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Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC facilities schedule 198,505 medical appointments in August 2019

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The Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center in Cleveland Ohio scheduled 198,505 pending appointments across its locations during the period ending August 1, according to data collected from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Of the total number of appointments 189,557 had a wait time of 30 days or less (95.49%) and 8,948 appointments (4.51%) were scheduled more than 30 days out.

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 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 don’t have service-connected disabilities and who earn a higher income are placed in the lower priority groups.

Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center in Cleveland Pending Appointments Scheduled in August
LocationTotal Appointments ScheduledAppointments Scheduled 30 Days or LessAppointments Scheduled More than 30 Days
Cleveland, OH (Louis Stokes Cleveland)63,74060,9992,741
Canton, OH16,81515,967848
Youngstown, OH11,57111,252319
Lorain, OH10,58510,372213
Sandusky, OH7,5147,307207
Mansfield, OH (David F. Winder)13,29113,071220
McCafferty, OH1,3121,26547
Lake County, OH10,93710,647290
Akron, OH17,43716,3621,075
East Liverpool, OH4,1284,07751
Warren, OH3,7603,477283
New Philadelphia, OH4,7344,608126
Ravenna, OH5,7285,418310
Parma, OH25,66523,5142,151
Cleveland-Superior, OH50464
Summit County, OH770
Cleveland-Euclid, OH7217156
Cuyahoga County 4, OH - Mobile45039357

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