Link the goals of your grant proposal back to your need statement. To more effectively hook grant reviewers, use visionary words in your goals. Try terms such as decrease, deliver, develop, establish, improve, increase, produce, and provide. A goal is only as good as the objectives that go with it.
Calculating the fee. The PCORI Fee is equal to $1 per covered life for each plan or policy year ending on or after Oct. 1, 2012, and before Oct. 1, 2013. The fee then increases to $2 per covered life for each plan or policy year ending on or after Oct. 1, 2013, and before Oct. 1, 2014.
Report and pay the PCORI Fee by July 31 of the year following the last day of the policy or plan year. The first PCORI Fee must be reported and paid on July 31, 2013. Report annual enrollment count (based on the first 9 months of the year) to CMS by Nov. 15 of the benefit year, beginning on Nov. 15, 2014.