By: AnnieCat

I was part of the Medquist Class Action lawsuit; I worked for Medquist for approximately 3 years when I finally quit in 2003 because as hard and as long as I worked, even keeping METICULOUS records of every single job and line count, I made less and less every pay period. Even after I quit the job, Medquist called me for 6 more months to work, apparently oblivious I no longer worked there! A month or so after I quit the job, I received a letter and a check for a little over $100. The letter explained that Medquist had “accidentally” miscounted my lines and the check was to cover the “error.” That letter and check were the first concrete evidence I had that confirmed my suspicion that my (and probably other MTs) lines were being miscounted. Little did I realize that Medquist was PURPOSELY miscounting lines; Medquist wrote the software they used to count lines and had been miscounting lines for years! I sent all of my records to the lawyers who were handling the civil action against Medquist and time passed. I was NEVER told that any settlement would be GIVEN to AHDI in the amount of $1.5M! We MTs who were CHEATED by Medquist were again cheated out of OUR settlement by AHDI! We were offered 6 months of FREE educational courses instead of the money that had been stolen from us TWICE! This is typical of the cynical attitude fostered by the Medical Transcription industry as it remains to this very day! How utterly pathetic!