Conn. (WTNH) — The state could be one step closer to holding utility companies accountable if they don’t restore power for an extended period of time after a storm. The “Take Back Our Grid Act” aims ...

Some hospitals were able to outperform others in a commercial insurer episode-based incentive program, but there was little evidence of global reductions in episode spending. Objectives: To evaluate ...

HHS is reducing performance-based cash awards for employees while shifting more bonus funding toward incentive awards tied to ...

DALLAS—It’s highly unlikely diesel prices will get back to normal levels anytime soon. Even under normal circumstances, fuel remains a consistent top operational expense for fleets. Regardless of the ...

We interviewed hospital leaders and unit nurses in twenty-five hospitals between June and October 2008 to explore the effect of performance-based incentives. Interviewees expressed favorable ...

Based on interviews with corporate innovators who experienced the incentive redesign in these firms and HR experts who observed their responses, they found three areas of change took place when ...

A Missouri task force is developing a framework for a new performance-based incentive program for school districts. The proposed program would provide extra funding to districts for student ...

Historically, incentive compensation has been synonymous with sales teams— commissions, bonuses, and performance-based pay structures designed to close deals. But in today’s business landscape, ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. In recent years, there have been increasing efforts by the federal government and the ...

Connecticut regulators approved a framework for measuring the performance of the state’s electric utilities on Wednesday. Marissa Gillett, chairman of the state Public Utility Regulatory Authority, ...

The preceding chapters have synthesized our key findings and conclusions from the basic research about the way that incentives operate and from the applied research about the results of implementing ...