Premium Pay Section 1 Sample Clauses

Premium Pay Section 1. On-Call Telephone on-call responsibilities are part of the overall responsibilities of each physician working fifty percent (50%) or more FTE and dentists working forty percent (40%) or more FTE. Telephone on-call responsibilities are not separately reimbursed except to the extent that they exceed an average of “one in four”, in any six month period i.e. one week on call and three weeks off call, to be prorated by percent FTE. In such instances, providers will be paid an additional fifty dollars ($50) for each weeknight and seventy-five ($75) for each weekend day or holiday day in excess of their regular obligation. It is understood that excess on-call obligations are not anticipated and will occur only when authorized in writing by Medical Administration. Physicians working less than fifty percent (50%) and dentists working less than forty percent (40%) may volunteer to take telephone call with prior approval of management and will be paid at the above rates. At the time of their initial contract, telephone on-call responsibilities were assigned consistent with initial hiring agreements and were not separately reimbursed. In the event that one or more individual clinicians’ contracts have inadvertently or otherwise left out such requirements, their base salary shall be adjusted by Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2500), prorated per FTE. Inpatient care as part of the above assigned telephone on-call shall be performed by physicians working fifty percent (50%) or more FTE. For inpatient care, physicians will be paid ninety percent (90%) of prevailing or 2005 Medi-Cal-fee for service reimbursement rates, whichever set of rates is higher. If services were billed to a different health insurance plan, providers will be reimbursed at ninety percent (90%) of that plan’s rates. Physicians previously excused from participating on the inpatient call panel will not be required to, but may volunteer to, perform inpatient care duties.