Housestaff Pull List Coverage Pool Reimbursement Sample Clauses

Housestaff Pull List Coverage Pool Reimbursement. A. The PHT shall fund a pull list coverage pool in the amount of $175,000 per academic year. A HSO who provides pull coverage shall be paid and assigned in accordance with this Section. B. Pull list coverage shall cover all bargaining unit HSOs who provide pull coverage as approved by the Program Director or Chief Resident regardless of the reason causing the absence. Any HSO who submits pull coverage shall be entitled to payment from the available pull cov- erage pool funds. C. Pull List coverage provided by an HSO is to be counted towards the ACGME duty hours rules and will be logged by the HSO on the date the coverage is provided. D. In order to be eligible for being assigned coverage, a HSO shall not be scheduled for any regular on-call duties during the month of assign- ment to pull coverage. E. Pull coverage shall be first offered to HSOs within the same depart- ment as the absent HSO who volunteer for such duty. If more than one HSO volunteers, then the coverage shall be rotated on an equal basis. If there are no volunteers within the department, the Chief Resident shall then assign coverage on an equal basis. F. In order to provide pull pool coverage for CIR delegates to attend the CIR annual convention, each academic year the PHT shall maintain a balance of an amount equal to 12 shifts (at the Saturday/Sunday Holiday shift rate) in the pull pool until CIR notifies the PHT in writing to release the unused funds. G. Payment shall be made as follows per each on call period and each shift covered. ER Sat/Sun/Holiday Day Shift $290 ER Night Shift Monday-Friday $290 ER Sat/Sun/Holiday Night Shift $375 Call Monday-Friday $425 Call Sat/Sun/Holiday $450 H. Newly employed HSO who arrive during the month of June and who submit pull coverage claims for coverage performed during that month, shall be paid out of the annual pool, which begins in the immediate subsequent month of July. I. If the yearly pull fund balance reaches a level where there is not enough monies to fund the first unpaid claim, such claim shall never- theless be paid in full. J. HSO in the Department of Psychiatry that are scheduled for regular on call status, shall still be entitled to pull coverage. If this situation should occur in any other Department, the parties shall meet within fifteen (15) days to address and resolve the matter.