| Name and Address of Organization |
Primary Contact & ASHPIN Board Member |
Current Community Role |
Central Peninsula Hospital (CPGH)
250 Hospital Place,
Soldotna, AK 99669
|
Ryan Smith, Chief Executive Officer/Administrator
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907-714-4718 |
CPH is the primary provider of health services for the fifth largest population base in AK: the central area of the Kenai Peninsula Borough (51,220). The hospital has 49 acute and 8 swing beds. Soldotna has a commercial fishing, oil and gas, and tourism-based economy. CPH serves the entire Peninsula borough, including over 30 communities, the two largest being Kenai (7,125) and Soldotna (4,059). There is also one health center, jointly owned and operated by the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the Kenaitze Indian Tribe IRA. Approximately 10% of the population is Alaska Native.
(Please note: The information in these community profiles is taken from 2000 Census data. The stated Alaska Native population percentages include persons who indicated that they were either Alaska Native or part Alaska Native.) |
Cordova Community Medical Center (CCMC)
P. O. Box 160
Cordova, AK 99574
|
Dave Bryant, Chief Executive Officer/Administrator
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907-424-8223
The CCMC is a critical access hospital. |
CCMC, the only hospital in Cordova, has 13 acute/10 long term/4 swing beds. Cordova, a Prince William Sound/Gulf of Alaska fishing community, is accessible only by plane or boat. There is also one health center, the Ilanka Health Center, and the Eyak Tribe (w/City of Cordova support) now operates a 330 clinic in space previously occupied by the hospital’s provider-based clinic. 15% of the population is Alaska Native. |
Ketchikan General Hospital (KGH)
3100 Tongass Avenue
Ketchikan, AK 99901
|
Patrick Branco,
Chief Executive Officer
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907-225-5171
Ketchikan is a critical access hospital. |
KGH, is a 25 acute care bed facility with 46 long term care beds. Ketchikan is located on the southwestern coast of Revillagigedo Island, near the southern boundary of Alaska. It is 679 miles north of Seattle and 235 miles south of Juneau. The Island is only accessible by water or air. The economy relies primarily on the logging and fishing industries. Ketchikan is home to a federally recognized tribe, Ketchikan Indian Corporation. 22.7 % of the population is Alaska Native. The largest collection of totem poles in the world is found here. |
Maniilaq Health Center (MHC)
P. O. Box 43
Kotzebue, AK 99752
|
Phyllis Boskofsky
Vice President for Hospital Services
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907-442-7291
The MHC is a critical access hospital. |
The MHC, an IHS hospital, has 17 beds and an outpatient clinic. MHC is the only medical center for the 39,000 sq. mile Northwest Arctic Borough, which includes 11 villages. Maniilaq contracts with IHS to operate the hospital. Kotzebue has been an Inupiat Eskimo trading hub for over 10,000 years. 86% of the region’s population is Alaska Native. Maniilaq also runs a community health clinic. |
Mt. Edgecumbe (SEARHC)
222 Tongass Drive
Sitka, AK 99835
|
Frank Sutton
Vice President for Hospital Services
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907-966-2411 |
Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital is one of two facilities in Sitka Alaska located on Baranof Island. This 27 bed IHS facility is managed by the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC). The facility name comes from an extinct volcano, which rises 3,200 feet above the community. The population of the community consists of 24.7% Alaska Native |
Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC)
P. O. Box 966
Nome, AK 99762
|
Angela Gorn
Vice President for Hospital Services
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907-443-3311
The NSHC is a critical access hospital
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Located in Nome, which is accessible only by air or water, the NSHC, a tribal entity, owns and operates the Nome hospital which was not originally an IHS facility. It has 19 acute/15 long term beds, and is the medical center for the Bering Strait region (23,000 sq. miles). Nome is the supply, service and transportation center for the region, which includes 15 villages and two island communities in the Bering Sea. 59% of the region’s population is Alaska Native. The NSHC also runs an outpatient clinic in Nome, a long term care facility, supervises village clinics, and operates a community health clinic. NSHC has begun plans to construct a new hospital. |
Petersburg Medical Center (PMC)
P. O. Box 589
Petersburg, AK 99833
|
John F. Bringhurst,
Administrator
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907-772-4291
The PMC is a critical access hospital. |
PMC, which has 12 acute/15 long term/5 swing beds, also supports an outpatient clinic; it is the area’s primary healthcare resource. Petersburg, located on Mitkof Island and accessible only by air or water, supports a region that relies on commercial fishing and logging. With one federally recognized tribe in the community, 12% of the population is Alaska Native. |
Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center (PKIMC)
1915 East Rezanof Drive
Kodiak, AK 99615
|
Donald J. Rush
Administrator
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907-486-3281
The PKIMC is a critical access hospital. |
PKIMC, the center of medical care for a 6,560 sq. mile island region, has 25 acute/19 long term/6 swing beds. Kodiak, primarily a fishing / seafood processing community, has been inhabited for over 8,000 years. 18% of the region’s population is Alaska Native, and there is also a large Filipino community. Besides the PKIMC, there is Native health clinic (Kodiak Area Native Assn) and a U.S. Coast Guard medical clinic (for emergencies only). Kodiak’s community health center is also housed within PKIMC. |
Providence Seward Medical & Care Center (PSMCC)
P. O. Box 365
Seward, AK 99664
|
Christopher Bolton,
Administrator
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907-224-2872
The PSMCC is a critical access hospital |
PSMCC is a small community hospital with 6 acute, 4 swing, and 66 long term beds located 125 miles from Anchorage by road. Seward, a Kenai Peninsula community, is located on Resurrection Bay at the southern terminus of the Alaska Railroad; it is primarily a transportation center. Over 21% of the population of Seward is Alaska Native. |
Providence Valdez Medical Center (PVMC)
P. O. Box 550
Valdez, AK 99686
|
Sean McCallister,
Administrator
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907-835-2249
The PVMC is a critical access hospital. |
The PVMC, Alaska’s newest hospital and Valdez’s third, has 11 acute/swing beds and 10 long term care beds. Located on the shore of a deep water fjord, Valdez is the southern terminus of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and 305 road miles east of Anchorage. The closest health clinic (Cross Road) is located 120 miles away in Glennallen. There is an independent physician practice that provides ER coverage under a VRHA contract. Although no federally recognized tribe is present in Valdez, some 10% of the population is Alaska Native. The new hospital was dedicated on September 18, 2004. The first hospital was destroyed by a tidal wave following the 1964 Earthquake. |
Sitka Community Hospital (SCH)
209 Moller Avenue
Sitka, AK 99835
|
Hugh Hallgren,
Chief Executive Officer
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907-747-3241
The SCH is a critical access hospital. |
SCH, located on Baranof Island, serves a 2,874 sq. mile region, has 12 acute/swing and 15 long term care beds, and runs its own outpatient clinic. The region relies on tourism and fishing, but is also an educational & health center, with 2 colleges, a state-supported boarding school, one of the nine state-owned assisted living facilities (“Pioneer Home”), a second acute care hospital (a 27-bed IHS hospital), and a U.S. Coast Guard emergency support/medivac station. Originally a Native village and territorial capital of Alaska, there is a federally recognized tribe in Sitka, and 25% of its population is Alaska Native. |
South Peninsula Hospital (SPH)
4300 Bartlett Street
Homer, AK 99603
|
Robert Letson
Chief Executive Officer
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907-235-8101
The SPH is a critical access hospital |
SPH, the primary source of medical care for local Kachemak Bay communities and Homer, has 22 acute/4 swing, and 25 long term beds. Primarily a fishing, tourism, shellfish mariculture, trade, and service center, Homer, at the end of the Sterling Highway, is 227 road miles south of Anchorage. While only 6% of the area population is Alaska Native, Seldovia Native Village Association (SNVA) operates a community health clinic in Homer, to serve SNVA beneficiaries and others in the Homer region. Homer is a Kenai Peninsula Borough community. |
Wrangell Medical Center (WMC)
P. O. Box 1081
Wrangell, AK 99929
|
Noel Rea
Chief Executive Officer
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907-874-7000
The WMC is a critical access hospital. |
WMC has 8 acute/4 swing, and 14 long term beds. Wrangell, located on the NW tip of Wrangell Island and accessible only by air & water, depends on commercial/dive fishing and timber. Originally a non-Native settlement, Wrangell later saw significant Native/settler conflict but now is the site of a federally recognized tribe. 24% of the population is Alaska Native. A consortium of local physicians and the community behavioral health center opened a community health clinic in 2005. |
