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Rate of pay for entry in to an EHR - Kari

Posted: Dec 30, 2011

I have been working for a doc's office doing traditional transcription for a couple of years and I have charged a per line fee for my service. I have recently been approaced by another doc's office to work with their EHR. A very small amount of the work is actually transcribing. Most of it will be point-and-click from a list of selections based on the doc's dictation. I have no idea how much to charge for this kind of work. Does anyone have any idea what the going rate is?

EHR Pay - Jane

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I'm in the same boat as you, Kari. I also do traditional transcription, and my 7 doctor group is looking into EHR (the point-and-click type as well). It would be nice to get a ballpark figure on what the rate should be.

Since this may be the wave of the future sm - nothertimer

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not sure how I would figure that out, but start high. You may be the pioneer and breaking new ground for the rest of us! Maybe so much per report? Maybe so much per click--if there is some way to keep track. Maybe so much per hour. If possible, not lock yourself into anything until you have done it for a while and can get into a rhythm and see what works best. Trial and error?

But please keep us posted!

scribing - em

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Sounds like scribing. They get paid usually $9-12/hour. I've never heard of them getting paid per report.

Pretty sure point and click won't need an MT at all... - Justabouthadit

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A friend of mine (also an MT) has a daughter who is a family practice doc. She told me about how her daughter was all excited about the point-and-click transcription program she had recently bought not needing anyone but herself to produce reports. I also know of two large cardiology services that I used to work for who now employ no MTs for most of their transcription (all point-and-click with a little VR), though they do dictate letters sometimes to their secretaries still.

Local office here pays $18 an hour - for 5 doctors

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lucky - our big hospital pays $11/hr - nm

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Sounds like your hospital is paying for data entry and the - docs are paying for a higher skill level.

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The docs probably realized they simply couldn't afford to use their time, or that of other support staff, to answer medical language questions for a data entry clerk with less medical experience.

Which state are you in? - Kari

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I'm in CA.

EHR pay rate - Anne

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I think that this new development in the way some MTs and/or others will do work using point-and-click is a great opportunity to move away from the per line pay back to the hour pay or project pay. Before any MT even considers charging per line, think about what that has actually done over the years to pay rates in the industry. In years past, it was painfully obvious how it was a 'race to the bottom' with everyone undercutting each other and justifying it by stating that they were 'better' or whatever, which was just crazy. It seemed as though most MTs didn't even respect each other enough as 'professionals' to abide by the usual and customary pay and just kept undercutting and selling their soul to the lowest bidder. Before starting down the slippery slope of piecemeal pay for point-and-click work, step back and analyze the whole picture of what the MT industry was, what happened, and what it has become. I say respect the work and the worker, re-evaluate the way you want to be paid.

EHR pay - not typing away

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Lost a big account to this and now they are paying us 4.00 a report to fill in what the doc has decided to dictate. Length of dictation does not matter.

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