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am in don't know how to dictate chaos crazies!! sm - ververyoldMQMT

Posted: Oct 18, 2010

Okay, it is nice to have jobs again; but never in my primary. Or this one is actually a hospital that has been added. What do we do when we get a report that every three words it sounds as though the ESL doc is taking his finger off the record button or something and you get "the patient (hiccup hiccup) comes in (hiccup hiccup hiccup) blah blah blah indecipherable.... ? And yet we are to send anything now with over 3 blanks to QA? I have done this job for 18 years and I believe I know my job better than most of these QA/MMEs. What are we to do about jobs such as this, and from my experience this particular hospital is putting out this type of dictation in most all of their reports. any suggestions Mr/Ms I type 300-600 lph?

Dicate Chaos Crazies - Nature

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We are told we still have to send it in. I know it is not fair, but what is in MT world any more?

I would be sure and send a email to CCM and QC - NJA Queen

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A long time ago on a conference call regarding FTR we were told that on new accounts the MTs were given a grace period (30 days I think) before being penalized for sending to QA. The first thing I would do in your position is to find out how long the grace period is and then I would send a list of internal job numbers to my CCM and QC and ask them to listen and remind them that you cannot afford to take a 75% pay cut because the dictator cannot keep his fat finger off the pause button. If they are doing their job they will go back to the client and rectify the situation. Can you just use the 10-score underline rather than a QA marker or is that the same thing? Depending on how nasty you want to be you can always request a different account or CCM. Good luck!

Hi NJA Queen - --

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When I saw your name, I doubled over laughing and couldn't breathe. You are seriously funny (--to me anyway!!!). I didn't mean to laugh as having NJA all the time is not anything to laugh about.

Just to say I may be taking your crown soon. North region constant NJA all day for past 6 weeks or so. Take care. :-)

North region too - NJA Queen

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I labeled myself that as I have too many NJA tickets to keep track of. I also was told to stop complaining about no work because there are many MTs who are making up hours due to NJA. So maybe I should be Complainer Queen. I have had conference calls and promises of more work, but so far nothing yet. Every week I worry that I am going to lose my benefits and I will end up owing MQ money.

I like the NJA Queen better :-) - --

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Yep, complaining sure hasn't brought me any work. Then I get an email stating I should be working during my shift. WHAT??. How can I work when there is none -- only NJA messages nightly.

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