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Any coder trainees out there - just got back from - vacation and noticed I missed a call

Posted: May 30, 2015

about the program being restarted?? What is going on?? of course its the weekend so I doubt I will be able to get answers from management

being started back in groups of 10-15 in July - HDS2Coder

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Thank you for responding Will we be going into - apprenticeship program

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When they stopped the program in February they said if and when it started back up that we would go directly into apprenticeship status. Hoping they were telling the truth about that

no it will be completely different. half and half again but - directly into coding in October

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in time for ICD10. Also looking at this board it looks like just in time because everyone here thinks MM will be doing mostly front end soon.

Your day will come too - anony

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Give it time and they will figure out a way to get rid of coders as well. Seems like no medical job is exempt.

On the quarterly call they were excited about - coding in India and their India

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infrastructure.

yeah but with coding I can go anywhere. - cant find an MT job that pays anything

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other than peanuts.

Yeah, coding probably has a couple of years left in the US. - Not much more than that. nm

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That is unfounded speculation. - sm

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It is also jealous lashing out.

No, that is the trend and prediction by the industry, and the - sm

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big dogs are working hard to make happen as fast as possible. You should've heard the Mmodal webcast if you doubt their intense focus on shifting coding overseas just like they did MT. Not sure how you consider these scary facts "lashing out." Nobody thinks any of it is a good thing, but it is what is happening & sticking your head in the sand doesn't make it go away.

Sorry, that is not the industry prediction. - sm

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You sound like you have Stockholm syndrome.

Sorry, but that is not the industry prediction. It is one company's grandiose thinking. It is a lot like the cheering that goes on at Amway conventions.

MModal is not the biggest, most powerful, most important company on earth, nor does it have a very extensive involvement in HIM overall, nor does it have a very good reputation.

It may be difficult for you to see that because you are an employee and only hear their version of things. You are a lot like a hostage who only hears the hostage-trader's version of things. You believe they are taking over the earth because they say so.

The truth is that not everyone knows about them and those who do think their work is horrible. They are not all-important in HIM. We don't see them as potential vendors of coding services.

They just think they can cash in with ICD10. The way they handled the coding students indicates that they have little idea what facilities expect. Those coders can't certify in anything because they were never trained in outpatient or CPT. And we do not tolerate our work being done by noncredentialed people. We require that we know who everyone is, just as if we hired them.

I think some facilities may use them, but the rest of us use legitimate HIM staffing companies. (Right, I do not work for MModal. I used to, but got out and now work in HIM.)

Your view that they are taking over is incorrect and paranoid. They are not the volcano gods you think they are.

and you are wrong as well. You admit you do not work for - M2 and you most certainly do not

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know what our training program entailed. We will be trained on CPT and outpatient in our next wave of training. We will be able to sit for exams and in fact are encouraged to do so as we will given a raise if we are credentialed. There are many of us already in a coding program and some are even certified. So don't think we are all just idiots because we are getting a free education through a company you all despise. Some of us were already coders with credentials that could not get a job because we didn't have experience and were stuck with MT work. For them, this is a stepping stone to outside work after their contractual obligation is fulfilled.

That being said, I agree with your last statement. The MTs on this board are quite myopic and don't realize that most facilities don't even know who MModal is.

Oh, they'll know who MModal is pretty soon. - sm

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I had never heard of Medquist until we all got laid off from the hospital...

coding is very complicated, lots of rules and exceptions - i do not know how their india

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staff could even come close to the quality of US coders

Ahhh . . . - anon

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But I don't believe they ARE held to the same standards as us.

ILPs will also take away coder jobs. Don't delude yourself.

if you believe that then it is obvious you know little to nothing - about coding.

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Wow - anon

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For your information, I was in coding before switching to tranwscription. Realizing it was a mistake but now not so sure as things seem to be outsourced and off shored.

Granted I know nothing about ICD-10.

A lttle touchy aren't we? - iowamt

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I guess we are just lowly MT/ME employees who are oblivious.

You seem to possess a lot of knowledge. M-Modal is lucky to have you. Keep up the good work.

Toot toot!!!! - mt/me

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sm - anon1

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I thought we were all on the same team. Not one of us is more important tnan the other. All of us contribute to the end product.

MT is complicated with lots of rules and exceptions too. - sm

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The almighty dollar speaks louder than accuracy and integrity, if you haven't noticed. They're ramping Indians up for it right now, just like they did MT. It may take another year or two, but then they'll be ready to monopolize this too. The only safe job is one that has to be done in person.

Why did you feel a need to lash out? No one said - anything about MT.

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No one said anything negative about MT, yet you felt you had to lash out? That tells everyone the real issue here is JEALOUSY. You just resent the people who got into this program and want to hurt them.

exactly. And dont forget the pilot program people are paving the - way for the rest of us.

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we may need their help one day!!! Let's all stick together and get through this :)

"The only safe job is one that has to be done in person." - That is lashing out? LOL.

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No, that is just silly. This is - lashing out ...

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THIS is lashing out: "MT is complicated with lots of rules and exceptions too."

No one said anything about MTs, so there was no reason to become defensive.

You obviously need to google "lashing out" then. - nm

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"lashing out"? LOL. What an exaggeration. - nm

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Great, so they plan to provide ICD10 backlog coverage - with inexperienced coders?

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Lovely, coders who are inexperienced and have no credentials. Just what we need doing our inpatient coding. In ICD-10.

Inexperienced coders? are you talking about the - MT2Coding students?

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Yes, the students who will be starting in October. - nm

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well, that is really rude. We were all inexperienced - once upon a time.

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Ideally, we would all be in this together as you could be in the next group of trainees.

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