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anyone get clarification on the 3 cents? sm - bj

Posted: Mar 09, 2010

anyone get clarification on the 3 cents a line we will be getting for ALL reports over 10% and later 5% or just 3 cents less a line for only the reports that get sent to QA? Anyone know?

3 cents - anon

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I was told it was 3 cents less per line for ALL additional reports sent to QA once you have hit the 10% and 5% thresholds respectively. So if you type long reports, it's gonna hurt worse.

Of course this is all subject to change at any time.

that is $0.03 per line less than - your base transcription

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support to a maximum of 10% submission of total lines produced beginning April 1, 2010 and to a maximum of 5% submission of total lines produced beginning May 1, 2010. All lines exceeding these thresholds, as of the relevant dates, will be paid at a rate that is $0.03 per line less than your base transcription and/or ASR editing rate, whichever is applicable.

so guess no QA's, they will soon be out of a job or job title change :)

same as - bj

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If you get paid 0.465 for ASR and you get docked 0.03 then that is 0.165 which is very, very low amount for what we have to do and how much acccountability that we have on our shoulders. That's why accountability and accuracy goes out the door when this starts.

I had originally thought they meant - sm

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ANYTHING we submit, blanks or not, once we hit that 5% to QA, but my CCM said we'll only be docked on the reports that are sent to QA after that point. That's a relief!

It's sorta like this - GImt

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An 8-hr shift at 150 LPH = 1200 lines; 5% of this is 60 lines you can send free to QA.

If you send 4 reports to QA totalling 140 lines you will be docked 140-60 x 0.03 or $2.40.

I believe they average this over the week, so at 6000 LPW, 5% is 300 lines.

If you submit reports to QA totalling 630 lines, you will be docked
630-300 x 0.03 or $16.50 for the week.

Until they change the rules again.

At least we're not MMEs.

scuse me, that's 9.9...my fingers are too big for this - GImt

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stupid little calculator in my wallet.

yes we are - mmes

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That is exactly what they did... they made us all MEEs! We would not accept the position willingly, so now they lowered our pay and we have to correct our own work.

Sounds like an MME to me.

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