EMR and loss of contracts

If you are hired as an employee (FT), signed a contract for straight typing at a certain amount of CPL, they make the change to ASR, your CPL is decreased, your paycheck is suffering, is there anything to do, aside from leaving? ...

Does anyone know how to obtain a copy of a VA contract between a company and the VA? It is suppose to be public knowledge. Thanks ...

The company I work through as an IC has made changes to our pay rate and the line count minimums without the benefit of having us sign new contracts (our previous contracts do state our pay and the line count requirements). Management contends this is completely legal. I disagree. Any thoughts? ...

Should an IC write her own contract for someone wanting to hire her? ...

We've been given a cutoff date unofficially. MModal will be snail-mailing contracts to us, with 2 weeks to decide whether to join MModal or not. If we choose not to work for MModal, can that be used against us when we file for unemployment? Does unemployment know MModal's reputation for underpaying and overworking its transcriptionists? Any advice greatly appreciated. Should get contract in mail in about a week or so. THANKS! ...

I have been thinking about getting my own contracts instead of working for a big company. Can anyone please advise me on how to go about this? I have been working for five years as an MT and I was just content with what I had but I won't be getting a raise anytime soon (haven't for the past 5 years) and I know that I would be making more independently. So what are the steps of getting your own contracts? What do I need to know before I begin? Thank you all ...

I have contacted Kerry Bentivolio, Congressman for my district, several times regarding the latest taxpayer travesty. Contracts for medical transcription work at the VA Hospitals are now being awarded to an Indian company, IMedx. Financial support for these hospitals is being provided by taxpayers, and those jobs and contracts should be awarded to AMERICANS. There are numerous AMERICAN transcription companies that could not only handle this work, but provide more accurate transcription services ...

Do most ICs who sign contracts requiring 30-day notice adhere to that? I cannot see myself working two full-time jobs, as I oftentimes have trouble meeting minimum line count requirements at the current job because changes seem to come along about every 90 days or so, just when I am getting used to things and am finally able to consistently make the line count. I guess I fear that if I tell the new job I cannot start for 30 days (or even two weeks for that matter) they will not hold ...

I currently work for a company with a VA contract and am getting paid pennies and I thought I read on here awhile ago there is a way to go and look up the contracts and see what they actually bid it for. I tried looking in the archives but couldn't find anything in reference on how to do this. Can somebody please tell me how to do this or point me in the right direction. ...

My company was audited by the DoL. Now being paid the prevailing wage, paid by the hour, made a lot more paid by the line... Afraid to ask company how the hourly is determined, why it changes paycheck to paycheck, why it doesn't match the facilities' counties wage determination (it's VERY much less). Curious to hear from others who are working on VA contracts, anyone else affected? ...

IF they have any contracts, we will be due the new federal minimum wage of 10.10 per hour when that goes into effect. Sadly, I think it is more likely that Nuance will shuck those contracts, if they have them, to avoid this. Anyone know anything about Nuance and VA contracts? ...

Hi - looking to find out where all the VAMC contracts went. Need a job and all my experience is in that type of work. Any information/help would be marvelous..... Thank you ...

Anyone know if ScribeRight got more data migration contracts? I thought this company's CEO said that there were a lot of good things happening and big contracts coming for data migration?! ...

If you work for a transcription company on a VA hospital contract, you should be paid a minimum hourly wage as well as receive benefits per the Service Contract Act. You may be even be eligible for back pay if you have not been paid correctly. You can contact the Department of Labor and file a claim anonymously against your employer. http://www.dol.gov/compliance/topics/wages-fed-contracts.htm ...

why at the end of every shift do I still bother to calculate my line totals - transcription & VR - when 9 out of 10 times I am only discouraged??? Its not my lack of skill, knowledge , speed or anything I have done that determines this loss. Why, oh why, do I hang in there. Maybe for the occasional good day? The high I get when I can fly through a report of an ESL doctor, because I know better what he is trying to say? Or maybe its the constant editing with ...

Okay, I may be dense, the rest of you may have figured this out long ago! Many times I see comments here about people who cannot get enough work. Well, at my company, if there is a low volume of work and you cannot meet your line count you are placed on part-time status and cannot regain full-time status until you have met your commitment for 90 days. Yes, you lose your benefits....your health insurance, paid holidays, dental/vision, etc. Well, heck, look at the money the ...

Hello, this may be an unusual question, but I have been transcribing for about 3 months now, after completing 12 months at Career Step. I've been noticing over the last week that my hands are looking almost like skeleton hands. It's like the fat is disappearing and the bones are becoming more prominent. Also, the veins in my hands are becoming very, very vascular. They are about the diameter of a drinking straw. Has anyone else experienced this? Is this common with excessive typing? I ...

Just wanted to share something with you. I have used it since August and amso pleased. I am very impressed with the quality of the headset I purchased from http://www.startsto p.com/transcript ion_accessories. asp#30585 (this is the site for the headset)This headset is wonderful for folks who have a problem hearing andunderstanding the spoken word. They tested this headset in real doctors' offices with real MTs who had nothing to do withtheir company.I cannot tell you how impressed I ...

i am an at home transcriptionist and have been for 23 years. I am trying to do a home loan modification and I need a profit and loss statement. Does anyone have a sample report pertaining specifically to being an at-home independent contractor? My tax man says he doesn't know how to do one, although he does the Schedule C for me on my taxes. Any suggestions/samples? Thank you! ...

Please help....sounds like 'dispatcia' weight loss. Clinical date for an US Abdominal Complete. Thank You! ...

He did have an incombutant/concubant/intontubant/?? 5 to 10 pund weight loss over the past 1 to 2 weeks. ...

Thanks for any help! ...

I have only been getting approximately 25 hours a week. Yeah, I'm broke. Luckily I have a husband who works or I would be in a mess. Anyway, they have emailed me and said I have to have minimum 30 hours to continue to have medical ins. Well, if the work isn't there, what am I supposed to do? So, I asked my team lead to please give me a backup acct. So she has sent out requests to other team leads and said she would let me know if one replie ...

The patient had a (Sounds like "felitoinal" ) 42 pound weight loss. TIA! ...

He has had a 2-pound weight loss. 2-pound, two-pound, two pound.... or something else? Thanks! ...

Just wondering about this. For one company that I work for, I had a secondary account -- a hospital, that we were told (e-mailed) we would no longer be typing/editing. The voice recognition program was getting better all the time and probably was pretty good at this point. We were just told that we would no longer by doing work for them. So 2 possibilities: 1) The hospital was not happy with our editing? 2) The voice recognition program had gotten so g ...

Just recently discovered Softscript lost an amazing production manager. I have worked under a lot of production managers and by far this was one of the best; knowledgeable, helpful, understanding, easy to work with, but at the same time was straight forward and honest in their approach with the group. Such a shame. You will be missed greatly. Wish you the best. ...

Anyone out there have any hearing loss? I have developed significant hearing loss. My ENT has encouraged me to keep transcribing, with the use of a boosted headset and I am trying. Telephone use is very difficult and almost non-existent. Boosters do not help. Also diagnosed recently with RA and having difficulty with my fingers, but not letting it get me down. I am on treatment that is working well. Just wondered if anyone else is having any of these issues and how they are dealing with them. Th ...

EMR and loss of contracts - Laurie

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