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Whew! By the end of this summer I will be done with MT!!! - jaerae

Posted: Jun 19, 2010

I just accepted a job as an office manager in the medical field. It took a lot of work to find a good job that did not feel like a step down, but I did it. There is hope out there folks. There are people that value the skills and expertise that a medical transcriptionist can bring to a company! If you are fed up with this field, press on! There are options out there for us.

Whew, Through with MT - Silly Rabbit

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It dawned on me today that medical transcription is no longer an industry, but it's a racket. It's almost impossible for the MT to make a decent living while the higher ups make enormous amounts of money, but there is very little honest about it. Good for you. Your news is encouraging.

Congratulations on your new job and good luck with it - I have been a medical office manager

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Congratulations on your new job. The rest of my comments are not meant to take away from your excitement about your new job, but more as a warning so you can be prepared, if you've never had that job title with those duties before.

I've never seen a job as a medical office manager that didn't include an enormous amount of stress. I would never do it again. It did pay the bills and if I had no other options I obviously would do it again. Otherwise, no way.

I wish you success and happiness with it. I hope you can do it and still have a life. I also hope you can do it without turning mean. Medical office managers tend to go on power trips. I did until my father had a talk with me and straightened me out.

Me too - and I NEVER had a minute to myself or my family...sm - Been there, too

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I was always on call for the docs in the practice, which sometimes meant going to the office to search charts for prescription refills and billing issues. I WAS compensated, but this was many MANY years ago when there was still $$ to be made and the doctors were more generous.

Congrats. I got a job with my PCP. Working - back in an office has been great. nm

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nm

Amen!!! - susieq

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You are right on! I have been back working in-house for the past 2 years, 32 hrs/wk and loving it. I finally have a life and don't worry about having the expense of unlimited long distance, computer, reference materials and have wonderful benefits too without all the hastle of phone calls, etc. Only 2 miles from home. Am loving it!!

Congratulations and Good Luck - Link

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I'm waiting to hear back from an interview I had on Friday for a medical secretarial position at the local hospital. The benefits are incredible so I'm hoping to be doing something different soon also.

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