82 FR 52972 - Agency Information Collection Activity: Ethics Consultation Feedback Tool (ECFT)

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 219 (November 15, 2017)

Page Range		52972-52973
FR Document		2017-24669

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0750]


Agency Information Collection Activity: Ethics Consultation 
Feedback Tool (ECFT)

AGENCY: Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 [email protected]. 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.

    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. The 
overall goal of ethics consultation is 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 program. Evaluation is an important 
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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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS United States for the same care or DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS services in the same geographic area. If AFFAIRS
the amount submitted for payment is
[OMB Control No. 2900–0606] [OMB Control No. 2900–0750]
less than the amount billed, VA will
Agency Information Collection Activity accept the submission as payment, Agency Information Collection
Under OMB Review: Regulation for subject to verification at VA’s Activity: Ethics Consultation Feedback
Submission of Evidence discretion. A VA employee having Tool (ECFT)
responsibility for collection of such
AGENCY: Veterans Health charges may request that the third party AGENCY: Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans payer submit evidence or information to Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs. substantiate the appropriateness of the Affairs.
ACTION: Notice. payment amount (e.g., health plan ACTION: Notice.
policies, provider agreements, medical
SUMMARY: In compliance with the evidence, proof of payment to other SUMMARY: Veterans Health
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of providers demonstrating the amount Administration, Department of Veterans
1995, this notice announces that the paid for the same care and services VA Affairs (VA), is announcing an
Veterans Health Administration, provided). This information would be opportunity for public comment on the
Department of Veterans Affairs, will needed to determine whether the third- proposed collection of certain
submit the collection of information party payer has met the test of properly information by the agency. Under the
abstracted below to the Office of demonstrating its equivalent private Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
Management and Budget (OMB) for sector provider payment amount for the 1995, Federal agencies are required to
review and comment. The PRA same care or services and within the publish notice in the Federal Register
submission describes the nature of the same geographic area as provided by concerning each proposed collection of
information collection and its expected VA. This form provides for requesting information, including each proposed
cost and burden and it includes the patient medical records, health plan reinstatement of a currently approved
actual data collection instrument. policies, provider agreements and any collection, and allow 60 days for public
DATES: Comments must be submitted on type or records that provide evidence of comment in response to the notice.
or before December 15, 2017. medical services and proof of payments DATES: Written comments and
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments made to others for the same medical recommendations on the proposed
on the collection of information through care and services. collection of information should be
www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of If VA accepts the submitted payment received on or before January 16, 2018.
Information and Regulatory Affairs, that is less than the billed charges, the ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
Office of Management and Budget, Attn: third party payer can be subject to rate on the collection of information through
VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW., verification. In the event that rate Federal Docket Management System
Washington, DC 20503 or sent through verification is conducted, the results can (FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to
electronic mail to oira_submission@ be used to negotiate better rates, recoup Brian McCarthy, Office of Regulatory
omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB underpayments, or amend agreements. and Administrative Affairs (10B4),
Control No. 2900–0606’’ in any Absent a third party payer agreement, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
correspondence. VA should also be reimbursed billed Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: charges or the amount third party payers 20420 or email to Brian.McCarthy4@
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Enterprise would pay to non-government entities. va.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control
Records Service (005R1B), Department No. 2900–0750’’ in any correspondence.
An agency may not conduct or
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont During the comment period, comments
sponsor, and a person is not required to
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, may be viewed online through FDMS.
respond to a collection of information
(202) 461–5870 or email cynthia.harvey- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
pryor@va.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB control number. The Federal Register Brian McCarthy at (202) 461–6345.
Control No. 2900–0606’’ in any Notice with a 60-day comment period SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
correspondence. soliciting comments on this collection PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must
of information was published at 82 FR obtain approval from the Office of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
40831 on August 28, 2017, pages 40831 Management and Budget (OMB) for each
Authority: US Code: 38 U.S.C. 1729. collection of information they conduct
and 40832.
Title: Regulation for Submission of or sponsor. This request for comment is
Affected Public: Individuals and
Evidence—Title 38 CFR 17.101(a)(4). being made pursuant to Section
households.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0606. 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
Type of Review: Renewal of a Estimated Annual Burden: 800 hours. With respect to the following
currently approved collection. Estimated Average Burden per collection of information, VHA invites
Abstract: Under the provisions of 38 Respondent: 120 minutes. comments on: (1) Whether the proposed
CFR, Section 17.101(a)(4), entitled Frequency of Response: Annually. collection of information is necessary
‘‘Amount of Recovery or Collection— for the proper performance of VHA’s
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Third Party Liability’’, a third-party functions, including whether the
400.
payer that is liable for reimbursing VA information will have practical utility;
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either the billed charges as described in Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of quality, utility, and clarity of the
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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Written comments and recommendations on the proposed collection of information should be received on or before January 16, 2018.
Contact		Brian McCarthy at (202) 461-6345.
FR Citation		82 FR 52972