Operating Plan for Fiscal Year 2019

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

This document summarizes the operating plan for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for FY 2019.

Dollars in Millions

Activities FY 2018 FY 2019
Final Enacted Adjustments Final
RESEARCH ON HEALTH COSTS, QUALITY, AND OUTCOMES (HCQO)
   Patient-Centered Health Research        
      Budget Authority - - - -
      Patient Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Transfer 98.626 113.212 - 113.212
   US Preventive Services Task Force 11.649 11.649 - 11.649
   Health Information Technology 16.500 16.500 - 16.500
        Health IT to Improve Quality Grants (non‐add) 14.500 14.500 - 14.500
   Patient Safety 69.447 72.276 - 72.276
        Healthcare‐Associated Infections (non‐add) 36.000 36.000 - 36.000
        Combatting Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (non‐add) 10.000 10.000 - 10.000
        Healthcare Delivery Systems Grants (non-add) 10.000 10.000 - 10.000
        Diagnostic Errors Grants (non-add) N/A 2.000 - 2.000
   Health Services Research, Data and Dissemination        
      Budget Authority 94.284 96.284 - 96.284
         Investigator-Initiated Research (non‐add) 52.933 52.933 - 52.933
         Health Services Contracts/IAA (non‐add) 14.000 14.000 - 14.000
         Population Health Research (non-add) N/A 2.000 - 2.000
Subtotal, HCQO
   Budget Authority 191.880 196.709 - 196.709
   Patient Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund 98.626 113.212 - 113.212
     Subtotal, HCQO Program Level Transfer 291.701 309.921 - 309.921
MEDICAL EXPENDITURE PANEL SURVEY
   Subtotal, MEPS 69.991 69.991 - 69.991
PROGRAM SUPPORT
         Health Services and Primary Care Research Study 1.000 - - -
   Subtotal, Program Support 71.300 71.300 - 71.300
Totals
   Budget Authority 333.171 338.000 - 338.000
   Patient Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Transfer 98.626 113.212 - 113.212
     Total Program Level 431.797 451.212 - 451.212
Page last reviewed November 2018
Page originally created February 2015
Internet Citation: Operating Plan for Fiscal Year 2019. Content last reviewed November 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/mission/operating-plan/index.html