Pros
Excellent medical experience! Definitely get a feel for what your future might hold and a chance to see how a doctor really works. I have learned an amazing amount of information and will always be appreciative if the experiences I have had and the people I have met.
Cons
- The pay is terribly low for the quality of people they expect to hire. Also makes it difficult to hold on to employees. - They expect a ton from their employees, managers are paid poorly and expected to take the brunt of all the work. If you have any plans to do anything but work, I do not recommend being a chief scribe. For example I worked 11 hours yesterday (8 with a provider, 2 training a new hire, 1 combing applicants for interviews). - And even on the scribe level, they market us as billing and coding experts, yea right!! Most scribes I talk to can't tell you what an E&M code is. - Very stingy company as well. You would think if they can't afford to pay us they could at least update the learning materials, improve training, or at least provide each new employee with a new shirt. I have been asked to hand out old severely used polos to my new incoming employees and it is absolutely embarrassing. And when asked for new polos you get a fair bit of flack. - As a chief scribe or manager of some sort you are expected to always be available and working with a computer, yet they do not provide you with a home work computer. I will give them that I get $25 per month towards my cellphone (thank goodness since since I spend at least 2 hours a week on the phone in conference calls). However you have to remember to submit highlighted statements each month and I honestly don't have enough hours in the day to always remember to do this.
