Health

Direct Expenditures in the Health Sector

Grants in the Health Sector

The federal government spent approximately $555.7 billion in fiscal year 2010 on grant programs that may provide a subsidy to the Health sector.1 This funding, administered by seven agencies2 across more than 270 active programs (Table 1), accounted for almost 68 percent of all government grants made that year ($822.6 billion).3 This makes grants in the Health sector the largest of all the sectors analyzed by Subsidyscope. This is due to the fact that Medicare and Medicaid make up 60 percent of all grants payments reported in USASpending.gov in fiscal year 2010; the same programs make up 89 percent of all health grants in the same year.4

Subsidyscope reports the total amount spent on grants and contracts that are most likely to contain any subsidy. Since not all the spending in these programs would properly be counted as a subsidy, the spending estimates presented here constitute the upper bound of government subsidies in a sector. For example, there is a distinction between spending on grants and contracts and the subsidies conveyed through that spending. Not all of the money obligated to a grant or contract ends up subsidizing the sector. Some funds are devoted to administering the grants or other activities that do not affect supply or prices. However, little data are available that would help estimate just the subsidy portion of spending on grants and contracts.

Figure 1: Expenditures on Grant Programs in the Health Sector, Fiscal Years 2000-2010 ($ billions)

Source: Subsidyscope analysis of data from USASpending.gov. Estimates are in nominal dollars and reflect the data as they appear in USASpending.gov at the time of this analysis.

Note: Data presented are obligations to programs that Subsidyscope deems likely to contain a subsidy. All grant programs in Subsidyscope's definition of the Health sector are included, despite the fact that some programs may not have reported dollar amounts. Changes in government reporting methods during fiscal year 2007 make the estimates for that year highly unreliable. Moreover, the dip in FY2007 for our Health sector grants data is primarily attributable to the fact that totals for Medicare Parts A, B, and D were not reported to USASpending.gov. Of the $373.6 billion drop in reporting between FY2006 and FY2007, $360.2 billion, or 96 percent, is attributable to non-reporting by these three programs. For more information about the quality of these data sources, visit Clearspending.org.

The direct expenditure totals presented on this Web page are compiled using government data from USASpending.gov and the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA).5 As previously noted, these data may not include some types of subsidies and may contain gaps that prevent allocating some published subsidy data to the Health sector. All of these limitations can result in omissions of federal support that may, nonetheless, influence markets. However, they are the best data available and they provide a baseline for comparing subsidies across economic sectors. By publishing these estimates, Subsidyscope makes these data more accessible and their shortcomings can be more easily identified and, ultimately, improved.

Contracts in the Health Sector

In addition to awarding grants, the government directly contracts with organizations to provide health-related goods and services. During fiscal year 2010, all reported health-related contracts totaled $32.6 billion, 6 percent of all government contracts ($537.8 billion).6 Of the $32.6 billion in total health-related contracts, $5.3 billion, or 16 percent, were not competed.7 While not all contracts contain a subsidy, non-competed contracts are more likely to contain a subsidy than competed contracts.

Subsidyscope's focus on non-competed contracts reflects that the federal government generally prefers agencies to compete contracts because competition is expected to result in lower costs and/or better quality goods and services. In contrast, non-competed contracts generally are assumed to be more likely to cost the government more than the fair market value.8

Subsidyscope presents spending on programs deemed likely to contain a subsidy, rather than the subsidy amount itself. Under a contract, a subsidy occurs when the government pays more than fair market value for a good or service. It is difficult to determine when and how much of a subsidy is included, as the fair market value may be open to interpretation. Subsidyscope does not differentiate between specific contracts that may or may not include a subsidy or measure the amount of the subsidy. However, competed contracts—contracts that are subject to an open bidding process—generally are less likely to have a subsidy component, even though the bidding process may include certain preferences. Therefore, Subsidyscope does not analyze competed contracts. This does not mean non-competed contracts contain a significant subsidy, only that they are more likely to do so. There may be various reasons why the government uses non-competed contracts, for example, there may be only one provider of the service, there may be unique experience required, or it may be more expedient or convenient. For more information on contracts, see Subsidyscope’s Contracts page.

Figure 2: Expenditures on Non-competed Contracts in the Health Sector, Fiscal Years 2000-2010 ($ billions)

Source: Subsidyscope analysis of data from USASpending.gov. Estimates are in nominal dollars and reflect the data as they appear in USASpending.gov at the time of this analysis.

Note: Government spending on non-competed contracts is likely more consistent during this time period than the figure represents. Any increases or decreases may reflect poor data resulting from reporting variation, in addition to actual spending increases or decreases in health-related contracts.

To search Subsidyscope's direct expenditures data from the federal government’s USASpending.gov Web site, click here for grants and here for non-competed contracts. The table below provides an aggregate summary of the grants made by each program in the Health sector in fiscal years 2009 and 2010, retrieved from Subsidyscope's searchable database of grants.

Table 1: Health Sector Direct Expenditure Programs, Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010 ($ thousands)
CFDA #CFDA Program TitleFY 2009FY 2010
93.778 Medical Assistance Program [Medicaid] $245,777,290 $253,675,134
93.773 Medicare_Hospital Insurance [Part A] $235,645,664 $119,268,719i
93.774 Medicare_Supplementary Medical Insurance [Part B] $200,113,170 $99,705,378ii
93.770 Medicare_Prescription Drug Coverage [Part D] $29,095,026 $20,847,928
93.767 Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP] $12,643,951 $10,730,095
93.701 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support $4,317,183 $3,868,364
93.855 Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation Research $2,567,902 $2,635,775
93.224 Consolidated Health Centers (Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, Public Housing Primary Care, and School Based Health Centers) $1,942,319 $1,968,579
93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training $1,871,831 $1,896,054
93.959 Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse $1,689,661 $1,708,661
93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research $1,473,757 $1,582,819
93.847 Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research $1,426,269 $1,524,873
93.210 Tribal Self-Governance Program: IHS Compacts/Funding Agreements $1,194,163 $1,417,334
93.853 Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders $1,320,806 $1,354,189
64.012 Veterans Prescription Service not reported $1,264,591
93.917 HIV Care Formula Grants $1,177,560 $1,228,221
93.389 National Center for Research Resources $1,199,814 $1,216,431
93.242 Mental Health Research Grants $1,098,803 $1,130,568
93.865 Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research $790,420 $921,244
93.283 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention_Investigations and Technical Assistance $883,068 $911,026
93.866 Aging Research $890,543 $901,418
93.067 Global AIDS $719,057 $818,667
93.279 Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs $779,687 $818,040
93.069 Public Health Emergency Preparedness $2,037,006 $778,040
93.702 National Center for Research Resources, Recovery Act Construction Support $31,025 $762,690
93.395 Cancer Treatment Research $736,267 $757,889
64.029 Purchase Care Program not reported $754,874
93.393 Cancer Cause and Prevention Research $689,278 $733,258
93.718 Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers Program not reported $676,637
93.914 HIV Emergency Relief Project Grants $633,029 $648,295
93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services_Projects of Regional and National Significance $565,169 $630,176
93.703 ARRA Grants to Health Center Programs [The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009] $1,384,494 $608,182
93.867 Vision Research $574,451 $581,258
93.994 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States $555,491 $551,838
93.719 ARRA - State Grants to Promote Health Information Technology not reported $547,703
93.397 Cancer Centers Support Grants $458,162 $534,612
93.777 State Survey and Certification of Health Care Providers and Suppliers (Title XVIII) Medicare $478,766 $511,575
93.396 Cancer Biology Research $500,294 $507,314
93.846 Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research $439,901 $443,444
93.838 Lung Diseases Research $480,040 $440,992
93.889 National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program $428,890 $420,584
93.724 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness Communities Putting Prevention to Work Funding Opportunities Announcement (FOA) not reported $402,111
93.958 Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services $399,735 $399,735
93.172 Human Genome Research $379,353 $388,952
93.310 Trans-NIH Research Support $354,289 $381,934
93.113 Environmental Health $335,226 $358,020
93.173 Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders $323,083 $332,641
93.839 Blood Diseases and Resources Research $363,299 $327,976
93.273 Alcohol Research Programs $313,947 $327,063
93.394 Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research $279,095 $318,607
93.940 HIV Prevention Activities_Health Department Based $335,393 $312,796
93.121 Oral Diseases and Disorders Research $299,396 $311,392
93.715 Recovery Act Comparative Effectiveness Research - AHRQ $297 $311,210
93.255 Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment $136,010 $301,458
93.217 Family Planning_Services $282,964 $292,486
93.441 Indian Self-Determination $146,851 $290,350
93.268 Immunization Grants $289,825 $287,142
93.941 HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects $390,491 $285,250
93.286 Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health $275,430 $280,836
93.887 Health Care and Other Facilities $257,680 $267,693
93.727 ARRA - Health Information Technology - Beacon Communities not reported $250,000
93.262 Occupational Safety and Health Program $215,516 $205,432
93.918 Grants to Provide Outpatient Early Intervention Services with Respect to HIV Disease $187,926 $192,600
93.398 Cancer Research Manpower $195,470 $188,537
64.015 Veterans State Nursing Home Care not reported $176,226
93.510 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Primary Care Residency Expansion Program not reported $167,356
93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research $148,720 $156,220
93.399 Cancer Control $236,839 $152,529
93.110 Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs $144,108 $150,492
93.266 Rapid Expansion of Antiretroviral Therapy Programs for HIV-Infected Persons in Selected Countries in Africa and the Caribbean Under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief $176,279 $148,050
93.185 Immunization Research, Demonstration, Public Information and Education_Training and Clinical Skills Improvement Projects $133,530 $143,751
93.226 Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes $89,822 $135,573
93.237 Special Diabetes Program for Indians_Diabetes Prevention and Treatment Projects $135,205 $134,342
93.145 AIDS Education and Training Centers $116,057 $131,081
93.361 Nursing Research $123,663 $120,330
93.723 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness-State, Territories and Pacific Islands not reported $120,160
93.791 Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration $246,593 $107,832
93.228 Indian Health Service_Health Management Development Program $118,955 $107,274
93.977 Preventive Health Services_Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Grants $106,542 $103,199
93.297 Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program not reported $100,000
93.926 Healthy Start Initiative $95,434 $99,196
93.213 Research and Training in Complementary and Alternative Medicine $101,834 $98,870
93.116 Project Grants and Cooperative Agreements for Tuberculosis Control Programs $92,681 $97,708
93.136 Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs $99,299 $95,815
93.275 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services-Access to Recovery $97,550 $94,788
93.943 Epidemiologic Research Studies of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection in Selected Population Groups $69,848 $93,595
93.991 Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant $95,635 $93,028
93.505 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program not reported $91,813
93.104 Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED) $84,230 $87,744
93.989 International Research and Research Training $70,101 $80,502
93.768 Medicaid Infrastructure Grants To Support the Competitive Employment of People with Disabilities $64,566 $79,934
93.153 Coordinated Services and Access to Research for Women, Infants, Children, and Youth $72,075 $73,159
93.888 Specially Selected Health Projects $48,513 $73,005
93.256 State Health Access Program $70,945 $70,661
93.779 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations $64,235 $64,023
93.150 Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) $52,978 $62,121
93.939 HIV Prevention Activities_Non-Governmental Organization Based $61,525 $61,967
93.728 ARRA - Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) not reported $60,000
93.241 State Rural Hospital Flexibility Program $62,080 $59,427
64.024 VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program not reported $59,277
93.780 Grants to States for Operation of Qualified High-Risk Pools $75,000 $55,000
93.092 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program not reported $54,877
93.103 Food and Drug Administration_Research $47,976 $52,133
93.411 ARRA Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals not reported $50,572
93.135 Centers for Research and Demonstration for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention $63,514 $50,307
93.884 Grants for Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry $44,371 $50,249
93.525 State Planning and Establishment Grants for the Affordable Care Act (ACA)s Exchanges not reported $48,788
93.944 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus Syndrome (AIDS) Surveillance $44,046 $48,423
93.879 Medical Library Assistance $54,271 $48,216
93.403 ARRA Grants for Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry Training and Enhancement not reported $47,267
93.143 NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education $46,340 $47,041
93.511 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Grants to States for Health Insurance Premium Review not reported $46,000
93.925 Scholarships for Health Professions Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds $41,989 $45,588
93.938 Cooperative Agreements to Support Comprehensive School Health Programs to Prevent the Spread of HIV and Other Important Health Problems $40,014 $44,892
93.233 National Center on Sleep Disorders Research $36,601 $44,323
64.005 Grants to States for Construction of State Home Facilities $141,307 $44,139
93.912 Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program $44,898 $43,780
93.281 Mental Health Research Career/Scientist Development Awards $43,507 $43,744
93.507 Strengthening Public Health Infrastructure for Improved Health Outcomes not reported $42,500
93.247 Advanced Nursing Education Grant Program $43,369 $42,138
17.503 Occupational Safety and Health_State Program $54,968 $38,839
93.129 Technical and Non-Financial Assistance to Health Centers $58,562 $37,943
93.142 NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training $36,416 $36,910
93.138 Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness $35,930 $36,291
93.721 ARRA - Health Information Technology Professionals in Health Care not reported $35,726
93.520 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Affordable Care Act (ACA) Communities Putting Prevention to Work not reported $34,232
93.359 Nurse Education, Practice and Retention Grants $34,476 $33,395
93.282 Mental Health National Research Service Awards for Research Training $31,234 $31,663
93.513 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Advanced Nursing Education Expansion Initiative not reported $31,044
93.070 Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response $25,561 $30,346
93.514 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Expansion of Physician Assistant Training Program not reported $30,118
93.789 Alternatives to Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities for Children $5,889 $28,901
93.065 Laboratory Leadership, Workforce Training and Management Development, Improving Public Health Laboratory Infrastructure $3,521 $28,618
93.184 Disabilities Prevention $25,900 $27,462
93.061 Innovations in Applied Public Health Research $35,091 $27,047
93.725 ARRA - Communities Putting Prevention to Work: Chronic Disease Self-Management Program not reported $27,000
93.521 The Affordable Care Act: Building Epidemiology, Laboratory, and Health Information Systems Capacity in the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Disease (ELC) and Emerging Infections Program (EIP) Cooperative Agreements not reported $26,740
17.502 Occupational Safety and Health_Susan Harwood Training Grants $9,877 $26,659
93.253 Poison Center Support and Enhancement Grant Program $25,438 $26,509
93.197 Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Projects_State and Local Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance of Blood Lead Levels in Children $26,218 $25,995
93.500 Pregnancy Assistance Fund Program not reported $24,000
93.157 Centers of Excellence $19,218 $23,640
93.264 Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP)iii $10,680 $23,481
93.928 Special Projects of National Significance $23,730 $23,269
93.822 Health Careers Opportunity Program $18,329 $21,130
93.945 Assistance Programs for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control $28,673 $20,940
93.407 ARRA - Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students $19,342 $20,458
93.933 Demonstration Projects for Indian Health $6,264 $20,336
93.107 Area Health Education Centers Point of Service Maintenance and Enhancement Awards $18,128 $20,032
93.127 Emergency Medical Services for Children $18,341 $19,400
93.249 Public Health Training Centers Grant Program $5,199 $19,124
93.729 ARRA Health Information Technology and Public Health not reported $19,066
93.301 Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program $17,530 $17,972
93.004 Cooperative Agreements to Improve the Health Status of Minority Populations $20,751 $17,641
93.236 Grants for Dental Public Health Residency Training $10,192 $17,622
93.969 Geriatric Education Centers $16,471 $17,227
93.523 The Affordable Care Act: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Prevention and Public Health Fund Activities not reported $17,200
93.936 National Institutes of Health Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan Repayment Program $23,206 $16,770
93.358 Advanced Nursing Education Traineeships $16,001 $16,000
93.137 Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program $10,933 $15,162
93.251 Universal Newborn Hearing Screening $14,371 $15,009
93.515 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Nurse-Managed Health Clinics not reported $14,848
93.722 ARRA - IHS Tribal Agreements $49,731 $14,649
93.178 Nursing Workforce Diversity $14,851 $14,520
93.712 ARRA - Immunization $99,971 $14,487
93.506 ACA Nationwide Program for National and State Background Checks for Direct Patient Access Employees of Long Term Care Facilities and Providers not reported $13,752
93.932 Native Hawaiian Health Systems $15,190 $13,200
93.924 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Dental Reimbursements Community Based Dental Partnership $12,828 $12,938
93.240 State Capacity Building $12,339 $12,433
64.014 Veterans State Domiciliary Care not reported $12,080
93.995 Adolescent Family Life_Demonstration Projects $24,101 $12,058
93.946 Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs $16,323 $11,367
93.824 Area Health Education Centers Infrastructure Development Awards $12,480 $10,787
93.604 Assistance for Torture Victims $10,260 $10,628
93.260 Family Planning_Personnel Training $10,944 $10,598
93.225 National Research Service Awards_Health Services Research Training $9,209 $10,328
93.360 Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Biodefense Medical Countermeasure Development not reported $10,218
93.051 Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States $10,225 $10,140
93.731 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness - Leveraging National Organizations not reported $10,000
93.730 ARRA Prevention Research Centers Comparative Effectiveness Research Program not reported $9,997
93.193 Urban Indian Health Services $11,325 $9,987
93.420 ARRA - Community Health Applied Research Network not reported $9,953
93.272 Alcohol National Research Service Awards for Research Training $10,472 $9,864
17.600 Mine Health and Safety Grants $8,226 $9,851
93.913 Grants to States for Operation of Offices of Rural Health $9,239 $9,840
93.211 Telehealth Programs $7,248 $9,794
17.276 Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) not reported $9,783
93.720 ARRA - Survey and Certification Ambulatory Surgical Center Healthcare-Associated Infection (ASC-HAI) Prevention Initiative $734 $9,265
93.130 Cooperative Agreements to States/Territories for the Coordination and Development of Primary Care Offices $9,458 $9,078
93.155 Rural Health Research Centers $7,564 $8,721
93.165 Grants to States for Loan Repayment Program $9,029 $8,357
93.978 Preventive Health Services_Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research, Demonstrations, and Public Information and Education Grants $7,982 $8,275
93.156 Geriatric Training for Physicians, Dentists and Behavioral/Mental Health Professionals $5,614 $8,055
12.350 Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program $24,609 $7,996
93.134 Grants to Increase Organ Donations $7,353 $7,800
93.910 Family and Community Violence Prevention Program $6,075 $7,766
93.186 National Research Service Award in Primary Care Medicine $7,507 $7,511
93.965 Coal Miners Respiratory Impairment Treatment Clinics and Services $7,399 $7,338
93.008 Medical Reserve Corps Small Grant Program $7,350 $6,880
93.524 The Affordable Care Act (ACA): Capacity Building Assistance to Strengthen Public Health Infrastructure and Performance not reported $6,782
93.448 Food Safety and Security Monitoring Project $6,399 $6,682
93.392 Cancer Construction $6,688 $6,661
93.412 ARRA - Preventive Medicine Residency Program not reported $6,652
93.408 ARRA - Nurse Faculty Loan Programiii $5,328 $6,544
93.982 Mental Health Disaster Assistance and Emergency Mental Health $29,754 $6,525
93.191 Patient Navigator and Chronic Disease Prevention Program $4,952 $6,513
93.988 Cooperative Agreements for State-Based Diabetes Control Programs and Evaluation of Surveillance Systems $5,143 $6,489
93.068 Chronic Diseases: Research, Control, and Prevention $3,387 $6,439
93.235 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Abstinence Education Program $22,949 $6,420
93.974 Family Planning_Service Delivery Improvement Research Grants $5,512 $6,261
93.015 HIV Prevention Programs for Women $5,500 $5,975
93.856 Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research $15,563 $5,959
93.271 Alcohol Research Career Development Awards for Scientists and Clinicians $7,287 $5,943
93.161 Health Program for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry $2,670 $5,729
93.231 Epidemiology Cooperative Agreements $12,830 $5,605
93.296 State Partnership Grant Program to Improve Minority Health not reported $5,370
93.234 Traumatic Brain Injury State Demonstration Grant Program $5,087 $5,204
93.250 Geriatric Academic Career Awards not reported $5,032
93.522 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Prevention Center for Healthy Weight not reported $4,984
93.088 Advancing System Improvements to Support Targets for Healthy People 2010 $4,447 $4,976
93.016 Postal Model for Medical Countermeasures Delivery and Distribution $9,987 $4,952
93.402 ARRA - State Loan Repayment Program $5,814 $4,566
93.891 Alcohol Research Center Grants $6,342 $4,410
93.265 Comprehensive Geriatric Education Program(CGEP) $4,163 $4,357
93.512 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal and Home Care Aide State Training Program (PHCAST) not reported $4,213
93.704 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Loan Repayment Support not reported $3,967
93.089 Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals not reported $3,795
93.007 Public Awareness Campaigns on Embryo Adoption $3,725 $3,693
93.970 Health Professions Recruitment Program for Indians $2,709 $3,507
93.365 Sickle Cell Treatment Demonstration Program $2,658 $3,501
93.419 ARRA - Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Pediatric Research Network Program not reported $3,500
93.418 ARRA - Emergency Medical Services for Children not reported $3,498
93.006 State and Territorial and Technical Assistance Capacity Development Minority HIV/AIDS Demonstration Program $8,778 $3,464
93.267 State Grants for Protection and Advocacy Services $3,274 $3,272
93.063 Centers for Genomics and Public Health $500 $3,225
93.118 Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Activity $3,174 $3,206
93.269 Complex Humanitarian Emergency and War-Related Injury Public Health Activities $2,790 $3,060
93.508 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program not reported $3,000
93.117 Preventive Medicine Residency Program $1,261 $2,831
93.449 Ruminant Feed Ban Support Project $2,267 $2,645
93.284 Injury Prevention Program for American Indians and Alaskan Natives_Cooperative Agreements $1,623 $2,490
93.503 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Nursing and Home Health Aides Training Program not reported $2,412
93.942 Research, Treatment and Education Programs on Lyme Disease in the United States $1,632 $2,321
93.259 Rural Access to Emergency Devices Grant $1,278 $2,264
93.990 National Health Promotion $2,485 $2,169
93.338 Foreign Public Health Construction not reported $2,000
93.975 National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Grant $2,000 $2,000
93.064 Laboratory Training, Evaluation, and Quality Assurance Programs $2,785 $1,990
93.212 Chiropractic Demonstration Project Grants $1,814 $1,945
93.290 National Community Centers of Excellence in Women's Health not reported $1,900
93.414 ARRA - State Primary Care Offices $1,830 $1,773
93.204 Surveillance of Hazardous Substance Emergency Events $1,634 $1,733
93.257 Grants for Education, Prevention, and Early Detection of Radiogenic Cancers and Diseases $1,642 $1,714
93.018 Strengthening Public Health Services at the Outreach Offices of the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission not reported $1,465
93.964 Public Health Traineeships $1,436 $1,437
93.223 Development and Coordination of Rural Health Services $776 $1,325
93.124 Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships $1,250 $1,252
93.100 Health Disparities in Minority Health $334 $1,200
93.443 Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Program for American Indians and Alaska Natives $835 $1,067
93.440 National Project Management of the Healthcare Communities Knowledge Gateway not reported $999
93.410 ARRA Licensure Portability Grant Program not reported $998
93.066 State Vital Statistics Improvement Program $732 $889
93.300 National Center for Health Workforce Analysis $750 $750
93.208 Great Lakes Human Health Effects Research $798 $598
17.603 Brookwood-Sago Grant $410 $500
93.206 Human Health Studies_Applied Research and Development $600 $500
93.238 Cooperative Agreements for State Treatment Outcomes and Performance Pilot Studies Enhancement $1,374 $500
93.003 Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund $50 $450
17.505 OSHA Data Initiative $721 $419
93.239 Policy Research and Evaluation Grants not reported $400
64.026 Veterans State Adult Day Health Care not reported $318
93.444 Tribal Self-Governance Program: Planning and Negotiation Cooperative Agreement not reported $285
93.923 Disadvantaged Health Professions Faculty Loan Repayment (FLRP) and Minority Faculty Fellowship Program (MFFP) $68 $257
93.073 Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities - Prevention and Surveillance not reported $185
93.760 Rural PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) Provider Grant Program not reported $174
93.285 National Institutes of Health Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program not reported $68
93.252 Healthy Communities Access Program $iv $29
17.504 Consultation Agreements $31,172 -$300
10.029 Avian Influenza Indemnity Program not reported not reported
10.475 Cooperative Agreements with States for Intrastate Meat and Poultry Inspection $135,543 not reported
10.477 Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection not reported not reported
10.479 Food Safety Cooperative Agreements not reported not reported
10.874 Delta Health Care Services Grant Program not reported not reported
14.128 Mortgage Insurance_Hospitals not reported not reported
17.601 Mine Health and Safety Counseling and Technical Assistance not reported not reported
17.602 Mine Health and Safety Education and Training not reported not reported
17.604 Safety and Health Grants not reported not reported
21.013 Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Credit not reported not reported
64.007 Blind Rehabilitation Centers not reported not reported
64.008 Veterans Domiciliary Care not reported not reported
64.009 Veterans Medical Care Benefits not reported not reported
64.010 Veterans Nursing Home Care not reported not reported
64.011 Veterans Dental Care not reported not reported
64.013 Veterans Prosthetic Appliances not reported not reported
64.016 Veterans State Hospital Care not reported not reported
64.018 Sharing Specialized Medical Resources not reported not reported
64.019 Veterans Rehabilitation_Alcohol and Drug Dependence not reported not reported
64.022 Veterans Home Based Primary Care not reported not reported
64.127 Monthly Allowance for Children of Vietnam Veterans Born with Spina Bifida not reported not reported
64.128 Vocational Training and Rehabilitation for Vietnam Veterans' Children with Spina Bifida or Other Covered Birth Defects not reported not reported
93.010 Community-Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) $87,255 not reported
93.011 National Organizations of State and Local Officials not reported not reported
93.012 Improving, Enhancing, and Evaluating Outcomes of Comprehensive Heart Health Care Programs for High-Risk Women not reported not reported
93.013 Ambassadors for Change Program not reported not reported
93.014 Steps to Healthier Girls Program not reported not reported
93.017 Strengthening the Management and Services of the Women's and Children's Hospitals in Kabul not reported not reported
93.019 Technical Assistance and Provision for Foreign Hospitals and Health Organizations $11,647 not reported
93.043 Special Programs for the Aging_Title III, Part D_Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Services not reported not reported
93.055 Applied Leadership for Community Health Improvement not reported not reported
93.056 Initiative to Educate State and Territorial Officials about Maintaining and Strengthening Public Health in a Changing Environment not reported not reported
93.062 Biomonitoring Programs for State Public Health Laboratories not reported not reported
93.071 Medicare Enrollment Assistance Program $17,500 not reported
93.105 Bilingual/Bicultural Service Demonstration Grants $2,249 not reported
93.111 Adolescent Family Life Research Grants $507 not reported
93.123 Health Professions Pregraduate Scholarship Program for Indians not reported not reported
93.140 Intramural Research Training Award not reported not reported
93.162 National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program not reported not reported
93.164 Indian Health Service Educational Loan Repayment not reported not reported
93.181 Podiatric Residency Training in Primary Care not reported not reported
93.187 Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds not reported not reported
93.189 Health Education Training Centers Continuing Educational Support for Health Professionals Serving in Underserved Communities not reported not reported
93.192 Quentin N. Burdick Program for Rural Interdisciplinary Training not reported not reported
93.202 Capacity Building Among American Indian Tribes not reported not reported
93.209 Contraception and Infertility Research Loan Repayment Program not reported not reported
93.220 Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds not reported not reported
93.229 Demonstration Cooperative Agreements for Development and Implementation of Criminal Justice Treatment Networks not reported not reported
93.230 Consolidated Knowledge Development and Application (KD&A;) Program not reported not reported
93.232 Loan Repayment Program for General Research not reported not reported
93.244 Mental Health Clinical and AIDS Service-Related Training Grants not reported not reported
93.270 Adult Viral Hepatitis Prevention and Control not reported not reported
93.280 National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers not reported not reported
93.288 National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program not reported not reported
93.289 President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition not reported not reported
93.291 Surplus Property Utilization not reported not reported
93.294 Mentoring Partnership Program - Protege not reported not reported
93.295 Intergenerational Approaches to HIV/AIDS Prevention Education with Women across The Lifespan Pilot Program $1,300 not reported
93.303 Nursing Scholarship Program not reported not reported
93.308 Extramural Loan Repayment for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds Conducting Clinical Research not reported not reported
93.339 Public Health Conference Support not reported not reported
93.400 National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program not reported not reported
93.401 ARRA - National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment not reported not reported
93.404 ARRA Dental Public Health Residency Training Grants $811 not reported
93.405 ARRA - Public Health Traineeship Program $2,985 not reported
93.406 Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program (NELRP) not reported not reported
93.409 Faculty Loan Repayment Programs not reported not reported
93.415 ARRA - Centers of Excellence $5,029 not reported
93.416 ARRA - Health Careers Opportunity Program $2,504 not reported
93.417 ARRA - Nursing Workforce Diversity $2,618 not reported
93.442 Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) Competitive Grant Program not reported not reported
93.445 Indian Health Service Sanitation Facilities Construction Program not reported not reported
93.451 The Linkage to Life Program: Rebuilding Broken Bridges for Minority Families Impacted by HIV/AIDS. not reported not reported
93.452 Health Improvement for Re-entering Ex-offenders Initiative (HIRE) HIV/AIDS not reported not reported
93.453 Coalition for a Healthier Community not reported not reported
93.501 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Grants for School-Based Health Center Capital Expenditures not reported not reported
93.502 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Infrastructure to Expand Access to Care not reported not reported
93.504 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Family to Family Health Information Centers not reported not reported
93.516 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Public Health Training Centers Program not reported not reported
93.519 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Consumer Assistance Program Grants not reported not reported
93.526 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Grants for Capital Development in Health Centers not reported not reported
93.527 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program not reported not reported
93.528 National Forum for State and Territorial Chief Executives not reported not reported
93.529 Pre-existing Condition Insurance Program (PCIP) not reported not reported
93.530 Affordable Care Act - Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payments Program not reported not reported
93.531 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Affordable Care Act) authorizes Community Transformation Grants and National Dissemination and Support for Community Transformation Grants not reported not reported
93.533 Prevention and Public Health Fund (Affordable Care Act): Enhanced Surveillance for New Vaccine Preventable Disease not reported not reported
93.534 Affordable Care Act Program for Early Detection of Certain Medical Conditions Related to Environmental Health Hazards not reported not reported
93.535 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration not reported not reported
93.536 The Affordable Care Act Medicaid Incentives for Prevention of Chronic Disease Demonstration Project not reported not reported
93.537 Affordable Care Act Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration not reported not reported
93.538 Affordable Care Act - National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program-Network Implementation not reported not reported
93.539 Prevention and Public Health Fund (Affordable Care Act) - Capacity Building Assistance to Strengthen Public Health Immunization Infrastructure and Performance not reported not reported
93.540 Affordable Care Act Streamlined surveillance for ventilator-associated pneumonia: Reducing burden and demonstrating preventability not reported not reported
93.541 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) not reported not reported
93.542 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers: Affordable Care Act (ACA) Special Interest Project Competitive Supplements (SIPS) not reported not reported
93.544 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Affordable Care Act) authorizes Coordinated Chronic Disease prevention and Health Promotion Program not reported not reported
93.717 ARRA - Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections $39,800 not reported
93.726 ARRA Accelerating Adoption of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) not reported not reported
93.769 Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment not reported not reported
93.775 State Medicaid Fraud Control Units not reported not reported
93.776 Hurricane Katrina Relief not reported not reported
93.781 Seed Grants to States for Qualified High-risk Pools $334 not reported
93.783 Medicare Transitional Drug Assistance Program for States not reported not reported
93.784 Federal Reimbursement of Emergency Health Services Furnished to Undocumented Aliens not reported not reported
93.785 Pilot Program for National and State Background Checks--Direct Patient Access for Long-term Care not reported not reported
93.786 State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs not reported not reported
93.790 Alternate Non-Emergency Service Providers or Networks $24,021 not reported
93.793 Medicaid Transformation Grants not reported not reported
93.794 Reimbursement of State Costs for Provision of Part D Drugs not reported not reported
93.796 State Survey Certification of Health Care Providers and Suppliers (Title XIX) Medicaid not reported not reported
93.890 Healthy Communities Access Program (HCAP) Demonstration Authority not reported not reported
93.908 Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program not reported not reported
93.919 Cooperative Agreements for State-Based Comprehensive Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Programs not reported not reported
93.947 Tuberculosis Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education $855 not reported
93.952 Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development not reported not reported
93.954 Tribal Recruitment and Retention of Health Professionals into Indian Health Programs not reported not reported
93.962 Health Administration Traineeships Program not reported not reported
93.971 Health Professions Preparatory Scholarship Program for Indians not reported not reported
93.972 Health Professions Scholarship Program not reported not reported
93.993 Public Health Research Accreditation Project not reported not reported
93.996 Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program not reported not reported
Grand Total $769,966,530 $555,662,655

i. The Medicare Part A spending reported in USASpending.gov for FY2010 is significantly less than what is reported in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, which shows Medicare Part A obligations for FY2010 to be $245.3 billion. Additionally, the Historical Tables in the President’s Budget for FY2013 display outlays for Medicare spending, in which Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) totaled $250.2 billion in FY2010 (Table 11.3).

ii. The Medicare Part B spending reported in USASpending.gov for FY2010 is significantly less than what is reported in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, which shows Medicare Part B obligations for FY2010 to be $209.8 billion. Additionally, the Historical Tables in the President’s Budget for FY2013 display outlays for Medicare spending, in which Medicare Part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) totaled $268.9 billion in FY2010 (Table 11.3).

iii. The Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) is a direct loan program not captured in the Federal Credit Supplement (FCS) portion of the President's Budget. NFLP refers to loan programs set up by nursing schools with direct grants from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS gives nursing schools grants with which to establish loan programs for nurses pursuing advanced degrees, up to 85 percent of which students can cancel after graduation. Therefore, Subsidyscope treats NFLP as a grant program.

iv. This program reported a dollar amount of -$1 for FY2009 in USASpending.gov.

Source: Subsidyscope analysis of data from USASpending.gov. Program names are copied directly from USASpending.gov. For more information about the quality of these data sources, visit Clearspending.org.

Notes: Individual estimates may not sum to the reported total due to rounding. Some programs report negative totals for FY2010. This reflects a downward adjustment to obligations made in previous years. Table excludes loans and loan guarantees.

  1. Subsidyscope analysis of USASpending.gov.
  2. The seven agencies are the Department of Health and Human Services (CFDA # 93.***), Department of Agriculture (10.***), the Department of Defense (12.***), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (14.***), the Department of Labor (17.***), the Department of the Treasury (21.***), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (64.***). For the purpose of counting the number of agencies that administer funding in a sector, Subsidyscope relies on the CFDA’s designation of what constitutes a federal agency.
  3. Subsidyscope analysis of USASpending.gov. This total is the aggregate of grant spending in Subsidyscope’s Agriculture, Education, Energy, Health, Housing, National Defense, Natural Resources and Environment, Science, Space, and Technology, and Transportation sectors. The Nonprofit sector is not included in this total, as it is not mutually exclusive in scope and cuts across all other sectors.
  4. Subsidyscope analysis of USASpending.gov. See table footnotes i and ii above for more on Medicare Part A and B.
  5. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) captures domestic grant programs and thus does not include grants administered in a foreign capacity.
  6. Subsidyscope analysis of USASpending.gov. This total is the aggregate of total contract spending (competed and non-competed) in Subsidyscope’s Agriculture, Education, Energy, Health, Housing, National Defense, Natural Resources and Environment, Science, Space, and Technology, and Transportation sectors. The Nonprofit sector is not included in this total, as it is not mutually exclusive in scope and cuts across all other sectors.
  7. Subsidyscope analysis of USASpending.gov. Subsidyscope has previously determined that there can be problems with the quality of the contracts data that are reported by agencies to USASpending.gov. In order to sort government contracts by economic sector, Subsidyscope uses North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes to match contracts to the appropriate economic sector, or Product Service Codes if NAICS codes are not available. (See Section C of Subsidyscope's methodology for more on how contracts are organized by sector.) Specifically, Subsidyscope found that there is significant variation in agencies' use of NAICS codes when reporting contracts to USASpending.gov over the 10-year period from fiscal year 2000 to 2010. For instance, despite there being a requirement that contracting officers identify NAICS codes for each contract, for fiscal year 2000, approximately 88 percent of all contract records are missing NAICS codes while in fiscal year 2010, only 3 percent of records are missing NAICS codes. This inconsistent application of NAICS codes as well as other reporting variations may be responsible for some of the increase in health-related contracts spending in fiscal years 2000 to 2010, as presented in Figure 2 above.
  8. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). “Competition in Contracting Guide.” p. 1.