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Mountain Home VAMC facility (621QE) in Knoxville scheduled 840 medical appointments in January 2020

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The Mountain Home VA Medical Center, subsidiary 621QE in Knoxville, Tennessee scheduled 840 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, 839 had a wait time of 30 days or less (99.9%) and one appointment (0.1%) was 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 January
Facility CodeLocationTotal Appointments ScheduledAppointments Scheduled 30 Days or LessAppointments Scheduled More than 30 Days
621Mountain Home64,17261,8352,337
621BYKnoxville19,67619,246430
621GISevierville5,1364,965171
621GJBristol4,3314,25279
621GGMorristown2,7642,7568
621GCNorton2,2942,2922
621GARogersville2,0422,02814
621GKLaFollette1,9561,94511
621QDKnoxville1,1511,09754
621QEKnoxville8408391
621QAJonesville4884880
621QBMarion4694672
621QCVansant2592590
621BUMountain Home1691690
Source: U.S. Veteran's Administration

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