Medical Special Pay: General Guidance
| DO’s | Do Not… |
| Submit either the Recertification Sheet or the Validation Form (with contract), and NOT both! | Bypass your programmatic channels or center’s liaison (aka Commissioned Corps Personnel Contact or CCPC) when submitting your MSP request or packet to OCCP/CDC. |
| Closely study the MSP 2004 Guidance for required document submissions (e.g., current medical license and clinical hours/privileges letter). | Forget to submit “originals” of your clinical letter, contract, forms, etc.— faxed or zeroxed signatures are inappropriate. |
| Remember that you can only do a new contract if your current contract is expiring or the rates have changed for your specialty. | Submit a contract that is on two pages—i.e., it should be back and front on one sheet. |
| Remember that Comp Branch (CB) will generally mail a copy of the related personnel orders (PO) directly to the officer and that you will be able to access a copy of the PO’s from your own eOPF within a few days of them being published. | Forget that it may take CB up to 90 days to process your MSP request even though they are completing many in less than a month. |
Always check with OCCP for special situations.
Last Reviewed: June 7, 2005