Re: Fwd: Edix questions answered, for msjan0000@...

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Hello JanTranscribes@...,

In reference to your comment:

è Since I've tried three times to send this and it has

è come back undeliverable all three times, here are the

è answers msjan0000@... wanted about Edix...

è forwarded message below: 

Oh pooh... Sorry about the double send. AOL " burped " and I didn't think it

sent, and I forgot I can't forward, but have to copy and paste. Sorry about

the wasted mails in your mailbox.

Jan " Typing is my life " (said sarcastically)

Remember... WSTPMTR (which means,

whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules).

[Guest guest]

v Where's the beef?

I had a brain drain and forwarded instead of copying and pasting. So, since

you insist.... here's the copy and paste:

I have been working for Edix for over a year now, ever since the hospital

group I worked for outsourced all their medical records transcription to

them... we were hired by Edix as sort of a package deal. I have been VERY

happy with them. Some of the MTs who came to Edix when I did have left, but

several of us have hung in there. Several left because they simply couldn't

adjust to the change from being paid by the hour to being paid by the line.

It was a tough adjustment, but I learned to deal with it. The biggest

problem was this: When we worked for the hospital and were paid by the hour

(yes we worked from home), if we ran out of work, we were still paid by the

hour to sit and wait for the work to build. With being paid by the line, if

there's no work, you're not making any money. However, if you are willing to

try other accounts that do have work, you can choose several secondary

accounts and keep working on them until your primary account builds up. Some

MTs just weren't willing to do that, and ended up leaving Edix to go back to

a job that paid by the hour. I found several secondaries that were about

the same difficulty level (and therefore same pay level) as the hospital I

came from, so I always have work no matter what. Or, you have the option of

flexing your time and taking some time off while there's no work, and making

up your time later... although it has to be within the same pay week.

Edix recently put in a new incentive plan that is based on quality, and I

really like it. Once a month, 5 or 6 reports are randomly chosen and proofed

to sound. From those reports, you get a quality score: A being no errors, B

being one or two errors, and on down the line. If you make an A score, you

make 25% above your base rate per line, a B score is 10%, and a C score is

base rate, no incentive, etc. For at least 4 months now, I have kept up an

A score, so it can be done (Basically if you transcribe verbatim and only

correct glaring errors, such as he/she, grammar errors with ESL doctors,

etc., you can get an A score). Along with this quality incentive plan, Edix

lowered the minimum required line rate as a further incentive to go for

quality over quantity.

I don't know anything about the area where you live, but here where I live,

MTs don't make that much money. In most cases, we are considered glorified

clerks, and the money you can make here reflects that. I am making more

money now with Edix than I ever did working for the hospital. There are also

plenty of opportunities for advancement with Edix, which I really like. For

example, I could become an editor, or even an MT supervisor. Job openings

are emailed Edix employees before they are opened up to the " outside. "

As far as being flexible with your husband retiring, I found out from my boss

that there are many MTs whose husbands, for example, get 2 months in the

summer off, so they have a summer house. These MTs pack up their computers

and take them with them to their summer houses, and work from there by

dialing into an 800 # that Edix provides. One of the things I really like

about Edix is being able to flex your time. The MTs who take their computers

with them to their summer houses can adapt their schedules so they can work a

few hours.. sign off and relax with their families for a while, and then sign

back on when their families are in bed or whatever, and still get in their 40

hours every week.

I hope I've answered your questions. If not, please feel free to email me

back and I'll do my best to answer whatever questions you may have. : )

Jan " Typing is my life " (said sarcastically)

Remember... WSTPMTR (which means,

whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules).