Central Peninsula General Hospital (CPGH)
Community Role: CPGH is the primary provider of health services for the fifth largest population base in AK: the central area of the Kenai Peninsula (51,220). The hospital has 62 acute and 9 swing beds. Soldotna has a commercial fishing, oil and gas, and tourism-based economy. CPGH 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.

Cordova Community Medical Center (CCMC)
Community Role: 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. 15% of the population is Alaska Native. Operating Budget: $5.1 Million

Maniilaq Health Center (MHC)
Community Role: The MHC, an IHS hospital, has 17 beds and an outpatient clinic. MHC is the only medical center for the 39,000 sq. mile North-west Arctic Borough, which includes 11 villages. Kotzebue has been an Inupiat Eskimo trading hub for over 10,000 years. 86% of the region’s population is Alaska Native. The Maniilaq Association has been awarded a grant to support a community health clinic. Operating Budget: $34.0 Million

Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC)
Community Role: Located in Nome, the NSHC, a tribal entity, owns and operates the Nome hospital but the hospital is not 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, supervises village clinics, and has been awarded a grant to support a community health clinic. NSHC has begun plans to construct a new hospital in Nome. Operating Budget: $22.0 Million

Petersburg Medical Center (PMC)
Community Role: 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. Operating Budget: $5.0 Million

Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center (PKIMC)
Community Role: 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 housed within PKIMC. Operating Budget: $19.0 Million

Providence Seward Medical & Care Center (PSMCC)
Community Role: PSMC is a small community hospital with 6 acute, 4 swing, and 66 long term beds located 125 miles from Anchorage by road. Seward, located on Resurrection Bay at the southern terminus of the Alaska Railroad, is primarily a transportation center. Over 21% of the population of Seward is Alaska Native. Operating Budget: $5.9 Million

Sitka Community Hospital (SCH)
Community Role: 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 State’s 9 long-term (“Pioneer Home”) care facilities, a second acute care hospital (a 49-bed IHS hospital), and a U.S. Coast Guard emergency support/medivac station. Originally a Native village, there is a federally recognized tribe in Sitka, and 25% of its population is Alaska Native. Operating Budget: $10.0 Million

South Peninsula Hospital (SPH)
Community Role: 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 mari-culture, 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 operates a community health clinic in Homer, to serve SNV beneficiaries and others in the Homer region. Operating Budget: $25.0 Million

Valdez Regional Health Authority (VRHA)
Community Role: The VRHA has 15 acute/swing 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 is located 120 miles away in Glenallen. 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. A new hospital will open in September of 2004. Operating Budget: $4.5 Million

Wrangell Medical Center (WMC)
Community Role: WMC, which also owns a primary care clinic, 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. Operating Budget: $6.6 Million