Medical general
Outpatient clinics, ED, floor consults, primary care, urgent care, post-op. The highest-volume category across Minnesota health systems.
Medical interpreters
Hospital work that respects your training and your schedule.
Specialty-matched offers to Somali, Hmong, Karen, and Spanish medical interpreters across Twin Cities health systems and statewide. CMI and CCHI credentials recognized. Daily caps you set. Stripe Connect Express direct deposits typically clear in 1–2 business days after attestation.
Specialties
Medical work we route, by specialty.
Mental health
Behavioral health intake, therapy sessions, psychiatric evaluations. VRI is common. Somali and Hmong mental health interpretation is in strong demand.
OB / Labor & Delivery
Prenatal visits, labor and delivery, postpartum, NICU. On-site dominant. Karen and Hmong interpreters are in particularly high demand in this specialty.
Oncology
Treatment planning, chemotherapy orientation, palliative care, hospice intake.
Pediatrics
Well-child visits, specialty pediatric clinics, parent-clinician communication for LEP families.
ASL medical
RID + BEI Health Care credentialed. ED, scheduled clinics, specialty work. On-site and VRI.
What you get
The deal for medical interpreters.
Specialty filtering
Only the specialties you tag reach you. Mental-health sessions go to mental-health interpreters; OB goes to OB interpreters. You never have to decline a session you're not qualified for.
Patient information stays out of the offer
Briefs are scanned before they leave the client's screen. You get clinical context on arrival from the hospital's systems, not from dispatch.
Daily caps you control
Cap defaults to 6/day; adjust in your profile any time. The dispatch system stops sending offers once you're at cap in your local timezone.
Direct deposit after attestation
Link your bank once; earnings are deposited on a regular biweekly cycle (every other Friday) after you attest the session. No net-45 invoicing cycles.
Common questions
Questions medical interpreters ask first.
- What credentials do I need for medical interpretation with Lingfaro?
- CMI (Certified Medical Interpreter, issued by NBCMI) or credentials from CCHI — the CHI™ or CoreCHI™ — is preferred for general medical work and required for specialty-tagged sessions at most Minnesota health systems. Specialty-tagged work (mental health, OB/labor, oncology) may require additional experience credentials. ASL medical work requires RID or BEI certification with a Health Care designation. Upload your credentials during the application process; our credentialing team verifies before you start receiving offers.
- How are medical specialties matched?
- When you set up your profile you select specialties: medical general, mental health, OB/labor, oncology, pediatrics, and others. Offers are filtered to the specialties you cover. A mental-health session never reaches you if you haven't tagged that specialty; an oncology brief only goes to oncology-credentialed interpreters.
- What modalities do Minnesota hospitals book most?
- On-site for outpatient clinics, ED visits, and floor consults, including large metro systems where Somali, Hmong, and Karen patients are frequent. VRI for behavioral health, where on-site can be disruptive, and for after-hours coverage. OPI for high-volume eligibility and scheduling calls. You see the modality on every offer before you accept.
- How does Lingfaro keep patient information out of the dispatch brief?
- Clients cannot include patient names, MRNs, dates of birth, phone numbers, or addresses in the dispatch brief. The system rejects the post if any of those patterns are detected. You get clinical context on arrival from the hospital's own systems. Your check-in is documented; what happens in the encounter stays in the encounter.
- Is Lingfaro HIPAA-aware?
- Yes. Lingfaro signs Business Associate Agreements with covered entities, runs patient-information guards at every entry point, and produces tamper-evident session records. The session record documents the interpretation event, not the clinical encounter. It's not a substitute for the EMR.
- What is the typical pay range for medical interpretation?
- Medical interpretation rates vary with language, modality, specialty, and urgency. Rather than quote a range, Lingfaro shows the exact rate with every offer. You accept or decline without negotiation. Daily caps protect you from running more sessions than you've set for yourself.
Apply with the credentials you have today.
Five minutes to apply, one business day to verify, first offers usually within a week of approval.
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