Financial Overview

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• Financial Overview
• John A. Bradley,
• Director of Finance

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Research Infrastructure Program

• More Efficient Process
• All Research Services
• 4 Components
• Core Equipment
• Construction/Renovation Estimated 27 million
  for FY 04
• Activation
• ORD directed
• Contact Brenda Hebert 202 254-0204

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NLB Finance Committee Work Group on Financial
Management of FY 2004 Medical Prosthetic
Research (MPR) Appropriation

• What about VERA?

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Work Group Members

• Carol Ashton, MD, Chair, Director, HSRD
  Houston
• William Boyle, CFO, VISN 4
• John Bradley, Director of Finance, VHA ORD
• Albert Brese, CFO, VISN 6
• John Donnellan, Jr., Director, New York VAMC
  
• Florence Hutchison, MD, Chief of Staff,
  Charleston, VAMC
• Paul Kearns , Associate CFO, VHA Office of
  Finance
• Antonio Laracuente , AO, RD Atlanta VAMC
• Donna McCartney, PI, Palo Alto VAMC
• William Raymer, CFO, VISN 22
• Fred Wright, MD, ACOS Research, Conn HC Sys
• Mark Vige, VHA Office of Finance, Support Staff

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Charge to Work Group

• Develop an Executive Decision Memorandum (EDM)
  for the Finance Committee to present to the NLB.
  
• EDM should contain at least two options.
• EDM should also be consistent with the VHAs
  mission, vision, values, goals, and objectives as
  articulated by the Under Secretary for Health
  (USH) the Chief Research and Development
  Officer (CRADO)

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Potential Impacts

• Is the current amount correct or sufficient?
• Eliminates Medical Care ability to fund Research
  support at VACO level.
• Eliminates VISN / Facility Directors ability to
  support Research
• Providing additional support / resources to
  Research becomes a violation of appropriation
  law
• Changes the relationship between Clinical Care
  Research
• Changes from Informal to Formal
• Uncertain consequences for very large very
  small Research programs