Specialty Leader Update
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NAVADMIN 057/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/FEB// SUBJ/SPECIAL PAY FOR HEALTH
PROFESSIONS OFFICERS OF THE MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS//
REF/A/DOC/USD(PR)/23JUL2009/NOTAL//
REF/B/DOC/OPNAV/28DEC2005//
REF/C/DOC/N13 MEMO 7220 SER N13/017 OF 18 FEB 2010// NARR/REF A IS THE UNDER
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PERSONNEL AND READINESS DIRECTIVE-TYPE MEMORANDUM
(DTM) 09-009, IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIAL PAY FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS OFFICERS
(HPO). REF B IS OPNAVINST 7220.17, SPECIAL PAY FOR MEDICAL CORPS, DENTAL
CORPS, MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS, AND NURSE CORPS OFFICERS. REF C IS N13
MEMORANDUM FOR SPECIAL PAY FOR NAVY HEALTH PROFESSIONS OFFICERS AND IS
AVAILABLE AT
HTTPS://WWW.MED.NAVY.MIL/BUMED/SPECIAL_PAY/PAGES/DEFAULT.ASPX.//
RMKS/1. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF A, THIS NAVADMIN PROMULGATES THE MEDICAL
SERVICE CORPS HEALTH PROFESSIONS OFFICER SPECIAL PAY PLAN FOR CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGISTS, CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND (ALONG
WITH REF C) SERVES AS IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE UNTIL THE UPDATE OF REF B IS
COMPLETE. THESE SPECIAL PAYS ENHANCE NAVY'S ABILITY TO SIZE, SHAPE, AND
STABILIZE THE FORCE BY USING A MONETARY INCENTIVE TO SUPPORT THE RECRUITMENT
AND RETENTION OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS WITH
CRITICAL WARTIME SKILLS AND VALUABLE EXPERIENCE CRUCIAL TO OUR MISSION
SUCCESS TODAY AND READINESS TOMORROW. THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS OFFICER
SPECIAL PAY ENCOMPASSES AN ACCESSION BONUS, INCENTIVE PAY, RETENTION BONUS,
AND BOARD CERTIFIED PAY.
2. PER REF A AND B, THIS NAVADMIN DELEGATES AUTHORITY TO: THE CHIEF, BUREAU
OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY (CHBUMED) TO EXECUTE SERVICE AGREEMENTS FOR
INCENTIVE PAY, RETENTION BONUS, AND BOARD CERTIFIED PAY AND TO NAVY
RECRUITING COMMAND (NRC) TO EXECUTE SERVICE AGREEMENTS FOR ACCESSION BONUS,
UNDER SECTION 335 OF TITLE 37 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY, THIS NAVADMIN IS THE IMPLEMENTING GUIDANCE UNTIL SUPERSEDED.
3. MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS (MSC) HEALTH PROFESSIONS SPECIAL PAY PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION.
A. ALL SERVICE AGREEMENTS FOR ACCESSION BONUSES MUST BE APPROVED BY
NRC. ALL SERVICE AGREEMENTS FOR INCENTIVE PAY, RETENTION BONUS, AND BOARD
CERTIFIED PAY MUST BE APPROVED BY CHBUMED M1. CHBUMED M1 WILL DETERMINE
ACTIVE DUTY OBLIGATION (ADO) INCURRED AND NOTIFY THE OFFICER OF HIS/HER ADO
FOR MULTI-YEAR SERVICE AGREEMENTS VIA AN APPROVAL NOTIFICATION LETTER.
ACCEPTANCE OF FIRST PAYMENT BY THE MEMBER WILL INDICATE AGREEMENT TO THE
TERMS OF ALL SERVICE AGREEMENTS AND ADO.
B. OFFICERS HAVE 30 DAYS FROM THE RELEASE OF THIS NAVADMIN TO REQUEST
RETROACTIVE PAYMENT TO 23 JULY 2009 WITHOUT HAVING TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS
OF A RETROACTIVE APPROVAL PER REF B.
C. POLICY, INCLUDING ELIGIBILITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ALONG
WITH THE SERVICE AGREEMENTS, ARE AVAILABLE BELOW AND AT
HTTPS://WWW.MED.NAVY.MIL/BUMED/SPECIAL_PAY/PAGES/DEFAULT.ASPX.
D. ACCESSION BONUS (AB). THE FOLLOWING MSC SPECIALTIES ARE DESIGNATED
BY CHIEF OF NAVAL PERSONNEL (CNP) AS ELIGIBLE FOR THE HPO
AB:
(1) CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (1840-1843)
(2) SOCIAL WORK (1870)
(3) PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (1893)
E. ELIGIBILITY, SERVICE OBLIGATION, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES,
REPAYMENT GUIDANCE, AND POLICY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AB ARE FOUND IN
PARAGRAPH 5, SECTION 1, PARAGRAPHS 710 THROUGH 715 OF REF C.
F. AB AMOUNTS. HPOS WHO MEET THE CONDITIONS IN PARAGRAPH 5, SECTION 1,
PARAGRAPHS 710 THROUGH 715 OF REF C ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AB PAYABLE FOR WRITTEN
AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO, ON, OR AFTER
23 JULY 2009 IN THE AMOUNTS LISTED IN PARAGRAPH G.
G. THE FOLLOWING AB PAY RATES ARE EFFECTIVE 23 JULY 2009:
(1) PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT:
(A) 12,500 DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR OFFICERS WHO SIGN A THREE-YEAR
OBLIGATION.
(B) 15,000 DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR OFFICERS WHO SIGN A FOUR-YEAR
OBLIGATION.
(2) LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST:
(A) 12,500 DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR OFFICERS WHO SIGN A THREE-YEAR
OBLIGATION.
(B) 15,000 DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR OFFICERS WHO SIGN A FOUR-YEAR
OBLIGATION.
(3) LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER:
(A) 6,250 DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR OFFICERS WHO SIGN A THREE-YEAR
OBLIGATION.
(B) 7,500 DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR OFFICERS WHO SIGN A FOUR-YEAR
OBLIGATION.
H. INCENTIVE PAY (IP). ELIGIBILITY, SERVICE OBLIGATION, AND POLICY
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE IP ARE FOUND IN PARAGRAPH 5, SECTION 2, PARAGRAPHS 720
THROUGH 724 OF REF C.
I. THE FOLLOWING MSC SPECIALTIES ARE DESIGNATED BY CNP AS ELIGIBLE FOR
THE HPO IP:
(1) CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (1840-1843)
(2) PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (1893)
J. IP AMOUNTS. HPOS WHO MEET THE CONDITIONS IN PARAGRAPH 5, SECTION 2,
PARAGRAPHS 720 THROUGH 724 OF REF C ARE ELIGIBLE FOR IP PAYABLE FOR WRITTEN
AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO, ON, OR AFTER
23 JULY 2009 IN THE AMOUNTS LISTED IN PARAGRAPH K.
K. THE FOLLOWING PAY RATES ARE EFFECTIVE 23 JULY 2009:
(1) PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT: 5,000 DOLLARS PER YEAR.
(2) LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST: 5,000 DOLLARS PER YEAR.
L. RETENTION BONUS. THE FOLLOWING MSC SPECIALTIES ARE DESIGNATED BY
CNP AS ELIGIBLE FOR THE HPO RETENTION BONUS (RB).
(1) CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (1840-1843)
(2) PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (1893)
M. ELIGIBILITY, SERVICE OBLIGATION, REPAYMENT GUIDANCE, AND POLICY
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE RETENTION BONUS ARE FOUND IN PARAGRAPH
5 SECTION 3 PARAGRAPHS 730 THROUGH 739 OF REF C.
N. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE RB RATES EFFECTIVE 23 JULY 2009:
(1) PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT:
(A) 10,000 DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR OFFICERS WHO SIGN A TWO-YEAR
OBLIGATION.
(B) 15,000 DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR OFFICERS WHO SIGN A THREE-YEAR
OBLIGATION.
(C) 20,000 DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR OFFICERS WHO SIGN A FOUR-YEAR
OBLIGATION.
(2) LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST:
(A) 10,000 DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR OFFICERS WHO SIGN A TWO-YEAR
OBLIGATION.
(B) 15,000 DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR OFFICERS WHO SIGN A THREE-YEAR
OBLIGATION.
(C) 20,000 DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR OFFICERS WHO SIGN A FOUR-YEAR
OBLIGATION.
O. BOARD CERTIFICATION PAY (BCP). THE FOLLOWING MSC SPECIALTIES ARE
DESIGNATED BY CNP AS ELIGIBLE FOR THE HPO BCP INCREASED ANNUAL RATE OF 6,000
DOLLARS.
(1) CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (1840-1843)
(2) PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (1893)
(3) SOCIAL WORK (1870)
P. ELIGIBILITY, SERVICE OBLIGATION, AND POLICY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
BOARD CERTIFICATION PAY ARE FOUND IN PARAGRAPH 5 SECTION 3 PARAGRAPHS 740
THROUGH 745 OF REF C.
4. POINTS OF CONTACT:
- LAST NAME BEGINNING A THROUGH G IS MS. LU CHARBONEAU
(301) 295-2050 EMAIL AT LULA.CHARBONEAU(AT)MED.NAVY.MIL
- LAST NAME BEGINNING H THROUGH O IS HM2 SHAWN HANEY
(301) 295-2051 EMAIL AT SHAWN.HANEY(AT)MED.NAVY.MIL
- LAST NAME BEGINNING P THROUGH Z IS MS. KAREN GASTON
(301) 295-9946 EMAIL AT KAREN.GASTON(AT)MED.NAVY.MIL
- CHBUMED SPECIAL PAY COORDINATOR IS MR. WILLIAM MARIN AT (301) 295-2073/DSN
295 OR EMAIL AT WILLIAM.MARIN(AT)MED.NAVY.MIL
- BUPERS IS CDR B. MELODY AT (901) 874-2370/DSN 882 OR EMAIL AT
BRENDAN.MELODY(AT)NAVY.MIL.
5. REF C IS TO BECOME A NEW CHAPTER OF OPNAVINST 7220.17, SPECIAL PAY FOR
THE MEDICAL, DENTAL, NURSE, AND MSC OFFICERS UNDER SECTIONS 335, 371, AND
373 OF TITLE 37 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE AS ENACTED BY SECTION
661 OF PUBLIC LAW 110-181, AND "THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS ACT FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2008," JANUARY 28, 2008.
6. RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.//
SPECIALTY LEADER UPDATE 19 FEB 2010
Great news as many of you have already seen. The bonus has been approved and
released in NAVADMIN above. Had a long discussion with PERS and BUMED pay
personnel today and they still need clarification on a couple of points
where there appears to be conflicting guidance; specifically the retroactive
payment to July 2009. Request your continued patience a little longer...
That being said, the expectation is that the BUMED SPECIAL PAY WEBSITE will
be updated early next week with all the required templates for submission.
The attached are supplied for those in a hurry! The only document not
included is the commanding officer's endorsement but that will be posted
next week on the site. Be advised the wording included is precise for a reason
so do not change.
Your initial point of contact should be the admin section of your command
that handles special pays. If they are not familiar then the admin section
should contact BUMED Special Pays initially not you the member. This allows
them to learn how the process works and gain the corporate knowledge. Of
course, if there is a high degree of uncertainty you need to to contact
initially and have them on speaker with you.
The following points were clarified today:
-Incentive Pay= monthly payment
-Board Certification Pay= monthly payment
-Retention Bonus= Annual Lump Sum
PLEASE PASS THIS TO ANY AND EVERYONE THAT IT APPLIES TO IN THE EVENT SOMEONE
HAS MOVED AND I DON'T HAVE CURRENT EMAIL, ESPECIALLY THOSE FORWARD DEPLOYED
AND IN OPERATIONAL UNITS
MORE TO FOLLOW NEXT WEEK
vr
Dave Holder
CDR,MSC,USN
Navy Physician Assistant Specialty Leader
Office: 904-542-7639
Mobile: 619-252-3119
william.holder@med.navy.mil
lcdrholder@yahoo.com
SPECIALTY LEADER UPDATE, 10 DEC 2009
All,
BONUS: No news as of today but am told it is "eminent", waiting to be released by CNP. That being the case, be prepared to execute some administrative paperwork in a hurry when the NAVADMIN hits the streets. Since I will be TAD next week and Murphy's Law being in full force please check the BUPERS Home Page daily for updated NAVADMINs as well as give a heads up to your Director for Administration office. When this is released your primary point of contact will be the Special Pays Section at BUMED: www.med.navy.mil They are the resident experts and will be able to address individual concerns. Again, be ready to execute...
HOT FILLS: As you have seen in the media new requirements for OEF are being ramped up. Need to assign personnel to the following billets asap. These assignments with Marine Division offer true leadership roles as Assistant Battalion Surgeon and fleet up to Battalion Surgeon. Your current PRD can be broken and will not keep you from the assignment as these billets are priority #1:
- 2nd MARDIV Camp LeJeune 2010/07
- 2nd MARDIV Camp LeJeune 2010/08
- 2nd MARDIV Camp LeJeune 2010/08
- 2nd MARDIV Camp Lejeune 2010/08
- 2nd MARDIV Camp LeJeune 2010/11
- 1st MARDIV 29 Palms CA 2010/08
Contact me asap if interested. I will start contacting individuals after the
first of the year dependent on response.
BILLETS: Attached is a spreadsheet of all current billets for informational
purposes. Want everyone to be aware of what is out there and how many people we have to fill demand. This is part of the MSC Worldbook that is generated monthly and as such is dynamic. I want to point out that the sheet labeled PA Billets by SSP has an important element in columns Q through W : Funded billets are indicated by the number 1 while unfunded are 0. This is a function of the by backs when they halted the Mil to CIV conversions and as other billets are purchased.In addition, the columns B (RS) and C (CL) designate who pays for the billet: 18=BUMED; 27=USMC; 60= LANTFLT; 70= PACFLT; 88= SPECWAR. Please remember that just because we have a billet doesn't mean we will fill it due community shortages. All operational/line billets have priority.
The following is a short list for consideration:
(1) Operations/Mission Tasker Coordinator is LCDR Phil Dauernheim email:
philip.dauernheim@soc.mil; Phone 910-396-1615
If you are in a BUMED billet Phil will be involved in the assignment process
for all missions and should be your primary point of contact
(2)EMPARTS: As you know in BUMED this is the database that allows us to see where personnel are and their status with regard to deployed days,dwell
time,deployment history and fitness for duty among other things. There
continues to be a problem with errors in EMPARTS and it effects our ability
to assign personnel to missions. Also, several recent early returns reflect
in the system as "deployable" with no red flags due to the sourcing
guidelines that define "a deployment" as greater than 150 days. While that
means you are still in the front of line for assignment to a mission we will
try to allow a significant pause between assignments if possible. At
present, we simply don't have enough personnel in inventory to allow this in
many cases. I have recently spoken with personnel in this situation and
understand if you need to vent frustrations at me. My skin is thick and it
will not be taken personally or cloud my opinion of the person.
Lastly, in the past we have called individuals to confirm EMPARTS data when
a mission is being tasked so we can put forward solid recommendations to
regional POMI shops. Unfortunately, even when advised that the call is fact
finding, not an assignment(although certainly being entertained as strong
possibility for nomination)and asked not to run it up the local chain of
command some have done otherwise. Several commands have taken strong
exception to this so I have stopped the practice for the most part. I would
much rather give people a heads up of what is being worked as I would like
to have that same courtesy extended to me in the same situation.
In the next week or so please make time to go to your EMPARTS/POMI manager and review the data fields, ask for a printout and make corrections where needed with emphasis on;
-Do NOT include deployed time done as enlisted member as it throws off our
look at optempo as a PA. This has been a trend for several recent classes
that needs to be corrected.
-Do verify your deployed days after becoming a PA. Several of you are not
getting credit for days served.
-If you are not fit for deployment due to medical/legal or any other reason,
that needs to be entered by your POMI shop. Some of the turn arounds for
taskers are extremely short and this can cause a lot of re-work.
-Check your deployed days and "last returned from deployment" dates. Again,
more than a few errors.
-Insure you are entered as NOBC: 0113 AND SubSpecialty 1893. If not, the
system does not make an accurate data pull when queried and we have to pull several spreadsheets and then reconcile them with the detailing sheet which we know is solid. Again, time expended with increased error rate.
-If you have negotiated with the detailer and myself for an
extension/modification of PRD that was approved it needs to be corrected as
well.
I am told that eventually another system will cure these ills but the bottom
line is garbage in/garbage out no matter what is used.
Finally, I recertified in ACLS the other day with the help of LT Tracy
McMonigle from Mayport Branch Clinic. Tracy, thanks for helping the old man
out.
Appreciate all the hard work and sacrifice.
vr
Dave Holder
CDR,MSC,USN
Navy Physician Assistant Specialty Leader
Office: 904-542-7971
Mobile: 619-252-3119
william.holder@med.navy.mil
lcdrholder@yahoo.com
"The first line of medical defense in wartime is the combat medic/corpsman"