Performance Pay

The 2007 Office of Personnel Management report on Performance-Based Systems in the Federal Government indicates that over 298,000 federal employees are covered by performance-based pay systems.  According to the Executive Summary: "This report shows performance-based pay systems drive improvements in managing performance, recruiting and retaining quality employees, and achieving results-oriented performance cultures."

Department of Defense National Security Personnel System (NSPS) Performance Indicators.

VA tries to start performance pay for physicians.

American Academy of Family Physicians support performance pay programs that follow seven main principles.

Association of American Medical Colleges Statement on Physician Pay for Performance outlines the key principles and goals for a pay-for performance system for physicians.

American College of Physicians position paper on "Pay-for-Performance Principles That Promote Patient-Centered Care: An Ethics Manifesto"