Things not covered or that he couldn't answer definitively: how much we will be paid, when we will be paid, when we can apply for it, and whether or not admin people are eligible for this bonus if they see no patients.
He was pretty definitive, though, that no one will need to extend their obligation to get this pay in their last year. So that's good for people getting out. Also you now absolutely cannot take retention bonus if you have any education bonus if you haven't paid off your obligation for education, so another great reason not to go to USUHS or ROTC. You CAN take the bonus for a training obligation like fellowship, so that loophole is still there.
Finally the board cert pay rate is now universal, regardless of whether you a neurosurgeon with 20 years experience or a dietician straight out of college. So big raise for non doctors. VSP definitely drops, so big pay cut for residents.
If the ISP portion of incentive pay stays the same (big if) it sounds like it will be a small but real pay raise for practicing physicians, a huge pay raise for physicians in their last year who were planning to skip their last year of ISP, and a pay cut for residents.