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.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.