Health insurers must provide speedier responses to prior authorization requests for certain medical treatments and services, ...

As ophthalmologists in Anchorage, we have witnessed the toll that delays in care have taken on patients and their families. That’s why we are proud to join our fellow physicians in celebrating the ...

The state Department of Health told the Anchorage Daily News that Alaska could lose up to $500 million in annual Medicaid ...

Dr. Steven Compton, president of the Alaska State Medical Association, said the primary reason for high health care prices was the high cost of providing any services in the state. “It’s an ...

A proposal in Alaska would repeal the state’s certificate-of-need (CON) laws, an approval process that limits the ability of health care providers to expand their businesses. In his testimony on the ...

Though gender-affirming care has spurred frequent national debates in recent years, hormonal and surgical gender therapy for minors is rare. By law, the Alaska medical board consists of five ...

Delays increase medical risk and cost and “make it impossible for many women to access medication abortion care, which is only available in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy,” the lawsuit states.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of people imprisoned in Alaska alleges the state Department of Corrections provides inadequate medical, mental health and dental care ...

The VA estimated at the time of launching the fee waivers that 150,000 Native American and Alaska Native veterans in the U.S. were eligible for copay-free health care from the Indian Health ...

A group of Alaska health care providers has sued the state government, seeking to keep in place a state regulation that sets a floor for how much private health insurance plans pay for out-of ...