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VA Iowa City HCS facility (636A8) scheduled 20,051 medical appointments in December 2019

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The VA Iowa City Health Care System, subsidiary 636A8 in Iowa City, Iowa scheduled 20,051 pending appointments during the period ending January 1, according to data collected from the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs.

Of the total number of appointments, 17,435 had a wait time of 30 days or less (87%) and 2,616 appointments (13.1%) 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 December
Facility CodeLocationTotal Appointments ScheduledAppointments Scheduled 30 Days or LessAppointments Scheduled More than 30 Days
636A8Iowa City20,05117,4352,616
636GFDavenport7,9437,510433
636GWCoralville3,6663,556110
636GNCedar Rapids3,6333,53895
636QJIowa City3,3552,933422
636GHWaterloo2,7112,579132
636GSOttumwa2,5252,51114
636GGQuincy2,4852,40184
636GIGalesburg2,2622,17587
636GJDubuque2,1142,02589
636GTSterling97292151
636GUDecorah82780126
636QIDavenport2762715
636QGIowa City276169107
636QCCedar Rapids76760
Source: U.S. Veteran's Administration

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