Title 38 - Physician and Dentist Pay (PDP) is a hybrid pay authority
intended to recruit and retain highly qualified physicians and
dentists by providing a mechanism to compensate them at levels
comparable to private sector physicians and dentists within the same
locality area. This Title 38 PDP pay authority establishes a
2-component system of pay for HHS physicians and dentists consisting
of Title 5 General Schedule (GS) base pay and Title 38 market pay,
and replaces the previous Title 38 - Physician Specialty Pay (PSP)
system authorized for use at the NIH in 1993. The new Title 38 PDP
system was effective January 8, 2006, and eliminates special pay
agreements, obligated service requirements and special pay refund
liability, and 15-year service and 8-year phase-in requirements for
the computation of retirement benefits. At the NIH, physicians and
dentists appointed under Title 5 are eligible if they spend at least
10% of their time providing direct patient-care services or services
incident to patient-care services.
Procedures for Submitting Title 38 Cases - Physician and Dentist Pay (PDP)
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