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Kansas City VAMC facility in Excelsior Springs scheduled 972 medical appointments in January 2020

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The Kansas City VA Medical Center, subsidiary 589JB in Excelsior Springs, Missouri scheduled 972 pending appointments during the period ending February 1, according to data collected from the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs.

Of the total number of appointments, 946 had a wait time of 30 days or less (97.3%) and 26 appointments (2.7%) 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 who earn a higher income are placed in the lower priority groups.

Kansas City VA Medical Center Appointments Scheduled in January
Facility CodeLocationTotal Appointments ScheduledAppointments Scheduled 30 Days or LessAppointments Scheduled More than 30 Days
589Kansas City53,44951,8411,608
589JFKansas City9,5879,361226
589G1Warrensburg4,3604,32139
589JCShawnee3,0353,01718
589GBBelton2,3672,34225
589GDNevada1,7781,76810
589JBExcelsior Springs97294626
589GCPaola8578516
589QAOverland Park6276261
589GZCameron48046515
589HKKansas City3373352
589MCIDES Whiteman AFB440
Source: U.S. Veteran's Administration

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