Federal Physicians Comparability Legislation: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Civil Service, Post Office, and General Services of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session, on S. 369 ... and S. 1009 ... May 25, 1983 |
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... pay , would exceed the Executive Level I pay . Apparently , a few physicians were unknowingly paid the excessive ... rate payable for posi- tions at Level I of the Executive Schedule . This situation is a direct result of the retention of the ...
... pay , would exceed the Executive Level I pay . Apparently , a few physicians were unknowingly paid the excessive ... rate payable for posi- tions at Level I of the Executive Schedule . This situation is a direct result of the retention of the ...
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... pay for an occupation , the basic flexibility we have to rely on is our special rate authority , whereby we can increase pay rates for particular occupations by up to 30 percent if necessary . We have had special rates in effect for ...
... pay for an occupation , the basic flexibility we have to rely on is our special rate authority , whereby we can increase pay rates for particular occupations by up to 30 percent if necessary . We have had special rates in effect for ...
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... compensation received during any fiscal year , including basic pay , bonuses , rank awards , and physicians allowances where applicable , may not exceed the rate payable for Level I of the Executive Schedule at the end of that fiscal ...
... compensation received during any fiscal year , including basic pay , bonuses , rank awards , and physicians allowances where applicable , may not exceed the rate payable for Level I of the Executive Schedule at the end of that fiscal ...
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... paid basic pay , performance awards , and physicians comparability allowances in ... pay , performance awards , and physicians comparabil- ity allowances in ... rate payable for positions at level I of ( 17 ) 2 1 the Executive Schedule ...
... paid basic pay , performance awards , and physicians comparability allowances in ... pay , performance awards , and physicians comparabil- ity allowances in ... rate payable for positions at level I of ( 17 ) 2 1 the Executive Schedule ...
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... Pay Rate 9 % 1 % 1 % 15 % 8 % Staffing Success Rate 60 % 84 % 75 % 50 % 62 % No./% Receiving PCA 647 / 42 % 307 / 96 % N / A 7 / 26 % N / A % of PCA Population N / A N / A N / A N / A N / A 1981 On Board / % 1371 / 71 % 316 / 16 % 144 ...
... Pay Rate 9 % 1 % 1 % 15 % 8 % Staffing Success Rate 60 % 84 % 75 % 50 % 62 % No./% Receiving PCA 647 / 42 % 307 / 96 % N / A 7 / 26 % N / A % of PCA Population N / A N / A N / A N / A N / A 1981 On Board / % 1371 / 71 % 316 / 16 % 144 ...
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13 physicians ance average base pay bill bonuses Chairman CHARLES MCC cians clinicians COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL Comparability Allowance Act comparability allowance program CONGR LIBRARY CONGRESS LIBRARY CONGRESS THE LIBRARY doctors extending Federal Physicians Association FEDERAL PHYSICIANS COMPARABILITY Federal service fiscal year 1982 GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS grade Health and Human Human Services Indian Health Service JEFF BINGAMAN JIM SASSER legislation LIBRA LIBRARY CONGRESS LIBRARY LIBRARY LIBRARY OF CONGRE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LIBRARY THE LIBRARY limitation McFEE Medical Officer Medical School Faculty Michigan MORRISON NGRESS Office of Personnel overall overpayment PCA Population PCA Quit percent in Category performance awards Personnel Management physi physicians comparability allowance private practice Quit for Pay Receiving PCA recruitment and retention retention problems Schedule Senator MATHIAS Senator STEVENS Senior Executive Service September 30 SMITH special rates special salary rates specialty Staffing Success Rate STHE LIBRARY subcommittee TED STEVENS Total Quit Turnover Rate United States Code Vacancy Rate
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Page 8 - ... (2) encourage excellence in performance by members. (dXD The Secretary shall determine, subject to the provisions of this subsection, the pay of members of the Service. (2) The pay of a member of the Service shall not be less than the minimum rate payable for GS-15 of the General Schedule and shall not exceed the rate payable for level I of the Executive Schedule unless approved by the President under section 5377(dX2) of title 5, United States Code. (e) The Secretary may, upon the request of...
Page 14 - Locally, for example, research physicians were originally offered comparability allowances by the National Institutes of Health, the Naval Medical Research Institute and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. On the other hand, the Commander of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center refused comparability allowances to research physicians and all others within his command.
Page 1 - ... necessary to deal with the recruitment and retention problem for each such category of physicians. (d) Any agreement entered into by a physician under this section shall be for a period of one year of service in the agency involved unless the physician requests an agreement for a longer period of service. No agreement shall be entered into under this section later than September 30, 1997, nor shall any agreement cover a period of service extending beyond September 30, 1999.
Page 2 - ... Department sought a waiver from repayment for the affected executives through procedures established by the General Accounting Office. In response to our request, the Comptroller General ruled that payments in excess of the statutory limit may not be waived by GAO. The GAO authority to grant a waiver applies only to claims of the Government arising out of erroneous payments. Since the bonus payments that were issued were legal when they were issued and properly made, these payments were, therefore,...
Page 26 - PCA (plus seven who currently do not) are in favor of its continuation; eight are neutral; no agency is opposed to its renewal. Some agencies noted specific conditions or medical areas which caused particular difficulty. Agriculture, AID, and NIH expressed most concern about research positions. NIH asserted that only a small percentage of the nation's physicians are capable of conducting...
Page 26 - Defense were most concerned about their ability to hire and retain certain specialties, eg, radiology, oto laryngology, and orthopedic surgery. Working in remote areas caused concern at Army, Defense, and Agriculture (Grand Forks, North Dakota); doctors are not typically inclined to locate in these areas. NASA says that recruiting for aerospace medicine and research is always difficult because very few physicians qualify for this new field of medicine.
Page 8 - SES, employed by the Public Health Service in the Department of Health and Human Services.
Page 3 - ... production fuels provides for a replacement sand filter for ventilation air exhausted from the Savannah River F Area chemical separation facilities. This project is required due to the deterioration of the existing structure built about 20 years ago. Mr. Chairman, this completes my prepared statement. I would be glad to answer any questions the committee may have on the fiscal year 1974 budget request. FISCAL YEAR 1074 BUDGET Mr.
Page 15 - Committee urges the Office of Personnel Management and those agencies employing Civil Service physicians to examine more closely the recruitment and...
Page 2 - I pay cap of $69,630 when the SES pay cap was raised from a little over $50,000 to $58,500 on January 1, 1982. The cause of the overpayments for the 13 physicians is the SES performance award that each received in December 1981. Were it not for that performance award, the combination of base pay and physicians comparability allowance would not have exceeded the statutory limit of $69,630. The Department...