70616 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 228 / Wednesday, November 26, 2014 / Notices 

250 or more information returns, must 

file such returns electronically. 

For the voluntary year of reporting, 

the burden estimates for each form are 

listed below. 

Form Number of 

responses 

Time per 

response Total hours 

4423 ................................................................................................................................. 6 20 min. 2 

1094–B ............................................................................................................................. 15,000 4 hrs. 60,000 

1095–C ............................................................................................................................ 3,850,000 12 min. 750,000 

Total .......................................................................................................................... ............................ ............................ 810,002 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

86,072. 

Robert Dahl, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28039 Filed 11–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Sanctions Action Pursuant to 

Executive Order 13448 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing the name 

of one individual whose property and 

interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13448 of 

October 18, 2007, ‘‘Blocking Property 

and Prohibiting Certain Transactions 

Related to Burma’’ (E.O. 13448) and the 

Burmese Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR 

part 537 (BSR). 

DATES: The action described in this 

notice was effective on October 30, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Sanctions 

Compliance & Evaluation, Office of 

Foreign Assets Control, Department of 

the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW. (Treasury Annex), 

Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622– 

2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic 

and Facsimile Availability. This 

document and additional information 

concerning OFAC are available from 

OFAC’s Web site (www.treasury.gov/

ofac). Certain general information 

pertaining to OFAC’s sanctions 

programs is available via facsimile 

through a 24-hour fax-on-demand 

service, tel.: 202/622–0077. 

Notice of OFAC Action 

On October 30, 2014, OFAC blocked 

the property and interests in property of 

the following individual pursuant to 

E.O. 13448 and the BSR: THAUNG, 

Aung, No. 1099, PuBa Thiri Township, 

Ottara (South) Ward, Nay Pyi Taw, 

Burma; DOB 01 Dec 1940; POB Kyauk 

Kaw Village, Thaung Tha Township, 

Burma; Gender Male; National ID No. 

13/KaLaNa (Naing) 011849 (Burma); 

Lower House Member of Parliament 

(individual) [BURMA]. 

Dated: November 18, 2014. 

John E. Smith, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27952 Filed 11–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0621] 

Proposed Information Collection 

(National Practioner Data Bank (NPDB) 

Regulations) Activity: Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Veterans Health 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Veterans Health 

Administration (VHA), 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 revised 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. This 

notice solicits comments on the 

information needed for Veterans, 

Veteran Representatives and health care 

providers to request reimbursement 

from the federal government for 

emergency services at a private 

institution. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before January 26, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov; or 

Audrey Revere, Office of Regulatory and 

Administrative Affairs, Veterans Health 

Administration (10B4), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20420 or email: 

Audrey.revere@va.gov. Please refer to 

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0621’’ in any 

correspondence. During the comment 

period, comments may be viewed online 

through the FDMS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Audrey Revere at (202) 461–5694. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA of 1995 (Public Law 104–13; 44 

U.S.C. 3501—3521), 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 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

the use of other forms of information 

technology. 

Titles: National Practioner Data Bank. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0621. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Abstract: Under the provisions of the 

Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 

1986, which established the National 

Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), and a 

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 

between the Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) and the Department of 

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1Public Law 113–146. Signed into law by 

President Obama on August 7, 2014; the statute’s 

full title is, ‘‘To improve the access of Veterans to 

medical services from the Department of Veterans 

Affairs, and for other purposes.’’ Besides Section 

203, another key provision of this law (Section 101) 

is relevant to portions of this report because it 

requires hospital care and medical services to be 

furnished to Veterans through agreements with 

specified non-VA facilities if Veterans: (a) Have 

been unable to schedule an appointment at a VA 

medical facility within the Veterans Health 

Administration’s (VHA’s) wait-time goals for 

hospital care or medical services and such Veterans 

opt for non-VA care or services; (b) reside more 

than 40 miles from a VA medical facility; (c) reside 

in a state without a VA medical facility that 

provides hospital care, emergency medical services, 

and surgical care and such Veterans reside more 

than 20 miles from such a facility; or (d) reside 

within 40 miles of a VA medical facility but are 

required to travel by air, boat, or ferry to reach such 

facility or such Veterans face an unusual or 

excessive geographical burden in accessing the 

facility. Section 101 also provides for such care 

through agreements with any healthcare provider 

participating in the Medicare program, any 

federally-qualified health center, the Department of 

Defense (DoD), and the Indian Health Service (IHS). 

2 In June 2014, Senator Mark Warner sent a letter 

to President Obama offering pro bono private sector 

assistance to address the VA’s exam scheduling and 

workflow challenges. (The pro bono offer to help 

VA leveraged a template established in 2010–11, 

when NVTC, at the request of Senator Warner, 

partnered with the U.S. Army to help address the 

serious technology and business process challenges 

being encountered at Arlington National Cemetery.) 

Health and Human Services (HHS), VA 

medical treatment facilities are required 

to query the NPDB at the time of initial 

appointment for all licensed, registered, 

and certified health care professionals 

which is followed with the enrollment 

in the NPDB Continuous Query (CQ) 

process with annual renewal of all 

licensed independent practitioners 

appointed to a VA medical treatment 

facility. In accordance with 38 CFR, 

Chapter 1, Part 46, information is 

collected so that VA can consider if 

malpractice payments were made 

related to substandard care, professional 

incompetence, or professional 

misconduct on the part of a licensed 

health care practitioner or if any 

adjudicated adverse action was taken 

against the licensure or clinical 

privileges of a these health care 

practitioner. 

Additionally, complete and thorough 

credentialing is required to assure that 

only qualified healthcare professionals 

provide care to our Nation’s veterans. 

The term credentialing refers to the 

systematic process of screening and 

evaluating qualifications and other 

credentials, including licensure, 

required education, relevant training 

and experience, current competence and 

health status. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 2,500 

burden hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 5 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

s500. 

Dated: November 21, 2014. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Crystal Rennie, 

Department Clearance Officer, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Publication of Technology Task Force 

Review of Scheduling System and 

Software of the Department of 

Veterans Affairs 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Veterans Access, Choice, 

and Accountability Act of 2014 directs 

the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

to publish a report of the Northern 

Virginia Technology Council’s review of 

VA’s health care scheduling system and 

software. This Federal Register Notice 

announces VA’s publication of the 

Council’s report. 

ADDRESSES: The Council’s entire report 

on VA’s health care scheduling system 

and software is available at http://

www.va.gov/opa/choiceact/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James A. Tuchschmidt, MD, Acting 

Principal Deputy Under Secretary for 

Health (10A), 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20420, 

Telephone: 202–461–7008 (this is not a 

toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

203 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and 

Accountability Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 

113–146, ‘‘the Act’’) directs the 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 

through the use of a technology task 

force, to conduct a review of VA’s needs 

with respect to its scheduling system 

and scheduling software used to 

schedule appointments for veterans for 

hospital care, medical services, and 

other health care. The Act requires that 

the task force provide VA and Congress 

with a report on its review within 45 

days of enactment, and that the report 

include: 

• Proposals for specific actions to be 

taken by VA to improve its health care 

scheduling system and scheduling 

software; and 

• A determination as to whether one 

or more existing off-the-shelf systems 

would meet VA’s needs to schedule 

health care appointments for veterans 

and improve the access of veterans to 

such care. 

On September 11, 2014, VA signed a 

Memorandum of Agreement with the 

Northern Virginia Technology Council 

to conduct the review. On October 29, 

2014, the Council completed its review 

and provided VA with a report titled, 

‘‘Opportunities to Improve the 

Scheduling of Medical Exams for 

America’s Veterans: A Report Based on 

a Review of VA’s Scheduling Practices 

by the Northern Virginia Technology 

Council (NVTC).’’ 

This Federal Register Notice 

announces the Council’s report on its 

review of VA’s scheduling system and 

software. The Executive Summary of the 

report is as follows: 

Executive Summary 

This section provides a brief summary 

of this Report by answering three 

fundamental questions: 

• Why was this review performed for 

the VA? 

• What were the findings that 

informed the NVTC’s recommendations 

to VA? 

• What recommendations were 

rendered by NVTC? 

Why NVTC Conducted This Review 

The impetus for NVTC’s review is 

found in Section 203 of the [Veterans 

Access, Choice, and Accountability Act 

of 2014] 1. Section 203 called for a 

Technology Task Force to perform a 

review of VA’s scheduling system and 

software. 

Following the law’s enactment, 

NVTC 2 began working with VA to 

develop a plan for a team of NVTC 

member companies to evaluate VA’s 

scheduling processes and systems, for 

the purpose of recommending 

scheduling improvements. In a 

Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) 

signed by both parties on September 11, 

2014, VA accepted NVTC as the 

Technology Task Force required by 

Section 203 of the [Act]. In a Scope of 

Work statement, attached to the MoA, 

the agreed latitude of NVTC’s Review 

was outlined—i.e., for NVTC to examine 

and propose improvements to: 

• The scheduling of a new patient for 

his or her first visit. This would start 

with VA’s attempt to arrange exam 

appointments, and include the activities 

required to schedule, communicate, and 

confirm each appointment with the 

Veteran, concluding with the exam itself 

and the delivery of requested exam 

results. 

• The scheduling of a specialty 

consult visit from initial request from a 

primary care physician through the 

appointment being scheduled, 

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