Re: $1000/week?

From: JulieW8 (seemysig_at_netscape.net)
Date: 09/26/04 

Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 15:37:32 GMT

Oh - well I thought we were talking about only templates. I agree MTs
should be paid for expanded characters.

If I have a program that fills the patient demographics automatically
or puts in information automatically, I don't see why the MT feels she
ought to be paid for that when I'm the one who paid for the
programming to do it.

The ideal thing, of course, would be to do the fill and the formatting
post-transcription so the MT doesn't even see it. They don't have do
any formatting, formatting is more uniform and the additional
characters can contribute to the bottom line. I fought HealthScribe's
deduction of template characters because some of the section headings
in the template would be deleted if not dictated - that's totally
wrong. But I don't see anything wrong with adding characters to format
post transcription and charging the client for characters that weren't
paid an MT.

On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 10:56:24 -0500, "Bam" <dearcounselor@comcast.net>
babbled on and on and on at SMT:

>It lends to production. If I'm charging 14 and paying 8, you know UP FRONT
>you are being paid 8 cpl. If I'm a GOOD MTSO, I will have explained what
>makes a line a line. So we both know the pay structure.
>
>Many of the services are now having demographics filled into a template-- no
>pay for those.
>Many of the services are now having you fill in other information (headings,
>etc) or changing these-- no pay for those.
>
>When an MT types CHF and expands it to congestive heart failure, she/he
>thinks he's being paid for what 24 characters? The reality is some services
>are now paying for THREE keystrokes to make up that line and the MT is never
>aware of this. They simply know they are working smarter and harder and
>making less money.
>
>
>
>
>
>"JulieW8" <seemysig@netscape.net> wrote in message
>news:41560264.33966391@News.individual.net...
>> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:15:10 -0500, "Bam" <dearcounselor@comcast.net>
>> babbled on and on and on at SMT:
>>
>> > It's very different.
>> >>
>> >> Is it any different than the MTSO billing 14 cpl and paying 8 cpl?
>>
>> In what way?
>>
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