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Performance Budget Submission for Congressional Justification

Supplemental Material

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Detail of Full-time Equivalent Employment (FTE)
Detail of Positions
New Positions Requested, FY 2007
Performance Budget Crosswalk
Summary of Full Cost

Detail of Full-time Equivalent Employment (FTE)

Office or Center 2005 Actual 2006 Estimate 2007 Request
Office of the Director (OD) 11 14 14
Office of Performance Accountability, Resources and Technology (OPART) 53 56 56
Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations (OEREP) 32 33 33
Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships (CP3) 28 28 28
Center for Outcomes and Evidence (COE) 30 32 34
Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets (CDOM) 24 25 25
Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends (CFACT) 47 48 48
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS) 25 26 28
Office of Communications and Knowledge Transfer (OCKT) 36 33 33
  286 295 299

Average GS Grade

2003: 12.6
2004: 12.8
2005: 12.6
2006: 12.6
2007: 12.6

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Detail of Positions

Position Levels 2005 Actual 2006 Estimate 2007 Request
Executive Level I 0 0 0
Executive Level II 0 0 0
Executive Level III 0 0 0
Executive Level IV 0 0 0
Executive Level V 0 0 0
   Subtotal 0 0 0
   Total Executive Level Salaries $0 $0 $0
Total—SES 3 4 4
Total—SES Salaries $ 180,059 $ 181,990 $ 185,994
GS-15 48 56 56
GS-14 56 59 61
GS-13 41 43 43
GS-12 22 22 23
GS-11 10 10 10
GS-10 2 2 2
GS-9 8 8 8
GS-8 7 10 10
GS-7 12 15 15
GS-6 7 5 5
GS-5 3 3 3
GS-4 1 1 1
GS-3 0 1 1
GS-2 2 1 1
GS-1 0 0 0
   Subtotal 219 236 239
Average GS grade 12.6 12.6 12.6
Average GS salary $73,364 $75,887 $77,557

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New Positions Requested, FY 2007

Research on Health Costs, Quality, & Outcomes (HCQO) Grade Number Annual
Salary
Medical Officer GS-15 1 $ 109,886
Medical Officer GS-15 1 $ 109,886
Health Science Administrator GS-12 1 $   66,479
Health Science Administrator GS-12 1 $   66,479
Total   4 $ 352,731

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Performance Budget Crosswalk (Dollars in Thousands)

Performance Program—Strategic Goal Area Budget Activity FY 2005
Enacted
FY 2006
Appropriation
FY 2007
Request
Safety/Quality HCQO $166,954 $167,180 $169,005
MEPS $0 $0 $0
PS $0 $0 $0
Subtotal $166,954 $167,180 $169,005
Efficiency (HCQO; MEPS) HCQO $16,350 $16,500 $17,421
MEPS $55,300 $55,300 $55,300
PS $0 $0 $0
Subtotal $71,650 $71,800 $72,721
Effectiveness HCQO $77,391 $77,015 $74,269
MEPS $0 $0 $0
PS $0 $0 $0
Subtotal $77,391 $77,015 $74,269
Organizational Excellence HCQO $0 $0 $0
MEPS $0 $0 $0
PS $2,700 $2,700 $2,700
Subtotal $2,700 $2,700 $2,700
Agency Total Request   $318,695 $318,695 $318,695

HCQO = Healthcare Cost, Quality and Outcomes
MEPS = Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys
PS = Program Support

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Summary of Full Cost

Internally, AHRQ has coded its funded activities to our strategic goal areas as well as our portfolios of work. This has been a major undertaking on the part of our planning/budget staff. The following table, along with our crosswalk table, array our funding based on our internal management coding.

Summary of Full Cost of Performance Program Stategic Goal Areas (Dollars in Millions)

Performance Program—Strategic goal—Area FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007
Safety/Quality $166.9 $167.2 $169.0
Efficiency $71.7 $71.8 $72.7
Effectiveness $77.4 $77.0 $74.3
Organizational Excellence $2.7 $2.7 $2.7
Agency Total Full Cost $318.7 $318.7 $318.7

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Current as of February 2006


Internet Citation:

Supplemental Material. From: Justification for Budget Estimates for Appropriations Committees, Fiscal Year 2007, February 2006. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cj2007/cjsupp07.htm


 

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