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Anyone remember the date? - Trampled underfoot

Posted: Apr 18, 2012

When was it they "capped" our pay, giving most of us a pay cut? I meant to write it down (don't know why, but I usually record these things), but I never did and can't find the cheery e-mail informing us of our "new" rates! I have all my pay stubs, but they're basically indecipherable.

Anyone remember what month that was?

I save everything - sm July 24, 2011

[ In Reply To ..]
With the continued roll out of the Electronic Health Record and focus by
health
> care facilities to use speech recognition technologies to reduce or eliminate
the
> cost of transcription services, companies like MedQuist, who are a primary
provider
> of these products and services, are being met with even greater pressure to
reduce
> pricing, decrease turnaround times and increase the use of technology to
remain
> competitive. As part of the ongoing focus to ensure MedQuist remains
competitive
> in the industry, while also providing competitive and consistent compensation
to
> the transcription workforce based on skill and ability to deliver customer
ready
> work, MedQuist will release an update to the MT Rewards Plan on July 24, 2011.
>
> Revised Skill Level Base Pay Line and Report Rate Maximums
>
>
> * MedQuist will be eliminating all grandfathered exception base pay line and
report
> rates that are more than the newly defined transcription and speech
recognition
> skill level base pay line and report rate maximums.
> * MedQuist will make two (2) modifications to the skill level base pay line
and
> report rate maximums:
>
>
> 1. The speech recognition line rate maximum for Skill Level 1 will be reduced
from
> $0.0480 to $0.0400; and
> 2. The speech recognition line rate maximum for Skill Level 2 will be reduced
from
> $0.0540 to $0.0500.
>
> Accordingly, beginning July 24, 2011, the following skill level base pay line
and
> report rate maximums will apply to all production employees:
>
> Skill Level
>
> Speech Recognition
> Base Rate Maximum
>
> Transcription Base Rate Maximum
>
> Skill Level 1 (Per Line)
>
> $0.0400
>
> $0.0800
>
> Skill Level 2 (Per Line)
>
> $0.0500
>
> $0.0900
>
> Skill Level 3 (Per Line)
>
> $0.0600
>
> $0.1000
>
> MME (Per Line)
>
> $0.0630
>
> $0.1050
>
> Radiology (Per Report)
>
> $0.7200
>
> $1.2000
>
> Pathology (Per Report)
>
> N/A
>
> $2.0000
>

Thanks! - Trampled underfoot

[ In Reply To ..]
Don't know why I want to remember this! It just aggravates me all over again! I didn't think it was that long ago.

Thanks again.

yup... waiting for the next blow, coming up soon - always around MT week

[ In Reply To ..]
We always get some kind of bad news before, during or immediately after MT week! HURRAY!

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