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 ...

Alaska is projected to have the highest number of nurse vacancies by 2030, with 23% of positions going unfilled, according to an Oct. 24 news release from Renton, Wash.-based Providence, the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Overwhelmed by a surge in COVID-19 patients, Alaska’s largest hospital on Tuesday implemented crisis standards of care, prioritizing resources and treatments to those patients ...

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 ...

Oct. 2—An as-yet-unknown number of nurses and other health care employees are either considering leaving their jobs or facing termination as vaccine requirements go into effect at hospitals around ...

Alaska on Saturday activated emergency crisis protocols that allow 20 medical facilities to ration care if needed as the state recorded the nation’s worst COVID-19 diagnosis rates in recent days, ...

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 ...

The Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit dedicated to health care transparency, has released its Fall 2025 Hospital ...

A moose on the loose wandered into an Anchorage, Alaska hospital on Thursday and helped himself to the lobby plants. Officials say the moose set off the motion sensors on the front door of Providence ...