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VA Northern Arizona HCS facility in Lake Havasu City scheduled 3,289 medical appointments in January 2020

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The VA Northern Arizona Health Care System, subsidiary 649GC in Lake Havasu City, Arizona scheduled 3,289 pending appointments during the period ending February 1, according to data collected from the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs.

Of the total number of appointments, 3,168 had a wait time of 30 days or less (96.3%) and 121 appointments (3.7%) 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 who earn a higher income are placed in the lower priority groups.

VA Northern Arizona Health Care System Appointments Scheduled in January
Facility CodeLocationTotal Appointments ScheduledAppointments Scheduled 30 Days or LessAppointments Scheduled More than 30 Days
649Prescott19,30117,7521,549
649GCLake Havasu City3,2893,168121
649GAKingman2,7792,69683
649GECottonwood1,8201,700120
649GBFlagstaff1,3231,201122
649GDAnthem50947534
649QAChinle25223121
649QHKayenta36351
649QFTuba City24240
649QBHolbrook23203
649QDPage15150
Source: U.S. Veteran's Administration

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