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Thinking of testing up for SHDA. Any SHDAs have positive - sm

Posted: Jan 14, 2015

comments about the position? Thanks!

I am a level 2 and would never test any higher - just my opinion

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I know MMEs that wish they had never become one because their pay dropped.

MME/SHDA - soloqueen

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I don't think I would want to be an MME but I wonder if they will have a better chance of surviving if there are ever layoffs.

SHDA testing - busyB

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I heard that while it is a great experience and might look somewhat impressive on an resume, there is no extra money involved with MM or any others for that matter.

SHDA - Mountainwoman

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I have been an SHDA for about 3 years. I had no desire to test up, but my manager at the time asked me to, as they were short-handed.

If I am only filling in a few blanks, it gives my fingers a break from having to constantly be moving. I also like the challenge of trying to fill in a blank. I was surprised how much easier it was to fill in a blank when I didn't have to fight through the whole report. You know how it is, once you leave a couple of blanks, the more frustrated you get, and the less you can understand what they are saying, so the more blanks you leave.

I do have to say, that since this POD thing, 90% of the QA reports I get are ILP reports that need to be 100% reviewed. At 4 cents a line, I have lost about $60 a WEEK. I rarely get a report where I get a chance to try to figure something out, and having to do a complete review no longer gives my fingers a rest. Even though most of the gibberish from ASR has already been corrected, there are still tons of things that have to be corrected or changed, i.e., wrong words being used; poor punctuation that changes the meaning of a sentence, and things that generally make a report look sloppy, like wrong tense and leaving out words.

The only thing I can say now, is I still get a feeling of accomplishment when I can fill in a blank, but that has gotten few and far between. If I would have known then, what I know now, I probably wouldn't have done it; however, I still think the more experience you have in a job, the better off you will be.

Good luck with whatever decision you make!

Thanks for your reply. Appeciate it. - nm

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Thank You, you made the decision for me - not testing!!! NM

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And I suggest everyone do the same - sm

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Stop falling for their games, the only ones that seem to win out in the end is the company and the overseas people. If we stop fixing their mess, maybe the docs will start complaining about quality

agreed, that is the only way wages will go up if no one takes - their pittance

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And the additions you make to report, filling in blanks, you dont - get paid for. You get paid based SM

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on the job as it came to you, with the blanks.

That's awful. Cbay used to pay based on the final upload - sm

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because they knew we'd get reports with 100 blanks and 3 words and have to do the entire report ourselves many times.

SHDA - Sunflower

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First, I have to say I still consider myself an MME. I just can't get these new, well....now old acronyms.

I have been an MME for 1-1/2 years and I love it. My supervisor at the time had continuously asked me to test up, not in a bugging way, mind you, but with all the negativity regarding this position, I declined over and over.

Then I talked with my QC who is no longer here anymore and she encouraged me and said I could do it. I finally took the leap and, as already mentioned, there is a feeling of accomplishment when blanks are filled in and I also agree that when I see a QA report coming my way, it is nice to give your hands a break. You just jump to the marker, listen, fill it in, and move on. I did not find the pay any different.

I have to say though for the first month, it was tough and I really had to concentrate, but like anything new, it takes some getting used to. Now, I zip through the QA reports with ease and my day is switched up with reports to edit and reports to QA.

Good Luck!!!

Why are they promoting more to SHDA when we don't have - sm

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enough QA work to go around at all? Most of us get a few reports to QA a day & spend the rest of the time doing ASR. There are already plenty of us waiting to get some QA work, so if more is becoming available, just let us do it!

Not enough QA - Mountainwoman

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Before the PODs, I rarely got QA, maybe 4-5 a day. I loved it, and wished I would get more. Now, I get at least 15-30 reports a day, almost all 100% QA, from all over creation. If I work at night to help out, most times I will get 3-4 ASR jobs, and the rest 100% QA over a 2-3 hour period.

My grandpa always said "be careful what you wish for. You might just get it." :(

I'm guessing maybe they are in need of 3rd shift SHDAs. - nm

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maybe a couple... - nachoN-MME

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PRO:
1. You might be less likely to be laid off/micromanaged out the door. I also think everyone else should test up to T3.
2. It looks good on a resume.
3. I like being the second set of ears and the challenge of filling in a real blank (not just blanks from bad dictators and audio).

CON:
1. The pay is ridiculously low, especially lately. The work difficulty gets higher and higher while my check tanks. We get every single account on the list in ASR plus others. Then we have to 100% review and correct a bunch of offshore jobs with pretty serious errors on a lot of them. Getting our own nitpicky audits after fixing their mess is exasperating. I think we should be paid hourly and much higher. I am not making much more, probably less on average, and definitely less in the last few months.
2. There is not much contact with other SHDA or HDS. Sometimes it would help to have even more ears. We need be on the same page about some things so there is no conflicting feedback. Sometimes I want a second listen too, but if I send it in I will usually get my own job back. Hm. That is one way to increase the $$ ...lol

While I'm ranting, I also think they should make all client profiles exactly the same, put us all in one or two primary assignments and/or specialties, fix their audio, tell them to dictate in recognizable English at a normal speed without eating chips beside the TV, pay us for doing ADT, and completely ban sending any part of US medical records offshore...

Doing ASR, I get mediocre reports most of the day, - sm

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a few really good, and a few really bad. Doing QA, they're ALL bad.... one thing to keep in mind.

MME / SHDA - Aint Down Home

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No tomatoes, please ..... This is going to take a lot of courage: What is an MME and an SHDA?

Answer - sm

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Years ago, Medquist (now MModal) decided to pay QA by the line rather than by the hour and also combine their job with that of MT/ME, creating a transcriptionist/editor/QA hybrid. They named this hybrid the Master Medical Editor (MME). A year or so ago they got bored with this title and changed it to the Senior Health Documentation Analyst (SHDA). Basically, they do tier 3 work as well as QA any jobs that come around.

nope you got it ALL wrong! - yellow submarine

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MME was Mumbling Moron Expert
SHDA is Slave Hamster Doc-decryption Artist!

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