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VA Northern California HCS facility in Redding scheduled 7,746 medical appointments in July 2020

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The VA Northern California Health Care System, subsidiary 612B4 in Redding, California, scheduled 7,746 pending appointments during the period ending August 1, according to data collected from the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs.

Of the total number of appointments, 6,848 had a wait time of 30 days or less (88.4%) and 898 appointments (11.6%) 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 Northern California Health Care System Appointments Scheduled in July
Facility CodeLocationTotal Appointments ScheduledAppointments Scheduled 30 Days or LessAppointments Scheduled More than 30 Days
612A4Sacramento32,61228,0474,565
612GFMartinez17,70915,4842,225
612GHMcClellan Park14,85912,9551,904
612GGChico7,7587,191567
612B4Redding7,7466,848898
612GEMare Island5,0164,613403
612BYOakland3,4713,030441
612QCCypress Avenue3,1652,397768
612GDFairfield2,9822,628354
612GIYuba City2,2852,183102
612QBOakland1,9871,93651
612GJYreka39136031
612QDHowe Road110
Source: U.S. Veteran's Administration

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