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West Palm Beach VAMC facility in Stuart scheduled 5,827 medical appointments in November 2020

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The West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, subsidiary 548GC in Stuart, Florida, scheduled 5,827 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, 5,821 had a wait time of 30 days or less (99.9%) and six appointments (0.1%) 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.

West Palm Beach VA Medical Center Appointments Scheduled in November
Facility CodeLocationTotal Appointments ScheduledAppointments Scheduled 30 Days or LessAppointments Scheduled More than 30 Days
548West Palm Beach67,95663,4984,458
548GBDelray Beach5,9035,86439
548GCStuart5,8275,8216
548GAFort Pierce4,7674,7607
548GEVero Beach3,9673,92839
548GDBoca Raton3,1483,12622
548GFOkeechobee1,7571,7561
548QAPort Saint Lucie1,4601,37981
Source: U.S. Veteran's Administration

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