The bill requires insurance companies and health care providers to meet new deadlines for authorizing requests for care.

The bill requires insurance companies and health care providers to meet new deadlines for authorizing requests for care.

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

Alaska’s new sick-leave and minimum wage increase law took effect. Approved by voters in November, it states that someone working at a business with 15 or more employees will earn one hour of paid ...

A quick explanation of how the state's new sick leave law works for both employers and employees, and what's still to come.

The ACLU has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Alaska Department of Corrections for allegedly violating the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of incarcerated individuals by providing inadequate ...

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 ...

In addition to always-available traditional food menu items, the Alaska Native Medical Center’s food staff prepares a traditional meal for patients and delivers it door-to-door weekly.

Heilala said the board has not collected data on the frequency of gender-affirming care and procedures in Alaska, because that data is protected under medical privacy laws.

Hospitals in Alaska, however, are heavily regulated by state law when it comes to expansion efforts. The state imposes restrictions on general medical-surgical beds, pediatric beds (including NICU ...