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Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VAMC facilities schedule 45,977 medical appointments in December 2020

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The Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia South Carolina scheduled 45,977 pending appointments across its nine locations during the period ending December 1, according to data collected from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Of the total number of appointments 42,628 had a wait time of 30 days or less (92.72%) and 3,349 appointments (7.28%) 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.

Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia Pending Appointments Scheduled in December
LocationTotal Appointments ScheduledAppointments Scheduled 30 Days or LessAppointments Scheduled More than 30 Days
Columbia, SC (Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn)29,72227,0172,705
Greenville, SC5,3975,057340
Florence, SC2,1632,12736
Rock Hill, SC440
Rock Hill, SC1,9851,92263
Anderson, SC2,6952,63362
Orangeburg, SC1,1371,1361
Sumter, SC1,3591,32336
Spartanburg, SC1,4091,34168
Columbia, SC - Mobile1066838

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