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?
Does multiyear special pay apply to obligated years?
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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...
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...
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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 
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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
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
