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Wilmington VAMC ranks 102nd in total VA system pending appointments

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The Wilmington VA Medical Center ranked 102nd among VA health care systems with 30,991 pending appointments across its six locations during the period ending Oct. 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
1Orlando VAMC202,056
2North Florida/South Georgia VA HCS190,933
3VA Bay Pines HCS168,740
4Tennessee Valley HCS168,388
5VA North Texas HCS160,732
6Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC159,595
7James A. Haley VA Hospital157,746
8VA Central Texas HCS156,277
9VA South Texas HCS155,709
10W. G. Hefner VA MC152,303
11Michael E. DeBakey VAMC146,666
12VA Atlanta HCS140,842
13VA Caribbean HCS123,286
14VA Phoenix HCS118,057
15VA Loma Linda HCS108,835
16Hunter Holmes McGuire Richmond VAMC105,947
17Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VAMC101,907
18VA Northern California HCS101,603
19Birmingham VAMC96,903
20Durham VAMC95,858
21VA Central Arkansas HCS94,870
22West Palm Beach VAMC94,806
23Fayetteville VAMC94,723
24Mountain Home VAMC92,150
25VA Miami HCS91,630
26VA Southern Nevada HCS91,022
27VA Greater Los Angeles HCS88,841
28Ralph H. Johnson VAMC84,762
29Oklahoma City VAMC81,275
30VA Gulf Coast Veterans HCS79,612
31Milwaukee VAMC78,978
32VA Long Beach HCS78,164
33Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital77,030
34VA Minneapolis HCS76,819
35Robley Rex VAMC75,474
36VA Eastern Colorado HCS75,117
37Harry S. Truman Memorial VA Hospital73,771
38VA Southern Arizona HCS72,779
39VA Pittsburgh HCS71,842
40Kansas City VAMC70,391
41VA Southeast Louisiana HCS70,153
42Hampton VAMC69,841
43VA New Mexico HCS68,621
44Memphis VAMC68,321
45Syracuse VAMC67,925
46Salem VAMC67,558
47Lebanon VAMC65,339
48VA Boston HCS64,452
49Philadelphia VAMC63,827
50Richard L. Roudebush VAMC60,839
51VA Connecticut HCS60,745
52John D. Dingell VAMC60,439
53VA Ann Arbor HCS60,077
54VA of the Ozarks HCS59,799
55Providence VAMC58,716
56VA San Diego HCS58,307
57Dayton VAMC58,086
58Muskogee VAMC57,692
59Cincinnati VAMC56,844
60VA Central Alabama HCS56,190
61Overton Brooks VAMC56,174
62Montgomery VAMC56,142
63VA Nebraska-Western Iowa HCS55,807
64Carl Vinson VAMC55,465
65Portland VAMC54,850
66VA Northern Indiana HCS52,367
67Charlie Norwood VAMC52,353
68St. Louis, MO VAMC51,682
69Chalmers P. Wylie Ambulatory VA HCS51,326
70Battle Creek VAMC50,303
71Charles George VAMC50,197
72VA Western New York at Buffalo HCS50,078
73VA Eastern Kansas HCS49,631
74Marion VAMC49,463
75VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend HCS49,021
76VA New Jersey HCS48,727
77Wilkes-Barre VAMC46,695
78Hershel 'Woody' Williams VAMC46,113
79Robert J. Dole VAMC45,453
80VA Puget Sound HCS45,308
81VA Montana HCS43,988
82VA Maryland HCS43,370
83VA Amarillo HCS43,180
84VA El Paso HCS41,714
85VA Salt Lake City HCS41,642
86James E. Van Zandt Altoona VAMC41,096
87Jesse Brown VAMC40,957
88VA Iowa City HCS40,636
89VA Maine HCS40,117
90Albany Stratton VAMC39,396
91VA Palo Alto HCS39,030
92VA Alexandria HCS38,757
93Washington DC VAMC38,614
94Martinsburg VAMC35,572
95San Francisco VAMC35,034
96VA Pacific Islands HCS34,506
97Louis A. Johnson VAMC34,318
98VA St. Cloud HCS33,908
99VA NY Harbor HCS32,207
100VA Sierra Nevada HCS31,853
101Lexington VAMC31,326
102Wilmington VAMC30,991
103VA Illiana HCS29,813
104Aleda E. Lutz VAMC29,454
105Sioux Falls VAMC28,983
106Fargo VAMC27,923
107Chillicothe VAMC27,765
108VA Central Iowa HCS27,543
109VA Central California HCS27,258
110Madison VA Hospital27,210
111Erie VAMC27,174
112Northport Affairs VAMC26,148
113Roseburg VAMC25,982
114Poplar Bluff VAMC25,770
115VA Central Western Massachusetts HCS25,335
116Tomah VAMC25,244
117Bath VAMC24,870
118White River Junction VAMC24,193
119James J. Peters VAMC24,035
120VA Butler HCS23,379
121James A. Lovell Federal HCS23,365
122Boise VAMC22,826
123Manchester VAMC22,169
124Beckley VAMC20,812
125VA Northern Arizona HCS20,361
126VA Black Hills HCS18,062
127Tuscaloosa VAMC16,113
128VA Hudson Valley HCS14,964
129Coatesville VAMC14,835
130Spokane VAMC14,542
131Cheyenne VAMC14,295
132VA West Texas HCS13,860
133Oscar G. Johnson VAMC13,567
134Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VAMC11,527
135Grand Junction VAMC10,254
136Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Hospital10,104
137Sheridan VAMC6,604
138VA Alaska HCS5,471
139Southern Oregon HCS4,273
Source: U.S. Veteran’s Administration

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