F.I.E.S.A. survival strategies - Here are a few

Bear in mind that planted errors are being utilized to weed you out. (You are being told it is so that you become a better MT). So, if you decide to stick it out and learn the Nuance system of scoring reports, here are a list of the things I know they watch for when planting errors throughout the reports. I think we have to stick together, so here ya go!  (Wish I had had a QC share this with me): 

Things to watch out for: 

medication allergies to prescribed medications (we should be RNs to do this job)

left versus right discrepancies

labs stated differently from one paragraph to another

age differences

height and weight that do not calculate to the stated BMI (yes, you actually have to calculate this) 

in the sleep reports by the doctor that talks so fast with a mouth full of mush... be on the lookout for percentages that do not add up to 100% and different "minutes" or numbers of apneas, hypopneas, RERAs from one paragraph to the other. He is also famous for requesting one montage directly after stating this is another type of report (these must be flagged). 

Gravidas and paras that are not possible. 

Odd dosages for medications, especially the mg v mcg but also inflated amounts (this would be a HUGE point error)

BIG ONE: Capital letters for brand names on all medical equipment, ALLEVYN bandages, for instance, not Allevyn. (Don't believe ANYTHING that the doctors spell themselves). (But not on medications. We follow Saunders Pharmaceutical word book and Stedman's on these). 

Hyphenated compounds. For instance, acute-on-chronic kidney disease.

Especially on the difficult northwestern US account, if you get lucky enough to get that lovely orthopedic surgeon who has the most wonderfully LONG templates... make yourself a new version of it after eliminating all the mistakes in the ones saved. THEY PICK THESE TO PIECES BECAUSE THE NEWBIES TO THE ACCOUNTS NEVER KNOW BETTER. 

The QCs to this account are mostly pulling his work now, but the other templates are just as bad. Fix them up, save your own copies, then insert your own copies and continue the report from your own version. Huge time saver. 

You will have a steady diet of new competitors on any account now for all the lines... the pools are divided REALLY unfavorably toward the MTs and QCs can pick and choose whatever accounts they want to work when they go on production mode. They can choose certain MDs, even certain WTs. MTs are at a distinct disadvantage here. 

Stick with it and MAKE THEM downsize you for honorable reasons if they are so inclined.