Employee Incentives in Healthcare: An Eight Year Comparison.

The healthcare industry continues to experience changes as initiatives related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 ensue. As healthcare costs and quality continue to be investi- gated by industry professionals, previ- ous research continues to support the direct relationship between the overall patient experience and employee job satisfaction levels.-3 This study was conducted to further analyze previous incentive data collect- ed from 2007 and 2012 and compare it to an updated healthcare employee incentive survey completed in 2015. Descriptive results demonstrate how incentive packages have changed in healthcare over the past eight years among various lines of employment within the industry. Additionally, health- care positions with creative incentive packages are further investigated in 2015, as compared to previous years.4,5.