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Ever wonder what CCMs or whatever their new title..earns? - ..well..here is what Nuance pays

Posted: Oct 15, 2012

Nuance STARTS their equivalent of CCMs at 45,000/year, salary. No need to worry about PTO, sick time, etc..you just get your salary no matter what. I am assuming Mmodal is right around there..which quite frankly makes me ill and madder than hell. I do not begrude anybody their due..but the chasm..GIANT chasm between highly trained MLS and pretty much schedule keepers is so patently unjust I do not think I will ever get out of this vortex of bad morale I am sinking in.

The thing is, they dont just put in their 40 a week. They are asked to do much - extra, i.e. TSM taking on extra BOBs now. nm

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I agree that TSMs - Rant

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are expected to do much more than keep schedules, and it seems they are expected to be available 24/7. I sent my TSM an email 3 days ago and no reply. While this probably should make me mad, I just suppose she is paddling to keep her head above water too. I no longer care enough to get angry. We have the power to change things if we would all band together collectively. Imagine what would happen with their accounts if we all "walked out" at the same time and demanded to be paid more before coming back. Guess they would be calling for the few stragglers for mandatory OT for the backlog. It is ludicrous to expect 99% accuracy from ppl who have to work as fast as possible to both maintain a certain hourly line count and eek out some sort of living. The expectation is we have to be almost perfect while working as fast as possible to earn less than minimum wage (oh...and be willing to do that on every holiday too).

Uh, yeah right. Mine texts via her iPhone from the gym, mall, etc. - sm

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I don't know if she's rubbing it in our faces, bragging or what, but it rubs me the wrong way big time. I'll gladly take her salary to screw off the majority of the day.

Still is not a production job..salary no matter what - kind of day you have

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..and I am sorry. with smart phones you can prettymuch work from amywhere to monitor TATs and reply to emails..and from what is said on the board..most CCMs do not even do that with any consistency. Nothing against them at all BTW..it is the F'd up way Mmodal is structured and who they value.

True - Rant

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You have a valid point - at least CCMs know how much their check will be every week and don't have to keep working b/c they need to make more.

I somebody who started as CCM at - MMMT

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52,000 with NO management experience, just 6 months ago.

I am making more than that as an MT, I'm sure working - harder than they do, but

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at least I'm making more than that. I couldn't survive on that salary.

See..I find declerations like that just too hard to be true. - unless u tell me you type every day over 3000 line

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That is 52 weeks a year, day in and day out..and that is based on MY CPL which is probably on the high range. But hey..if you are able to consistently turn in 3000 to 3500 lines a day for that salary..I am more than envious. I could not do that with a gun to my head.

I don't see how anyone's hands could hold out at that pace very long. - nm

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If it was straight transcription, no, but with ASR - it is a piece of cake. NM

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yea, I totally dont believe it - not for a second

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Maybe 6 years ago, not anymore.

I know people who have done that pace - but sm

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I also found out they cheated lines on a reg basis..not sure if this company has any barriers to that in effect..But the last company I worked for someone ratted out the people, they went in found it and fired them...

How could you cheat if it is the system counting the - lines. OP

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I don't think cheating is even possible.

Yes it is,,,I wont say how but it has been done - sm

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I was told how to do it by an old timer, and it never even dawned on me. I know she did it at Spheris also,,Never understood why about 10 people left at once, all the sudden..Someone ratted them out there as well..

My goal is 3000 lines each day, some days I don't make it, - some days I go over....

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I also work overtime whenever it is allowed, not because I want to, because I have to. Divorced, single mom of 3 with 1 child in college and 1 headed there soon, and an extra-large house that I tried to hang on to keep the kids stable post divorce. House is on the market now that everyone is emotionally ready to move on (10 years later). Hopefully soon we will be downsized to a reasonable size home and I can quit working my butt off.

So you say you are making more than 45,000 - at MModal

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I am going to fill out an application.

yea right - impossible

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at 8 and 4??? AINT GONNA HAPPEN.

But, I did put a for sale sign up on my bridge if you are interested.

I make a tiny more than 8 and 4, and work OT a lot! - OP

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It can happen.

I am, but you have to work hard for it. NM - OP

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When you have no choice, it can be done.

at 4 cpl you would have to do darn near 3500 lines a day - if you dont edit maybe

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GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.

I don't believe this for a minute. - Lies, All Lies

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I have no reason to lie. I work hard and it happens. - OP

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I work hard and it doesn't happen - FossilMT

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I'd like to know what account you're on and what kind of work types you get, because all I ever seem to get are the worst/hardest dictators and/or the junk work types. Even if I did 50 progress notes or discharge summaries a day, I still wouldn't get 1000 lines. I am making half of what I used to make before SR, no matter how hard I work.

I do all the work types.... - OP

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I do a variety of work types all day long, my favorite are OPs and if I could do only OPs I could do even more. I, too, used to make a lot more. My pay has dropped by $24,000 a year since I was with Healthscribe. I dropped 17,000 when we went from Healthscribe to Spheris and another 7000 with the switch to Medquist/MModal. Not happy about that for sure, but I can still eke out a decent living...if there is enough work. That is generally the only reason I don't reach my goal somedays is just not enough work, but lately the work has been plentiful. I'm in the north region.

I'd like to do all work types too, but... - FossilMT

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they refuse to give them to me. I have many years of experience on all acute care work types, but that doesn't seem to matter, as they keep sending me the junk.

Yep, schedule keepers who can't even be bothered to reply to PTO - requests. NM

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I wouldn't be a CCM/TSM if they - msmt

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offered me the job. They do not appear to be able to have job security. I have had at least 7 CCMs that I can remember in almost 7 years. I would rather stay a "lowly" MT.

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