On-Call Stipends. The Community Hospital In-Patient Model provides a daily stipend of $300/day for weekdays, and $400/day for all weekends and holidays for the provision of call availability for a 24-hour period from 08:00 through to 08:00 the next day. Physicians receiving this payment are expected to adhere to the guidelines defined for Category 1 call coverage as defined under the Facility On-Call Program, specifically: • the physician group is required to provide 24/7/365 coverage; • a written on-call schedule must be provided in advance to the Zone Medical Director; • physicians must respond to calls within 10 minutes by phone and be able to be on site within 20 minutes if called in; • physicians who have been called back to a facility to attend to a patient are eligible to xxxx fee- for-service for any services delivered outside of standard working hours, which for the purpose of this program is defined as 1700h through to 0800h the following day. For the purposes of Community Hospital In Patient Model, any physician seeking to take on more than one call shift per day must have the prior written approval of the NSHA and must, as determined by the NSHA in the NSHA’s sole discretion, be able to adhere to the criteria associated with category 1 on call.
On-Call Stipends. The Community Hospital Inpatient Program provides a daily call stipend in accordance with Category 1 facility on-call rate. Physicians receiving this payment are expected to adhere to the guidelines defined for Category 1 call coverage as defined under the Facility On-Call Program, specifically: • the physician group is required to provide 24/7/365 coverage; • a written on-call schedule must be provided in advance to the Zone Medical Director; • physicians must respond to calls within 10 minutes by phone and be able to be on site within 20 minutes if called in; • physicians who have been called back to a facility to attend to a patient are eligible to bill fee- for-service for any services delivered outside of standard working hours, which for the purpose of this program is defined as 1700h through to 0800h the following day. For the purposes of Community Hospital In Patient Model, any physician seeking to take on more than one call shift per day must have the prior written approval of the NSHA and must, as determined by the NSHA in the NSHA’s sole discretion, be able to adhere to the criteria associated with category 1 on call.
