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Why are we told this is slow time of year? MTSO told me this - is catch up time for drs.trying to SM
Posted: Dec 09, 2010
make up all late reports, etc for the end of the year. At my MTSO it is anything but slow, Getting lots of reports from Sept and Oct.
This is always traditionally a slow time of year. - NM
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Yes. Plus, many more people are broke or - have lost their insurance this year,
[ In Reply To ..]and are doing without needed health care altogether.
As usual, though, in our nation with "the greatest health system in the world," some are postponing often very needed healthcare until it can be applied to next year's annual deductible (it being too late to satisfy this year's). And, of course, some are simply putting off elective procedures during the holiday season.
You have fallen for the party line. Just another excuse, - i.e.low work in spring, low work in fall, etc nm
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No I have not fallen for the party line. I have been - see message
[ In Reply To ..]an MT for almost 30 years and normally from Thanksgiving to New Year's has been slow. Sometimes there are a few exceptions, but for the most part it is slow.
The docs on my acct see emergencies only. They want a break. - Plus many MTs take off.
[ In Reply To ..]During the week between Christmas and New Year, the docs on my account slow down some, but some do catch up on the dictation. They try to see what they consider emergency cases only, which slows down the dictation coming in some. There are also many MTs who want to take off, me included, so it just depends on how many emergencies there are and how many MTs are off.
Normally, on this 1 account, there are about 250-350 reports on the acct every day. During the holidays, it drops to 150-250. Since we are not normally in the habit of running out of work, it is a nice slow down actually. The company knows this and forgives any line counts or hours that do not meet the normal requirements.
From mental health to illness is a spectrum, and paranoia - in some degree or other is very common. NM
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I actually find this to be a very busy time of - year
[ In Reply To ..]My accounts don't start slowing down until January if there is a lot of snow, but otherwise more around spring is when I have the slower times. I guess it depends on specialty.
Also, the other poster is correct too with the deductibles, but you also find a lot that have already met their deductibles for the year trying to get in everything they can before the new year.
Let's see -- this year at my co., it was "slow" - in January ("post-holiday"). s/m
[ In Reply To ..]In February, it was "Valentine's Day".
In March, it was because Spring was starting.
In April, it was "Spring Break" at schools.
In May, it was because "summer is almost here".
In June, it was because "school is letting out".
In July, it was because of "4th of July holiday".
In August, it was "it's summer, everyone is on vacation."
In September, it was "it's back-to-school time".
In October, it was because "Halloween is coming". (Everyone's gotta get their costumes together, dontcha know...)
In November, it was "Thanksgiving, and the weather".
Now, in December, we're back to that old standby, "It's the holidays".
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