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

That means that without the 80th percentile rule, patients in Alaska could again be faced with huge medical bills for all other types of out-of-network care, Compton said.

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

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 ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Officials in Alaska on Friday were evaluating the impact of a Trump administration decision to stop payments to insurers that help lower copays and deductibles for people ...

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 ...