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View Full Version : Does multiyear special pay apply to obligated years? jtn3 10-10-2003, 12:45 PM Does multiyear special pay (14,000 a year for a 4 year agreement, 13,000 for 3 year agreement to active duty) apply to HPSP/USUHS individuals who have just finished residency and are now serving their active duty obligation? For instance, a USUHS grad who has just completed a internal medicine residency owes a 7 year active duty obligation, but do they get multiyear special pay despite being already obliged to serve on active duty for 4 years? brats800 10-10-2003, 06:06 PM no i'm pretty sure it doesn't get counted until after your payback is done.... http://www.tricare.osd.mil/policy/fy97/spay9763.html Eligibility A medical corps officer, below the grade of 0-7, who has at least eight years of creditable service or has completed any active duty service commitment incurred for medical education and training.... that's a memorandum from 1997, but i doubt it has changed... Homunculus 10-10-2003, 10:56 PM Originally posted by jtn3 Does multiyear special pay (14,000 a year for a 4 year agreement, 13,000 for 3 year agreement to active duty) apply to HPSP/USUHS individuals who have just finished residency and are now serving their active duty obligation? For instance, a USUHS grad who has just completed a internal medicine residency owes a 7 year active duty obligation, but do they get multiyear special pay despite being already obliged to serve on active duty for 4 years? no. i will end up owing 8 years (4 ROTC, 4 HPSP) and i was *hoping* that we get it, but we don't. It makes sense, because the purpose of the incentive is to entice people to stay-- if you have an obligation, there isn't a reason to entice you-- you're already theirs :) why pay for something you can get free :D Alli Cat 10-13-2003, 05:42 PM Why buy the cow. chillin 10-13-2003, 10:40 PM Are other special pays only applicable to after obligation is completed, such as specialty incentive, variable, additional, and board certified??? Thanks, Chillin texdrake 10-14-2003, 11:32 AM No, as far as I have been told the only one you do not receive is multiyear specialty pay. That is given only when you recommit for multiple years.... From an earlier post I thought I would throw out what I have figured out for myself about my future pay using the same criteria above. I plan to practice in FP or Internal so I will use those numbers. I also took a three year scholarship so I will figure that as well. Max Loan x 3 years: $115,500 + 35,000 (interest @ 5% over 10 years) = $150,500 Total Pay x 3 years = $48,000 Total Pay + Loan / commitment = $66K Pay: Captain 46K Basic Allowance Housing: 10k Basic Allowance Supplement (food): 2K Variable Specialty Pay: 5K Board Certification Pay: 2.5K Medical Additional Specialty Pay: 15K Incentive Specialty Pay: 13.5K TOTAL: 94K AVG Malpractice Saving for FP & IM = 12K Total = $172K annually for 3 year commitment Drops to around 105-110K if I stay in longer as loose loan advantage Average starting salary for FP / IM - Malpractice = $125K - 12K = 113K. Average salary in private sector after 3 years (when my commitment is up), minus malpractice = $128K pbp4 10-26-2003, 11:52 AM Originally posted by texdrake I thought I would throw out what I have figured out for myself about my future pay using the same criteria above. I plan to practice in FP or Internal so I will use those numbers. I also took a three year scholarship so I will figure that as well. Max Loan x 3 years: $115,500 + 35,000 (interest @ 5% over 10 years) = $150,500 Total Pay x 3 years = $48,000 Total Pay + Loan / commitment = $66K Pay: Captain 46K Basic Allowance Housing: 10k Basic Allowance Supplement (food): 2K Variable Specialty Pay: 5K Board Certification Pay: 2.5K Medical Additional Specialty Pay: 15K Incentive Specialty Pay: 13.5K TOTAL: 94K AVG Malpractice Saving for FP & IM = 12K Total = $172K annually for 3 year commitment Drops to around 105-110K if I stay in longer as loose loan advantage Average starting salary for FP / IM - Malpractice = $125K - 12K = 113K. Average salary in private sector after 3 years (when my commitment is up), minus malpractice = $128K ability for you to decide where to practice rather then your assignments officer----- priceless |