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Tennessee Valley HCS ranks 11th in total VA system pending appointments

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The Tennessee Valley Health Care System ranked 11th among VA health care systems with 195,986 pending appointments across its 20 locations during the period ending Jan. 1, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in January 2019 reported 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 cautioning 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.

Debra Draper, health care director at the GAO, told the House Veterans Affairs Committee new patients may actually wait up to 70 days for an appointment when they first enroll for benefits.

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

HCS Rankings of Number of VA Pending Appointments
RankHealth Care SystemTotal Pending Appointments Scheduled
1North Florida/South Georgia VA HCS266,735
2Orlando VAMC239,660
3VA Atlanta HCS217,846
4James A. Haley VA Hospital215,100
5VA Bay Pines HCS205,197
6W. G. Hefner VA MC202,111
7VA Central Texas HCS201,910
8VA North Texas HCS200,944
9Michael E. DeBakey VAMC199,977
10Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC197,625
11Tennessee Valley HCS195,986
12VA South Texas HCS185,008
13VA Caribbean HCS159,335
14Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VAMC157,755
15VA Loma Linda HCS147,557
16VA Phoenix HCS146,661
17Durham VAMC139,921
18Hunter Holmes McGuire Richmond VAMC138,385
19Fayetteville VAMC133,879
20VA Northern California HCS127,757
21VA Southern Nevada HCS126,895
22VA Central Arkansas HCS123,850
23Ralph H. Johnson VAMC122,442
24Birmingham VAMC122,113
25West Palm Beach VAMC120,261
26VA Gulf Coast Veterans HCS118,937
27VA Greater Los Angeles HCS118,799
28Oklahoma City VAMC115,670
29Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital113,828
30VA Minneapolis HCS112,713
31St. Louis, MO VAMC110,985
32VA Miami HCS109,943
33VA Pittsburgh HCS106,970
34VA Southeast Louisiana HCS106,373
35VA Eastern Colorado HCS104,762
36Milwaukee VAMC104,642
37Mountain Home VAMC104,185
38VA Long Beach HCS102,456
39Philadelphia VAMC99,644
40VA New Jersey HCS99,089
41VA Southern Arizona HCS97,010
42VA San Diego HCS96,302
43VA Boston HCS95,698
44Hampton VAMC94,263
45Portland VAMC93,220
46Chalmers P. Wylie Ambulatory VA HCS93,036
47Charles George VAMC92,742
48Syracuse VAMC91,970
49VA Connecticut HCS91,922
50Robley Rex VAMC88,329
51VA New Mexico HCS87,689
52Lebanon VAMC86,864
53Memphis VAMC86,620
54VA Ann Arbor HCS86,305
55Cincinnati VAMC81,830
56Harry S. Truman Memorial VA Hospital81,810
57John D. Dingell VAMC81,365
58Salem VAMC80,617
59Richard L. Roudebush VAMC79,774
60Charlie Norwood VAMC77,132
61VA Puget Sound HCS76,652
62Kansas City VAMC75,562
63Providence VAMC75,392
64VA Western New York at Buffalo HCS74,495
65VA Central Alabama HCS74,323
66VA Salt Lake City HCS71,894
67VA of the Ozarks HCS71,535
68Montgomery VAMC69,712
69Wilkes-Barre VAMC69,681
70VA Nebraska-Western Iowa HCS69,414
71Dayton VAMC69,408
72Carl Vinson VAMC69,277
73VA Northern Indiana HCS67,995
74Overton Brooks VAMC67,830
75Jesse Brown VAMC67,390
76VA Maryland HCS66,393
77Washington DC VAMC66,096
78Muskogee VAMC65,743
79VA Maine HCS63,181
80VA El Paso HCS60,028
81Martinsburg VAMC58,925
82Battle Creek VAMC58,629
83VA Eastern Kansas HCS57,547
84Marion VAMC57,065
85Hershel 'Woody' Williams VAMC57,058
86VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend HCS56,643
87VA NY Harbor HCS56,393
88San Francisco VAMC55,244
89Albany Stratton VAMC55,242
90VA Palo Alto HCS54,622
91Northport Affairs VAMC53,604
92VA Iowa City HCS53,172
93VA Alexandria HCS51,986
94Bath VAMC51,355
95Wilmington VAMC50,860
96VA Montana HCS50,557
97Robert J. Dole VAMC50,363
98VA Amarillo HCS48,776
99Louis A. Johnson VAMC48,619
100VA St. Cloud HCS47,985
101VA Central Western Massachusetts HCS47,459
102VA Pacific Islands HCS46,656
103Aleda E. Lutz VAMC46,365
104James E. Van Zandt Altoona VAMC43,059
105Madison VA Hospital43,003
106Manchester VAMC42,817
107VA Central California HCS42,615
108White River Junction VAMC42,572
109Lexington VAMC42,161
110VA Sierra Nevada HCS41,407
111James J. Peters VAMC40,215
112Sioux Falls VAMC37,314
113Roseburg VAMC37,179
114Chillicothe VAMC36,191
115VA Illiana HCS35,653
116Erie VAMC35,465
117Fargo VAMC34,426
118James A. Lovell Federal HCS34,277
119Boise VAMC34,039
120VA Hudson Valley HCS33,307
121VA Central Iowa HCS31,143
122Poplar Bluff VAMC29,896
123Tomah VAMC29,306
124VA Northern Arizona HCS27,739
125Beckley VAMC26,001
126VA Butler HCS25,562
127Spokane VAMC24,381
128Coatesville VAMC23,658
129Cheyenne VAMC21,487
130VA West Texas HCS21,136
131Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Hospital20,925
132Tuscaloosa VAMC20,232
133VA Black Hills HCS19,089
134Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VAMC17,468
135Grand Junction VAMC14,989
136Oscar G. Johnson VAMC13,845
137Southern Oregon HCS10,140
138Sheridan VAMC9,663
139VA Alaska HCS7,893
Source: U.S. Veteran’s Administration

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