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

Insurers began streamlining prior authorization for healthcare coverage even as a bill setting new standards was on the ...

Yes, but it’s limited to a single study from 2018. And the Alaska State Medical Association says that study does not take into account other factors for rising health care costs in state.

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

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

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.

This new paid sick leave requirement becomes effective July 1, 2025. Who is Eligible for Paid Sick Leave? The new law applies to all employers and employees in Alaska.

An Alaska judge has struck down a decades-old state law that restricted who could perform abortions in the state.

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 ...

The new money for rural health, to be spent over five years, is far less than the $155 billion in rural Medicaid spending ...