Update on MedQuist/AHDI Settlement
According to the updated
MedQuist settlement FAQ page on the AHDI website, individuals eligible to participate in the
MedQuist class settlement will be able to do so "no earlier than May 29, 2009." As I reported in an earlier post, the deadline for participation in the free program offerings from AHDI has been extended from December 31, 2009 to July 1, 2010.
In order to participate in this settlement, you must have been a medical transcriptionist who transcribed work for MedQuist at any time during the period from November 29, 1998 to August 11, 2008, and were paid on a line-based unit of measure for their work.
The free program offerings from AHDI will include the following:
- free one-year individual AHDI membership, or
- free one-year subscription to AHDI's web-based knowledge base and information portal, or
- free registration for up to five (5) online AHDI educational webinars; or
- free registration for one (1) credentialing prep course and one (1) specialty online educational course, or
- free AHDI educational CD product bundle.
An AHDI representative indicated that the process of determining and verifying the individuals who will be eligible to participate in the free program offerings has yet to be finalized.
More information, including instructions for registering for one of the free program offerings, will be posted on the AHDI FAQ page as it becomes available.