What Could Medical Transcriptionists do to Get Paychecks in Time?

You might have read what all excuses an employer can make in delaying a medical transcriptionist’s paycheck. You have put extreme effort to churn out 100% accurate reports. It is your hard earned money. It is your sweat. You have to be paid before the sweat vaporizes. Will a doctor work without being paid for two consecutive months? You … Read more

How to Select a Transcription Job on Criteria Other Than Money?

I have spent the last seven glorious years working from home as a transcriptionist. Of course, the industry has been ever-changing, as have the technology and the companies that employ MTs, too. However, after a 7-year career with my current company, they…[Read more…]

Top Ten Disadvantages of Working From Home as a Transcriptionist

The overwhelming reaction from work-at-home moms who registered their antagonist views when I opined that a work-at-home lifestyle makes you lazy and the unilateral opinion spread across the web favoring a work-at-home lifestyle further warrants to list out the disadvantages of working from home to substantiate my stance; hence I’m listing here the top ten … Read more

Tips & Techniques to Minimize Distractions in Home Transcription

The 2008 salary survey results reveal that the number of HIM professionals working from home doubled, from 12 percent to 24 percent, and despite economic woes most HIM professionals saw an uptick in salaries with full-time medical transcriptionists reported bringing in $33,500 an year, making medical transcription still an attractive career choice despite outsourcing woes. The … Read more