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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

VA of the Ozarks HCS facility in Branson scheduled 6,697 medical appointments in October 2020

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The VA of the Ozarks Health Care System, subsidiary 564GC in Branson, Missouri, scheduled 6,697 pending appointments during the period ending November 1, according to data collected from the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs.

Of the total number of appointments, 6,373 had a wait time of 30 days or less (95.2%) and 324 appointments (4.8%) 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 of the Ozarks Health Care System Appointments Scheduled in October
Facility CodeLocationTotal Appointments ScheduledAppointments Scheduled 30 Days or LessAppointments Scheduled More than 30 Days
564Fayetteville23,78821,9691,819
564BYSpringfield21,84220,7621,080
564GCBranson6,6976,373324
564GFJoplin3,1723,003169
564GBFort Smith2,8802,709171
564GAHarrison1,5841,57311
564GEJay1,0971,06433
564GDOzark50748225
564QBSunbridge367255112
564QATownship101
Source: U.S. Veteran's Administration

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