hearing from transportal - suzmt

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I don't really remember. I think they let me know about passing the tests right away and said they would get in touch with me, but I think I actually called them back after I had not heard from them within a week or 2.

I heard from them the next day. - nm

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nm

Reply from Transportal - nottyping4free

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It took me about 6 weeks to hear anything from the time I tested.

Great place for me - GeorgiaMT

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I have been there for over two years and have a great set of accounts with absolutely no ESL physicians. I never run out of work and am often asked if I can assist with extra. I am left alone and have only the necessary communication with my supervisor. Pay is decent (not great), but always on time. Not sure why some have different experiences, but it is a good home for me and I plan to hang around.

Agree with the platform for clinic not being the best, sm - Current TP employee

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I absolutely hate the system as you have to type a great number of clinic notes to get lines and this system just sucks for going in and out of patients (you have to use your mouse constantly in this system). The pay is good. No problem with getting it on time. The issue of other people getting paid for what you do is true. If someone else has checked out a job and it shows theirinitials on it, then that person will get the lines typed in that document. The other thing that sucks is that you are all no a board where you see everything there is to do, and if someone doesn't want to type a job, well they can just get off and wait for someone else to type it. This would be the sneaky way of cherry picking. It happens all the time. The best thing to do is just learn all your doctors so there are no issues when they start doing this to you. Other than these things, I think it is a pretty good place to work. I have run out of work on several occasions. That is typical but I generally get a decent amount of lines in for a pay period.

I also do have to agree - suzmt

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with the cherry picking - It seems like everyone gets out when there is a long list of one of the horrible dictators and then once they have all been typed, magically 5 or 6 more people just happen to be back on typing! It is very annoying - but I just try to ignore it and get my lines.

Which platform are you referring to, Script or - doc signing

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another? Are you talkng about the multispeciality accounts? I was offered a job so am very curious. Thanks for any info.

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