SUE MATTHEWS spoke thusly to: DICK ROEBELT
SM> > LR>Has anyone ever done medical transcription at home?  This
SM> > LR>was suggested to me as something I could possibly do at home.
SM> > LR>Anyfeedback??
SM> >    It is over-done and over saturated.  Anyone who has had a
SM> > modicum of success finding employment doing same has done so
SM> >years ago. 
SM> >    BTW, from everything I hear the software some of these folks
SM> > try to peddle is overpriced and not always compatible with most
SM> > insurers needs.
SM>Dick...  good advice in general, but I believe you are confusing 
SM>Leah's plan to transcribe medical reports with the old "Make a
SM>Million Bucks Doing Medical Billing at Home" schemes.
   No, I don't think so.  This is just one of the many ads in back of 
magazines now.  A few years back this was a "craze" with the seminar
folks.  Along with buying distressed properties, etc. 
SM>Those, IMHO, were merely scams to sell worthless software to
SM>ignorant people.
   When one contacts these folks they sell the plan/"training" at
one price and the software at another....but if you accept today
we have a special on both.  And a super-special on a complete turnkey 
package (computer/printer included).
SM>Transcription can be done using any word processor really...
SM>intense knoqwledge of macro usage is a real benefit though. ;D
   W/o wanting to argue...not so!
   Medical claim forms MUST be filled out on forms (electronic or 
paper) demanded by the underwriter.  There was a large push (on care 
providers behalf) to standardize said form(s).  To a large extent that 
goal was realized.  That said, many companies still demand their 
particular form be utilized or no payment will be forthcoming.  So one 
can use software such as Omniform (very good) to import the [paper] 
forms or use pre-scanned forms provided by the same folks who sold you 
that outdated "turnkey" computer system.  Medical transcription was a 
secondary adjunct used by these very same promoters when they saw the 
"billing" thing going belly up.  So now they have added an expensive 
medical dictionary to the mix as well as trying to sell voice 
recognition software (Dragon, etal) which really isn't expected to 
properly function for another 10 years.  
   We well may be be talking apples and oranges and I could be off on 
the wrong track.  Somehow from my careful reading of the scams, near 
scams, letters to newspapers (action-type columns) and legal 
newsgroups on the Net I don't think so.  P.T. Barnum was correct!
   Again, I'll reiterate...stop by ten physician's office of any 
stripe and ask if there is a need for services such as this.  And if
there is what is it worth?  And to pay for the total scheme being sold 
to the unwary just how many forms (or transcription pages) by how many 
doctors will it take to merely amortize the investment?  How many more 
to make a profit?  And converting hours/overhead into $$$ how much are 
you making an hour in real profit?  
   Dick
If you can't make it work, make a statistic of it.
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