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Alaska doesn’t currently have a freestanding emergency department. Alaska Regional proposed building two such departments in 2015, in South Anchorage and Eagle River, at more than $25 million.
Alaska Regional Hospital’s proposal to build an $18 million free-standing emergency department in South Anchorage by the end of next year is drawing backlash from a group of emergency room ...
CEO Joe Wanner said — in a worst-case scenario — the hospital stands to lose between $3 to $4 million annually in Medicaid ...
Officials at Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage, are hoping to expand emergency medicine services to residents south of the city with construction of a new full-service ER, the hospital ...
Alaska health officials issued a directive Monday asking hospitals statewide to postpone non-essential surgeries for 90 days. But, It’s not a mandate.
Alaska Regional Hospital is planning to open a healthcare clinic in Mountain View by the end of year. There aren't any primary care services in the neighborhood currently.
Alaska Regional Hospital has named Annie Holt, RN, as its new president and CEO, according to the Anchorage Daily News. Ms. Holt was previously vice president of quality and service line for HCA ...
This isn't the first time a moose has found its way inside an Anchorage medical facility. A similar encounter occurred in January 2019 when a moose wandered into Alaska Regional Hospital.
The city and the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium jointly sponsored a study by ECG, a consulting firm specializing in hospital mergers, to make recommendations on how the two hospitals ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Police have arrested an Alaska Regional Hospital security guard for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl who had been alone in the hospital’s emergency department waiting room.
After the moose left, the door was shut and locked by the hospital’s security staff. No humans or animals were harmed during the shocking, yet calm, 10-minute encounter.