Urban hospitals in Alaska are posting some of the highest profit margins in the country, as their average operating margin was 16.2 percent in 2010 while the nationwide average was roughly 6.3 percent ...

Providence Alaska Medical Center is the only Alaska hospital named High Performing in Maternity Care by U.S. News for 2026.

Medicaid changes proposed by Senate Republicans threaten health care coverage for thousands of Alaskans and could drive up medical costs for other Alaskans, according to an organization representing ...

Central Peninsula General Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska, is currently examining partnership opportunities with both for-profit and non-profit health systems and hospital operators, whittling a list of ...

As Alaska grapples with a nursing vacancy rate of 24%, the clash between staff and administration underscores a larger question: Can technology truly alleviate systemic health care challenges? Amid ...

Oct. 31—Anchorage nurses say a new staffing model recently launched at Providence hospital will put patients in danger. Last week, Providence Alaska Medical Center announced it had implemented what it ...

A troubling side effect of Alaska's spike in opiod abuse is getting increased attention from health care officials: drug-dependent babies who go through withdrawal in the first days of their lives. In ...

The Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, one of Alaska's largest hospitals, is seen on May 3, 2022. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) Alaskans were charged about $5.78 billion for hospital stays in ...

Hundreds of health care workers and government officials descended on Anchorage this week for the kickoff of a five-year, $1.3 billion program aimed at reimagining medical care across Alaska. The ...

The News-Miner front page for Friday, Feb. 28, caused me to put my thoughts down in this Community Perspective. The first and biggest headline was how Medicare cuts will be dire for Alaskans. I have ...