Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

United States government agency

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2025	Planned integration into the new HHS Office of Strategy as part of the announced HHS reorganization.
February 27 2022	Robert Otto Valdez is appointed as director of AHRQ, succeeding David Meyers.
January 2021	David Meyers becomes acting director, serving from January 2021 to February 2022.
January 11 2021	Gopal Khanna resigns as AHRQ director in response to the January 6 Capitol riot.
July 2018	National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) and National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC) were shut down due to cessation of federal funding.
May 9 2017	Gopal Khanna is appointed as Agency director of AHRQ.
April 2016	Andrew Bindman becomes director of AHRQ, succeeding Sharon Arnold.
February 2016	Sharon Arnold becomes acting director, replacing Richard Kronick.
2015	AHRQ's annual budget was set at US$440 million, which was $24 million less than the previous fiscal year, with $334 million from Public Health Service Evaluation Funds and $106 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund.
2014	Carolyn Clancy's directorship of AHRQ ends after 12 years.
2014	Agency's budget was reduced, with Public Health Service Evaluation Funds decreasing by $30 million compared to the previous fiscal year.
2013	Richard Kronick becomes director of AHRQ.

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