Archive for May, 2010

Do I have to go to an army medical center just bc I have tricare?

I called the appointment line at our duty station to make an appointment bc I have a bladder infection. They said that because I have tricare standard i have to call back at 2:30pm to schedule my appointment and they would see if they had anything available. I think it’s BS! so could I make an appointment off post and have tricare still pay for all of it or at least part of the bill???

Benefits of 24 Hour Fitness Centers

One can think of 24 hour fitness centers, as a one stop fitness shop; a place where you can go to at any time of the day, to work on your general well being. This type of centers can be found in a lot of areas around the United States, and even the world!

Most of these fitness centers, or gyms, cater for all needs. They therefore carry a big variety of equipment including:

* Weight training equipment and machines

* Cardio vascular fitness tools

But the fact that these gyms are open all day and night is not the only factor that makes them so popular with people. There are other facilities which make these centers attractive to people! For instance, many of them have locker rooms so you can comfortable use them to change, shower, an also keep your personal items safe in the lockers provided. Some also offer child care facilities! So you need not worry about where you are going to leave you child until you work out, and you don’t have to spend money on baby sitters. You can rest your mind assured that your child is being taken care of in the baby sitting area, whilst you work out and get in shape.

Getting started is quick and easy. Most of these 24 hour gyms offer a variety of flexible subscription terms and payment options, ensuring that you choose the plan that best suits your budget and needs. Personal training is also offered at many centers, usually at an extra fee. However, the majority of gyms offer a one time personal training session upon the start of a new membership. This makes sure that you are guided through the place and machines during your first visit, to help you make the most of your membership and your workout!

Many fitness centers include other extra amenities besides the normal equipment and tools we associate with gyms. In fact many of them offer all, or a mixture of, the following:

* Heated pool

* Hot tub / Jacuzzi

* Steam room

* Squash court

* Aerobics classes

* Yoga and Pilates classes

Choosing which 24 hour fitness center to go to truly depends on what you want to achieve. The beauty of it is that a lot of these gyms offer a variety of services, which will satisfy your needs and help you achieve your fitness goals.

It is therefore strongly suggested to find out which 24 hour fitness centers are available in your area, and choose one which suits your needs first. Good luck on your fitness goals… here’s to your health and fitness!

Note: It is important to consult your doctor before embarking on any fitness program. Always seek professional advice in advance.

Work at Home Doing Medical Transcription

Are you not tired of waking up every morning, thinking of going to work, then getting stuck at the traffic, then boring meetings – how you wish you can work from the home and get paid at the same time. Well your dream can become a reality with a work at home option of doing medical transcription.

Medical Transcription is one of the fastest growing fields in healthcare and as a work at home option. In order to generate a medical record, the doctor, in a hospital or a clinic, dictates the treatment given to the patient, which is captured as a voice file. The voice file is then transferred to the medical transcription centers through the Internet. The transcriptionist listens to the voice file and converts it into the text form, which is sent to the hospital or clinic through the same channel, to be stored in their electronic system for retrieval.

A Medical Transcriptionist is a Medical Language Specialist who is trained to listen to the doctor’s dictations and transcribe various types of the dictations. These dictations cover the categories such as operative reports, progress notes, clinic notes, discharge summaries, history and emergency room reports, etc.

In order to become a Medical Transcriptionist who can work at home, one does not have to be a professional. Rather one needs to have

- A graduate degree in any discipline from a recognized university.

- A good knowledge base of English grammar, preferably with good written skills, listening skills and fast typing skills.

- A basic knowledge of computer and word-processing software.

- Advanced knowledge and a familiarity with terminology, specific to a variety of medical specialties.

Medical transcription is an occupation that is ideally suitable for work at home employments. It is suitable for housewives and retired personnel. Because of recent advancements in technology, enabling seamless flows of information, the concept of home-based employment has gained popularity over the past several years. Skilled transcriptionists wishing to work from home will have no problem to find out home-based work opportunities, considering the number of medical transcription work at home jobs. While working at home you need a computer, a foot pedal, a headphone and electronic forms of dictionaries of various specialties as English and Medical to work at home.

The advantages of work at home Medical Transcription profession –

- At your own pace and take in the amount of work you want.

- Ability to work at home on any time of the day depending on your preferences.

- You get to spend more time with your family and working at home gives you more time.

- You save money on conveyance, and lower your expenses.

- Flexibility of working at home gives you freedom. You can schedule your doctor’s appointments, important meetings, or other works during regular business hours.

Annual income for full-time transcriptionists typing hospital reports is very profitable, depending on location and proficiency. An age of 45 to 50 years is not late for this profession. So if you think you are ready to take the challenge and you have the ability, then the free work at home job is yours.

Finally, The bill has been signed.But when will it start?

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (AP) — President Bush on Thursday signed a homeland security bill that includes an overhaul of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and $1.2 billion for fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border to stem illegal immigration.
VIDEO: Bush signs border fence bill

Standing before a mountainous backdrop in Arizona, a state that has been the center of much debate over secure borders, Bush signed into law a $35 billion homeland security spending bill that could bring hundreds of miles of fencing to the busiest illegal entry point on the U.S.-Mexican border.

“This bill is going to make this country safe for all its citizens,” Bush said at the bill-signing ceremony tucked into his three-day campaign fundraising trip to the West.

Among other things, Bush said the homeland security funding bill deploys nuclear detection equipment to points of entry, raises safety security standards at chemical plants, provides better tools to enforce immigration laws and provides vehicle barriers, lighting and infrared cameras to help catch illegals trying to cross the border.

“It’s what the people in this country want,” Bush said. “They want to know that we are modernizing the border so we can better secure the border.”

Outgoing Mexican President Vicente Fox, who has spent his six-year term lobbying for a new guest worker program and an amnesty for the millions of Mexicans working illegally in the United States, has called the barrier “shameful.” He compares it to the Berlin Wall.

Mexico sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. government saying a plan to build hundreds of miles of fencing on their common border would damage relations.

However, U.S. lawmakers facing November elections — in which all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 33 of the Senate’s 100 seats are on the line — have shown a greater appetite for border security measures. Bush said he would continue to work with Congress to pass his guest worker program.

YouTube Customer Care: Ear Plugs Required!

Have you ever wondered what it was like to work in the “complaint” department for YouTube? YouTube has finally created a customer care hotline for you to call when you have technical issues with their free service! Isn’t that great? Isn’t it? Well? Hello? Hello. Hello!!! Hey!!! IS ANYBODY THERE?!? HELLO?!?!!! HELLO!!!!!! Proper phone etiquette is required. Kind of. Well. Maybe. Does anyone know what proper phone etiquette is really? Check out my website too: www.adifferentview.tv

Call Centers globalizados

Reportaje de la TV alemana que visita Call Centers de habla castellana en países emergentes. Uno de Atento (Grupo Telefónica) en Tanger, Marruecos y otro en Kalkuta, India. Ver para creer con qué motivación trabajan sus empleados y lo que significa para ellos este trabajo de teleoperador. Es uno más de esos reportajes que no verá usted en una de nuestras TV´s nacionales tan dedicadas a aburrirnos con más de lo mismo este mes de agosto 2007. Como cada verano…

What is the WORST runaround you have gotten from a customer service call center?

I spent 3.5 hours yesterday trying to get an insurance claim resolved through Blue Cross. Their “medical claims” department claimed to have routed my claim to the “pharmacy claims” department.

When I finally reached an insurance person in “pharmacy claims” (that took an hour by itself) she said she had no way of tracking down a file that had been routed to that department.

I said, “can you please just call medical claims and figure out where my file is?”

She said, “I’m sorry, but we can’t make outbound calls.”

I said, “You’re the same company.”

She said, “I’m sorry, there is no way for me to call them.”

When I asked to speak to her supervisor, she put me on hold, and I finally gave up after 20 minutes. Congratulations, Blue Cross, you win. You sapped the life out of me.
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