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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0606]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Regulation for
Submission of Evidence
Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Health Administration,
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 and it includes the
actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before December 15, 2017.
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. 2900–0606’’ in any
correspondence.
SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Enterprise
Records Service (005R1B), Department
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420,
(202) 461–5870 or email [email protected]. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
Control No. 2900–0606’’ in any
correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Authority: US Code: 38 U.S.C. 1729.

Title: Regulation for Submission of
Evidence—Title 38 CFR 17.101(a)(4).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0606.
Type of Review: Renewal of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Under the provisions of 38
CFR, Section 17.101(a)(4), entitled
‘‘Amount of Recovery or Collection—
Third Party Liability’’, a third-party
payer that is liable for reimbursing VA
for health care VA provided to Veterans
with non- service-connected conditions
continues to have the option of paying
either the billed charges as described in
Section 17.101 or the amount the health
plan demonstrates it would pay to
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United States for the same care or
services in the same geographic area. If
the amount submitted for payment is
less than the amount billed, VA will
accept the submission as payment,
subject to verification at VA’s
discretion. A VA employee having
responsibility for collection of such
charges may request that the third party
payer submit evidence or information to
substantiate the appropriateness of the
payment amount (e.g., health plan
policies, provider agreements, medical
evidence, proof of payment to other
providers demonstrating the amount
paid for the same care and services VA
provided). This information would be
needed to determine whether the thirdparty payer has met the test of properly
demonstrating its equivalent private
sector provider payment amount for the
same care or services and within the
same geographic area as provided by
VA. This form provides for requesting
patient medical records, health plan
policies, provider agreements and any
type or records that provide evidence of
medical services and proof of payments
made to others for the same medical
care and services.
If VA accepts the submitted payment
that is less than the billed charges, the
third party payer can be subject to rate
verification. In the event that rate
verification is conducted, the results can
be used to negotiate better rates, recoup
underpayments, or amend agreements.
Absent a third party payer agreement,
VA should also be reimbursed billed
charges or the amount third party payers
would pay to non-government entities.
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 at 82 FR
40831 on August 28, 2017, pages 40831
and 40832.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 800 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 120 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
400.
By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of
Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of
Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0750]

Agency Information Collection
Activity: Ethics Consultation Feedback
Tool (ECFT)
Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
reinstatement of a currently approved
collection, and allow 60 days for public
comment in response to the notice.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
collection of information should be
received on or before January 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to
Brian McCarthy, Office of Regulatory
and Administrative Affairs (10B4),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20420 or email to Brian.McCarthy4@
va.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control
No. 2900–0750’’ in any correspondence.
During the comment period, comments
may be viewed online through FDMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian McCarthy at (202) 461–6345.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. This request for comment is
being made pursuant to Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
With respect to the following
collection of information, VHA invites
comments on: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of VHA’s
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of VHA’s estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
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respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
the use of other forms of information
technology.
Authority: 38 U.S.C. Part 1 Chapter 5
Section 527.

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Title: Ethics Consultation Feedback
Tool (ECFT); VA Form 10–10065.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0750.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Ethics consultation is a
service provided in all Veterans Health
Administration (VHA) facilities. We
define ethics consultation as a service
provided by an individual ethics
consultant, ethics consultation team, or
ethics committee to help patients,
providers, and other parties resolve
ethical concerns in a health care setting.
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to improve health care quality by
facilitating the resolution of ethical
concerns. By providing a forum for
discussion and methods for careful
analysis, effective ethics consultation:
• Promotes practices consistent with
high ethical standards
• helps foster consensus and resolve
conflict in an atmosphere of respect
• honors participants’ authority and
values in the decision-making process
• educates participants to handle
current and future ethical concerns
Ensuring the success of the ethics
consultation service also requires
ongoing evaluation, by which we mean
systematic assessment of the operation
and/or outcomes of a program compared
to a set of explicit or implicit standards,
as a means of contributing to the
continuous improvement of the
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strategy to improve the process of ethics
consultation (i.e., how ethics
consultation is being performed) as well
as its outcomes (i.e., how ethics
consultation affects participants and the
facility).
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 47 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 5 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
569.
By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of
Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of
Veterans Affairs.
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