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VA Central Alabama HCS facility (619) in Montgomery scheduled 8,254 medical appointments in November 2020

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The VA Central Alabama Health Care System, subsidiary 619 in Montgomery, Alabama, scheduled 8,254 pending appointments during the period ending December 1, according to data collected from the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs.

Of the total number of appointments, 7,209 had a wait time of 30 days or less (87.3%) and 1,045 appointments (12.7%) were scheduled more than 30 days out.

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in January 2019 reported that wait times for new appointments at VA health care facilities were similar to or better than wait times at private-sector providers between 2014 and 2017.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO), however, released a report in July 2019 that cautioned that the VA's data-tracking system only captures part of the appointment process and fails to account for the time that it takes the VA to enroll veterans in its health benefits program.

The VA explains on its website that when veterans apply for benefits, they are assigned to one of eight priority groups, with those who need immediate care due to service-related disabilities placed in higher priority groups. Veterans who do not have service-connected disabilities and earn a higher income are placed in the lower priority groups.

VA Central Alabama Health Care System Appointments Scheduled in November
Facility CodeLocationTotal Appointments ScheduledAppointments Scheduled 30 Days or LessAppointments Scheduled More than 30 Days
619GFMontgomery11,69510,3441,351
619A4Tuskegee10,2798,1342,145
619QBFort Benning8,7168,351365
619Montgomery8,2547,2091,045
619GAColumbus6,0525,858194
619GDFort Rucker5,0654,592473
619QADothan3,4343,170264
619GEMonroeville71970811
Source: U.S. Veteran's Administration

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