Operating Plan for Fiscal Year 2017

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

This document summarizes the operating plan for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for FY 2017 against FY 2016 actual expenditures.

Dollars in Millions

Activities FY 2016 FY 2017
Final Final
RESEARCH ON HEALTH COSTS, QUALITY, AND OUTCOMES (HCQO)
   Patient-Centered Health Research    
      Budget Authority 0.000 0.000
      Patient Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Transfer1

94.464

92.656
   US Preventive Services Task Force 11.649 11.332
   Health Information Technology 21.500 16.500
        Health IT to Improve Quality Grants (non‐add) 19.000 14.500
   Patient Safety 73.875 70.011
        Healthcare‐Associated Infections (non‐add) 37.253 36.000
        Combatting Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (non‐add) 10.000 10.000
        Healthcare Delivery Systems Grants (non-add) 10.000 10.000
   Health Services Research, Data and Dissemination    
      Budget Authority 89.398 88.731
         Investigator-Initiated Research (non‐add) 47.398 46.731
         Health Services Contracts/IAA (non‐add) 14.000 14.000
Subtotal, HCQO
   Budget Authority 196.422 186.574
   Patient Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund 94.464 92.656
     Subtotal, HCQO Program Level Transfer 290.886 186.574
MEDICAL EXPENDITURE PANEL SURVEY
   Subtotal, MEPS 66.000 65.836
PROGRAM SUPPORT
   Subtotal, Program Support 71.200 70.820
Totals
   Budget Authority 333.622 323.230
   Patient Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Transfer 94.464 92.656
     Total Program Level 428.086 415.886

1. PCORTF is the abbreviation for Patient Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund. The amounts shown are post-sequester.

Page last reviewed June 2017
Page originally created February 2015
Internet Citation: Operating Plan for Fiscal Year 2017. Content last reviewed June 2017. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/mission/operating-plan/index.html