Operating Plan for Fiscal Year 2018

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

This document summarizes the operating plan for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for FY 2018.

Dollars in Millions

Activities	FY 2017	FY 2018
Activities	Final	Final
RESEARCH ON HEALTH COSTS, QUALITY, AND OUTCOMES (HCQO)
Patient-Centered Health Research
Budget Authority	-	-
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Transfer	92.15	99.82
US Preventive Services Task Force	11.33	11.65
Health Information Technology	16.50	16.50
Health IT to Improve Quality Grants (non‐add)	14.50	14.50
Patient Safety	70.01	70.28
Healthcare‐Associated Infections (non‐add)	36.00	36.00
Combatting Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (non‐add)	10.00	10.00
Healthcare Delivery Systems Grants (non-add)	10.00	10.00
Health Services Research, Data and Dissemination
Budget Authority	88.73	94.28
Investigator-Initiated Research (non‐add)	46.73	52.93
Health Services Contracts/IAA (non‐add)	14.00	14.00
Subtotal, HCQO
Budget Authority	186.57	192.71
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund	92.15	99.82
Subtotal, HCQO Program Level Transfer	279.23	292.53
MEDICAL EXPENDITURE PANEL SURVEY1
Subtotal, MEPS	65.84	69.99
PROGRAM SUPPORT1
Health Services and Primary Care Research Study	-	1.00
Subtotal, Program Support	70.82	71.30
Totals
Budget Authority	323.23	334.00
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Transfer	92.15	99.82
Total Program Level	415.38	433.82

1. This plan reflects the levels specified in the AHRQ section of the Explanatory Statement regarding the final Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. The amounts identified in the table at the back of the Labor/HHS section of that Statement differ from the more detailed directions provided in the body of the Statement.

Page last reviewed May 2018
Page originally created February 2015

Internet Citation: Operating Plan for Fiscal Year 2018. Content last reviewed May 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/mission/operating-plan/index.html