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VA Iowa City HCS facility in Coralville scheduled 3,590 medical appointments in November 2019

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The VA Iowa City Health Care System, subsidiary 636GW in Coralville, Iowa scheduled 3,590 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, 3,490 had a wait time of 30 days or less (97.2%) and 100 appointments (2.8%) 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 who earn a higher income are placed in the lower priority groups.

VA Iowa City Health Care System Appointments Scheduled in November
Facility CodeLocationTotal Appointments ScheduledAppointments Scheduled 30 Days or LessAppointments Scheduled More than 30 Days
636A8Iowa City19,84917,3702,479
636GFDavenport7,5417,148393
636GNCedar Rapids3,7043,598106
636GWCoralville3,5903,490100
636QJIowa City3,3742,890484
636GHWaterloo2,7362,542194
636GSOttumwa2,5382,52810
636GGQuincy2,3872,30087
636GIGalesburg2,2522,18171
636GJDubuque2,1432,016127
636GTSterling93289042
636GUDecorah87586114
636QGIowa City308163145
636QIDavenport2662597
636QCCedar Rapids67670
Source: U.S. Veteran's Administration

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