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Annual report - kittykat

Posted: Aug 16, 2011

I noticed in the annual report they have 100 sales reps. That is a waste of money for them on the payroll. It seems they are supposed to generate more work. That's a lot of people not doing their job, or when they do get new accounts I guess they go directly overseas.

With all their overhead, I wonder what the hospitals pay - sm

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Wouldn't it be cheaper for the hospital to hire a handful of ICs? I mean, with MQ's new insurance costs, its cheaper now to go private, which I've been doing. Or even going with a smaller transcription service that doesn't have all the nonessential fluff that MQ has.

With all their overhead - kittykat

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Yes, it probably would be cheaper for the facilities to go with IC's.

Another thought. I talked to my CCM a few months ago and she said she works at least 16 hours a day. Now you know that is not straight hours. I guess it is okay for them to jump on whenever, but let us try it. Rules for some. And I do not believe from one report that an MT in India can make 18,000+ a year. A few years ago I know for a fact that they were working for 2 cents a line and happy to get it. Go figure.

Some thoughts - MT

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OK so here are some things to take into account. I had worked at a hospital as an inhouse transcriptionist and it was THE HOSPITAL that decided to send our work to Medquist. Not Medquist. The hospital went to Medquist over inhouse because they saved money.

As far as CCMs go they DO NOT GET OVERTIME. They are on a salary. They work long hard hours to keep the accounts that you work on. Yes work is going global but that also is the facilities decision as they want to cut their expenses.

The facilities do not want to go with ICs because they do not have anyone there anymore to farm out the work, etc. Hospitals today are cutting costs because they are experiencing cuts just like everyone else is.

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