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Any MQ CMTs out there with thoughts on testing? I am thinking about it. - not sure

Posted: May 26, 2010

All I see is the test costs $$. I have been an MT for 5+ years and would probably pass. How difficult is it to keep up with thier recredentialing requirements? I don't have time to do extra "homework" for free. If it is job-related, it should be on the clock IMO.

It is a little irritating that we have to keep being tested all the time with audits, etc., and now they are pushing us to be CMT. If I am being pushed to meet extremely high standards, I want to be treated like a professional in several other ways too. At least half of the dictations I receive are basically unacceptable, and so is our low pay. Not to mention they offshore the work at the drop of a hat to ILP.

while they are offering - a small increase in cpl

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I believe the real benefit is for them to advertise how many CMTs they now have.....

I don't see you getting anything different as far as dictation goes.

I think it's around $300 every 3 years, but I may be wrong.

Also remember - anon

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I think the cpl increase for CMT is 0.005. Per CCM this is only for actual transcription. The increase for VR would only be about 60% of 0.05 which is 0.003 which equals out to about $7 more a day if you do 300 lph. Figure out the average of how many lines you do per hour and how long it will take you to make back the cost of the testing to see if it is worth it.

I was also told that the VR increase is only for MTs/MMEs who were hired at 60% of transcription rate, NOT for the ones who were hired at a straight 4 cpl. So if you were hired with 4 cpl for VR, you would only get the increase for transcribed reports.

This was all per my CCM and QC, so could be wrong, I'm not sure. They seem to just make everything so complicated you don't really know what your getting, its just a big surprise.

Also, per CCM, for MMEs you get absolutely no increase for QA reports.

tell me about it LOL I am making the same as when I was training. - not sure

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...and I have jumped through a lot of hoops for this company already with pretend promotions and raises. At least I don't have to deal with the cut for QA submission, which is completely unethical since 99% of blanks are for DICTATOR EFFECT...

What is really exasperating is I really do care about doing a good job and want to keep learning blah blah but what I wanted to be a real career has turned out to be a joke. I don't understand why this relatively simple job is being made so difficult by idiotic obstacles set in place by simple greed/laziness, expecting us to change instantly at every whim while refusing to acknowledge real issues. Demanding perfection while setting you up to fail...

I could go on, but I think I am giving up.

Recredentialing requirements - - not dfficult

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You have 3 years after initial credentialing as CMT to earn your CEs for recertification. That is definitely ample time. You can summarize articles from their publications, attend online webinars, attend symposia and colloquia nationally or locally (check out your local AHDI chapter website for dates/places of these - for instance out west it is AHDI WEST and website is http://www.ahdi-west.org/ Looking around on Google should find yours for you or else just call AHDI head office and ask. I have maintained my CMT because my full-time hospital job pays me a significant bonus every year for having it. That bonus more than pays for the 3-year renewal fee (50$) + the cost of any webinars or symposia/colloquia, plus the AAMT membership (if you choose to do that as well.) I work for MedQuist part-time. It doesn't seem to me like they are covering the full cost of getting and maintaining the CMT with their cpl incentive though.

I think docs should be AMA before we have to be CMT - anon

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