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VA Iowa City HCS facility in Waterloo scheduled 2,038 medical appointments in November 2020

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The VA Iowa City Health Care System, subsidiary 636GH in Waterloo, Iowa, scheduled 2,038 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, 1,840 had a wait time of 30 days or less (90.3%) and 198 appointments (9.7%) 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 Iowa City Health Care System Appointments Scheduled in November
Facility CodeLocationTotal Appointments ScheduledAppointments Scheduled 30 Days or LessAppointments Scheduled More than 30 Days
636A8Iowa City15,96012,5033,457
636GFDavenport7,0706,686384
636GNCedar Rapids2,4052,254151
636GWCoralville2,3702,29476
636GGQuincy2,3272,217110
636GSOttumwa2,0512,01239
636GHWaterloo2,0381,840198
636QJIowa City1,9901,606384
636GJDubuque1,8471,521326
636GIGalesburg1,5191,42396
636GTSterling73970039
636GUDecorah66158576
636QIDavenport2432412
636QGIowa City905337
636QCCedar Rapids19181
Source: U.S. Veteran's Administration

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