30-Day FRN - 2900-0678 (2014)

Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 2014 / Notices
www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, Attn:
VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW.,
Washington, DC 20503 or sent through
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
Control No. 2900–0565’’ in any
correspondence. During the comment
period, comments may be viewed online
through the FDMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Crystal Rennie, Enterprise Records
Service (005R1B), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632–
7492 or email [email protected].
Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–
0565’’ in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Title: State Application for Interment
Allowance Under 38 U.S.C., Chapter 23,
VA Form 21–530a.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0565.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Data collected on VA Form
21–530a is used to determine a State’s
eligibility for burial allowance for
eligible veterans interred in a State
Veteran’s Cemetery.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published on
October 2, 2014, at page 59560.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,550
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,100.
Dated: December 22, 2014.
By direction of the Secretary.
Crystal Rennie,
VA Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2014–30362 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0677]

Agency Information Collection
(Contract for Training and
Employment) Activities Under OMB
Review
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice
announces that the Veterans Benefits
Administration (VBA), Department of
Veterans Affairs, will submit the
collection of information abstracted
below to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and comment.
The PRA submission describes the
nature of the information collection and
its expected cost and burden; it includes
the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before January 29, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, Attn:
VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW.,
Washington, DC 20503 or sent through
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
Control No. 2900–0677’’ in any
correspondence. During the comment
period, comments may be viewed online
through the FDMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Crystal Rennie, Enterprise Records
Service (005R1B), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632–
7492 or email [email protected].
Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–
0677’’ in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Contract for Training and
Employment (Chapter 31, Title 38 U.S.
Code), VA Form 28–1903.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0677.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA Form 28–1903 is used to
standardize contracts agreements
between VA and training facilities/
vendors providing vocational
rehabilitation training and employment
to veterans. VA uses the data collected
to ensure that veterans are receiving
training and employment as agreed in
the contract.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
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respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published on
October 3, 2014, at page 59894.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,200
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 60 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One-time.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,200.
Dated: December 22, 2014.
By direction of the Secretary.
Crystal Rennie,
VA Clearance Officer. U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2014–30357 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0678]

Agency Information Collection
(Agreement To Train on the Job
Disabled Veterans) Activities Under
OMB Review
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice
announces that the Veterans Benefits
Administration (VBA), Department of
Veterans Affairs, will submit the
collection of information abstracted
below to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and comment.
The PRA submission describes the
nature of the information collection and
its expected cost and burden; it includes
the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before January 29, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, Attn:
VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW.,
Washington, DC 20503 or sent through
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
Control No. 2900–0678’’ in any
correspondence. During the comment
period, comments may be viewed online
through the FDMS.
SUMMARY:

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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 2014 / Notices

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Crystal Rennie, Enterprise Records
Service (005R1B), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632–
7492 or email [email protected].
Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–
0678’’ in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Agreement to Train on the Job
Disabled Veterans, VA Form 28–1904.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0678.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA Form 28–1904 is a
written agreement between an On the
Job Training (OJT) establishments and
VA. The agreement is necessary to
ensure that OJT is providing claimants
with the appropriate training and
supervision, and VA’s obligation to
provide claimants with the necessary
tools, supplies, and equipment for such
training.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published on
October 2, 2014, at pages 59557–59558.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Estimated Annual Burden: 150 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 15 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One-time.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
600.
Dated: December 22, 2014.
By direction of the Secretary.
Crystal Rennie,
VA Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2014–30374 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Reasonable Charges for Medical Care
or Services; V3.16, 2015 Calendar Year
Update and National Average
Administrative Prescription Drug
Charge Update
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.

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AGENCY:
ACTION:

This Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) notice updates the data for
calculating the ‘‘Reasonable Charges’’
collected or recovered by VA for
medical care or services. This notice
also updates the ‘‘National Average
Administrative Costs’’ for purposes of

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calculating VA’s charges for
prescription drugs that were not
administered during treatment but
provided or furnished by VA to a
veteran.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Romona Greene, Chief Business Office
10NB, Veterans Health Administration,
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20420, (202) 382–2521. This is not a toll
free number.
Section
17.101 of 38 Code of Federal
Regulations sets forth the ‘‘Reasonable
Charges’’ for medical care or services
provided or furnished by VA to a
veteran: ‘‘For a nonservice-connected
disability for which the veteran is
entitled to care (or the payment of
expenses for care) under a health plan
contract; For a nonservice-connected
disability incurred incident to the
veteran’s employment and covered
under a worker’s compensation law or
plan that provides reimbursement or
indemnification for such care and
services; or For a nonservice-connected
disability incurred as a result of a motor
vehicle accident in a state that requires
automobile accident reparations
insurance.’’ Section 17.101 provides the
methodologies for establishing billed
amounts for several types of charges;
partial hospitalization facility charges;
outpatient facility charges; physician
and other professional charges,
including professional charges for
anesthesia services and dental services;
pathology and laboratory charges;
observation care facility charges;
ambulance and other emergency
transportation charges; and charges for
durable medical equipment, drugs,
injectables, and other medical services,
items, and supplies identified by
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding
System (HCPCS) Level II codes.
Section 17.101 provides that the
actual charge amounts at individual VA
facilities based on these methodologies
and the data sources used for
calculating those actual charge amounts
will either be published as a notice in
the Federal Register or will be posted
on the Internet site of the Veterans
Health Administration Chief Business
Office at http://www.va.gov/CBO/apps/
rates/index.asp. Certain charges are
hereby updated as stated in this notice
and will be effective on January 1, 2015.
In cases where VA has not established
charges for medical care or services
provided or furnished at VA expense
(by either VA or non-VA providers)
under other provisions or regulations,
the method for determining VA’s

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charges is set forth at 38 CFR
17.101(a)(8).
Based on the methodologies set forth
in § 17.101, this notice provides an
update to charges for 2015 HCPCS Level
II and Current Procedural Terminology
(CPT) codes. Charges are also being
updated based on more recent versions
of data sources for the following charge
types: Partial hospitalization facility
charges; outpatient facility charges;
physician and other professional
charges, including professional charges
for anesthesia services and dental
services; pathology and laboratory
charges; observation care facility
charges; ambulance and other
emergency transportation charges; and
charges for durable medical equipment,
drugs, injectables, and other medical
services, items, and supplies identified
by HCPCS Level II codes. As of the date
of this notice, the actual charge amounts
at individual VA facilities based on the
methodologies in § 17.101 will be
posted at http://www.va.gov/CBO/apps/
rates/index.asp under the heading
‘‘Reasonable Charges Data Tables’’ and
identified as ‘‘V3.16 Data Tables
(Outpatient and Professional).’’
The list of data sources used for
calculating the actual charge amounts
listed above also will be posted at
http://www.va.gov/CBO/apps/rates/
index.asp under the heading
‘‘Reasonable Charges Data Sources’’ and
identified as ‘‘Reasonable Charges V3.16
Data Sources (Outpatient and
Professional) (PDF).’’
Acute inpatient facility charges and
skilled nursing facility/sub-acute
inpatient facility charges remain the
same as set forth in the notice published
in the Federal Register on September
26, 2014 (79 FR 58048). The effective
date of those charges is October 1, 2014.
The data tables containing those actual
charges are posted at http://www.va.gov/
CBO/apps/rates/index.asp under the
heading ‘‘Reasonable Charges Data
Tables’’ and identified as ‘‘V3.15 Data
Tables (Inpatient).’’ The data sources
used to calculate these charges are
posted at http://www.va.gov/CBO/apps/
rates/index.asp under the heading
‘‘Reasonable Charges Data Sources’’
and identified as ‘‘Reasonable Charges
Data Sources V3.15 (Inpatient) (PDF).
We are also updating the list of VA
medical facility locations. The list of VA
medical facility locations, including the
first three digits of their zip codes as
well as provider based/non-provider
based designations, will be posted on
the Internet site of the Veterans Health
Administration Chief Business Office,
currently at http://www.va.gov/CBO/
apps/rates/index.asp under the heading
‘‘VA Medical Facility Locations,’’ and

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