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Mountain Home VAMC facility (621QE) in Knoxville scheduled 847 medical appointments in November 2019

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The Mountain Home VA Medical Center, subsidiary 621QE in Knoxville, Tennessee scheduled 847 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, 844 had a wait time of 30 days or less (99.7%) and three appointments (0.4%) 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.

Mountain Home VA Medical Center Appointments Scheduled in November
Facility CodeLocationTotal Appointments ScheduledAppointments Scheduled 30 Days or LessAppointments Scheduled More than 30 Days
621Mountain Home64,03261,5492,483
621BYKnoxville19,23518,838397
621GISevierville5,1594,998161
621GJBristol4,1954,13164
621GGMorristown2,6662,6597
621GCNorton2,2602,2582
621GKLaFollette1,9371,91918
621GARogersville1,9271,9243
621QDKnoxville1,1341,07856
621QEKnoxville8478443
621QAJonesville4974970
621QBMarion4554532
621QCVansant2592554
621BUMountain Home1021011
Source: U.S. Veteran's Administration

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