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What's wrong with their stupid grid? - I will tell you only ONE thing.

Posted: Mar 13, 2015

There are many, many things wrong and unfair about their moronic scheme to accomplish wage theft, but here's just one:

The doctor says something stupid and I know it's wrong, but I'm not going to put in a blank because that will put me over the threshold where I have to send it to QA and that will put me over the threshold of not meeting the less than 10% QC criteria.

I apologize, stupid doctor, but this is not my fault. It's yours for saying something stupid. I realize it won't change patient care and anyone with half a brain would understand you said something stupid, but I'm fresh out of resources for fixing it for you. I can't afford to take the monetary hit for you.

I sent through a few today... - Sav

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A couple of little things I "guessed" on because of the very reason that I do not deserve to be paid less because of an oddly formed sentence--nothing critical, nothing to do with meds, dosages or diagnoses, but MDs going back and correcting themselves in the HPI...

Taking a "monetary hit" for a doctor's error is - sm

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exactly what Screwance wants and expects us to take so they can pay the non-revenue-producing people more money. This has WAGE THEFT written all over it!!!

It is a risk - anon

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I sent something through and didn't put a blank and QA got it and I got a 3-point critical error. So if you get caught, you lose money either way.

Agreed.... - Tired

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I typed a medication exactly as the doctor had said it -- 160 mg, and QA caught it and admitted that even though that's what the doctor dictated, I should have known it was 162 mg and got an error for it. So I agree you lose money either way. I don't mind having to know all this, but what I do mind is being paid exceedingly low wages for the knowledge I have.

Critical Error - Jael

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Don't think AHDI classifies that as critical (the ones you can be sued for).

On long reports, I often perform a risk/benefit analysis - anon

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My QC percentage is generally on the lower side because my account allows 3 blanks. Sometimes though, there are long reports that I fear will push me too far over the edge. On those, if there are say just 4 or 5 blanks, I try to decide if I really want to send it to QA. If the report is pulled by QC and I am over the blank limit, each blank over the limit would count as just 0.25 points, so on a long report it may be worth the risk. Most of the time I take into consideration what the blanks are too. If it is just because the doctor is stumbling and I left a blank just in case, then I am more likely not to send it to QA.

Just FYI, you have the initials sort of bass ackwards...you send reports to - QC, and QA are the auditors who audit

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...a certain numbers of lines that were submitted directly to the client. QA scores are the ones that are payroll killers, whereas only the number of reports you send to QC matters. The scores on QC reports do not mean a thing. But if the auditors happen to pull one of these reports where you failed to leave a blank, or if the client returns it for any reason, it is QA auditors who will nail you with it.

The A in QA is how I remember which is which. Auditors, like in accounting, come in and "check" things that have already been completed!

Honestly, I don't really care - anon

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Call whichever one you want, the question is to pend or not. I know which scores matter for pay and which do not and that is what I am evaluating in the process..

stupid grid - union needed - Hate it

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We really need a union....I have over 20 years of experience and I absolutely hate my job. I am looking for something else out of the MT field...

agree - anon

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totally true

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