State public health agency covering Medicaid, epidemiology, behavioral health, senior services, and emergency medical services for rural and urban Alaska.
Juneau, AK, USA
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Heidi Hedberg
“We received almost 1,800 letters of interest that represent about $2.5 billion in requests.”Alaska Dept. of Health: Implementation Application Walkthrough Webinar (June 1, 2026) · Jun 2, 2026
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Heidi Hedberg
“The estimated time is at 3 o'clock. If it doesn't open up exactly at 3 o'clock, it's okay. It's gonna open up today.”Alaska Dept. of Health: Implementation Application Walkthrough Webinar (June 1, 2026) · Jun 2, 2026
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Heidi Hedberg
“we are creating this program as we are all learning from each other, and this is the timeline that is before us. I do want to reiterate, though, of the 403 proposals, um, there, the funding request exceeds the available funding.”Alaska Dept. of Health: Implementation Application Walkthrough Webinar (June 1, 2026) · Jun 2, 2026
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Heidi Hedberg
“there will be funding available for new projects in year 2, but there's also gonna be funding for projects carrying on from year 1 to year 2. We don't know what those percentages are going to be because this is live action as we are creating this with all of you in real time.”Alaska Dept. of Health: Implementation Application Walkthrough Webinar (June 1, 2026) · Jun 2, 2026
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Heidi Hedberg
“the needs far exceed the available funding. When we looked at all of the LOIs, what we saw were some common themes. Around behavioral health, access to specialty care, needs around facility and equipment upgrades, chronic disease management as we're really looking at improving our health outcomes, traditional healing, and a lot around workforce. Those were some of the top common themes from the letters of interest. As we reviewed all of those letters of interest, About 400 were advanced to the full application process.”Alaska Dept. of Health: Implementation Application Walkthrough Webinar (June 1, 2026) · Jun 2, 2026
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Speaker C
“this slide Describes the performance period for this funding cycle, which is the Spring 2026 Rural Health Transformation Program funding cycle. So the performance periods throughout the life of the program determine when you can carry out project activities and when you can spend those awarded funds.”Alaska Dept. of Health: Implementation Application Walkthrough Webinar (June 1, 2026) · Jun 2, 2026
A New Law Aims to Bring Alaska's Most Complex Patients Home
Governor Mike Dunleavy signed HB 73 on Thursday, creating a new 'Complex Care Residential Homes' license category in Alaska law for individuals with severe behavioral and medical needs who fall between home care and hospitalization. Regulations must be in place by July 1, 2031.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAIAlaska
