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Are there still any companies that do VA transcriptions? - sick of low pay
Posted: Oct 23, 2014
If so, what is the pay normally for VA work? I remember it being a lot better than most MTSO pay.
Minimum hourly pay is unique for each county - sm
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You can look up the Wage Determination Rates on the Department of Labor's website under Wage Determinations Online.
Yes, but they are implementing front-end - SR.
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I would not count on VA work being available much longer. They are heavily into technology-aided document production, including front-end SR.
Are there - Grandy
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See the post above. Alpha had numerous VA contracts, was bought out by IMedX, and now your tax dollars are being used to pay a foreign-owned company to do this work. Many of the transcriptionists working on these contracts are now unemployed or severely underemployed.
VA accounts going overseas - oaf
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Sending the accounts overseas is illegal. VA work is supposed to stay in the US. I don't know how they are getting around it. I imagine they have some MT here sign off the report! Worked for VA accounts for almost 20 years until they went down the drain too. Also if you live in a state with a high minimum wage (I live in Washington which has the highest) they really don't want to hire you or keep you!
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Can you explain the system of invoicing/line counting? Email me if you like...
this question was asked by someone a while ago (came up in a search) but the reply was sent in a private email then too.
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This is obviously an "ear" thing. Perhaps I'm j ...
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Even at 50 cents an audio minute, if you get a 10-minute report that would equate to $5.00. Usually it takes 30 minutes to do a 10-minute report so that would mean one would receive $10.00 an hour. If only getting 40 cents, that's $8.00 an hour.
PFFT! I don't see how this is any improvement over our standard slave wages, yet their ad sounds like they invented the wheel or sliced bread.
With a name like "Fox," it's got to be bad. (Apologies to Smucker's.)
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Our quota is for minutes only. I average about 1400 lines a day though. We have to make 90 minutes then we make incentive.
I do not hear anyone ever mention minutes.
Thanks in Advance for the replies. :)
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