ANTHC — statewide nonprofit Tribal health organization serving Alaska's 229 federally recognized tribes. Operates the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage in partnership with Southcentral Foundation.
4000 Ambassador Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
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Brian Berube
“Furthermore, in Alaska, rabies remains an ongoing and ever-present public health issue. Rabies is enzoonotic— excuse me— in our fox populations in northern and western Alaska, meaning it is always present, and it poses a persistent and continual risk of transmission from wildlife to domestic animals and to people.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
Hurd
“The lack of veterinary services in rural communities has disproportionately impacted tribal communities, particularly children. In some areas of the United States, communities experience 365 dog bites a year, or essentially one dog bite every day. That alarming number is an unacceptable standard that communities have faced for far too long. Currently, IHS does not have the authority to provide care or funding related to zoonotic disease prevention or veterinary care, despite this care being important to reducing the public's risk of disease transmission or injury.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
Hurd
“This legislation amends the Indian Tribal Regulatory Reform and Business Development Act of of 2000 to transfer administrative responsibility for the Act's regulatory reform authority from the Department of Commerce to the Department of the Interior.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
Speaker C
“when the Department of Commerce originally testified on this bill in— yes, it was 1999— the official stated, since the cost of the authority could be significant, I believe it is important to emphasize that the department cannot currently perform the work required.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
Speaker C
“Chairman Hurd's H.R. 8954, The Tribal Regulatory Reform Regulatory Reform Act takes an important step to boost economic opportunities in Indian Country. It transfers all administrative responsibilities and jurisdiction of the Indian Tribal Regulatory Reform and Business Development Act from the Department of Commerce to the Interior.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
Hurd
“H.R. 8473, Introduced by Representative Begich of Alaska, which would authorize HHS to utilize funds for public health veterinary services through direct service care or under Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act contracts and compacts. There's a correlation between unreliable veterinary services and high rates of rabies and zoonotic diseases. In a 5-year span between 2019 and 2024, 24,000 patients received ambulatory care from dog bites throughout IHS service areas.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
Volunteers to build naloxone kits Aug. 31 in Anchorage after 238 opioid deaths in 2025
Volunteers will assemble naloxone kits for statewide distribution Monday, Aug. 31, at the Fairview Recreation Center in Anchorage. The Alaska Department of Health cites preliminary state figures showing 238 Alaskans died of opioid overdoses in 2025.
by Walter AlaskaNews12h ago2 min readAI
Most of Alaska's 2030 health goals are off track, new assessment finds
The Alaska Department of Health and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium released a revised Healthy Alaskans 2030 State Health Assessment on Friday, updating a 2019 baseline and setting up a 2026 revision of the state health improvement plan.
by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago1 min readAI
In Ouzinkie, one lake is water and power, so the village is building solar
Ouzinkie has broken ground on a 297-kilowatt solar array and 1-megawatt-hour battery. Mayor Elijah Jackson says the village ran its lake, which serves as both hydropower reservoir and drinking water source, lower than it wanted last winter during freeze-ups.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
UAA students to train inside ANTHC facilities under new workforce partnership
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and UAA have launched a partnership placing university students in clinical and professional settings at ANTHC, which employs more than 4,000 people, as the consortium expands facilities using contract support cost settlement funds.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago2 min readAI
Federal government to pay ANTHC $463 million over unpaid health costs
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium will receive $463 million in a federal settlement over unpaid contract support costs for tribal health care across Alaska.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Senators move to renew the grants behind rural Alaska's telehealth links
Grant funding for videoconferencing links between rural Alaska providers and specialist teams is set to lapse after this fiscal year. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and three colleagues introduced the ECHO Reauthorization Act on Monday to renew it.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
20 Alaska Native students are training to bring health care home to rural communities
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium awarded 20 scholarships to Alaska Native and American Indian students in health care fields, many aiming to practice in rural and tribal communities.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Kodiak Borough OKs Water Upgrade for Village of Karluk
The Kodiak Island Borough Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 Wednesday to grant the Native Village of Karluk a conditional use permit to upgrade its water treatment facility, with the project aimed at providing a year-round source of potable water to the remote Kodiak Island community.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Cold-injury hospitalizations rose among Alaska's unhoused over the past decade, state finds
New state health data reveals that nearly a quarter (23.3%) of all cold exposure injuries requiring hospitalization in Alaska are directly caused by homelessness, with people without housing facing 8.3 times higher odds of cold injury than housed residents—a concrete quantification of a preventable public health crisis.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Three art commission calls open to Alaska Native and American Indian artists close by Aug. 14
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Ketchikan's Totem Heritage Center both face July 31 submission deadlines for Alaska Native and American Indian artists; Alaska Pacific University's commission for its Anchorage campus closes Aug. 14.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
ANTHC skilled nursing facility moves into finish phases ahead of January 2027 opening
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium reported Tuesday that its 80-bed skilled nursing facility on the Alaska Native Health Campus is now in simultaneous interior and exterior finish work, with completion set for January 2027, a delay from the original summer 2026 target.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min readAI
Begich bill would let the Indian Health Service fund rabies shots and spay/neuter in rural Alaska
Rep. Nick Begich's H.R. 8473 would let the Indian Health Service fund rabies vaccination and spay/neuter in rural Alaska, where rabies is endemic in foxes.
by Alaska Newsadded 2mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska Native Medical Center offers free mass-casualty triage training
Alaska Native Medical Center is offering free online licenses for advanced triage training through year-end. The course teaches rapid patient sorting during mass-casualty incidents for both pre-hospital and hospital teams.
by Alaska News2mo ago1 min readAI
House panel hears bill to move tribal regulatory authority to Interior
A House subcommittee took testimony June 9 on legislation that would transfer a dormant 2000 tribal regulatory reform mandate from Commerce to Interior, 25 years after the authority was supposed to convene.
by Alaska Newsadded 2mo ago2 min readAI
Four TCC employees selected for ANTHC leadership programs
Tanana Chiefs Conference announced Monday that four employees were selected for competitive nine-month ANTHC leadership development programs, placing two IT staff in Pathways to Leadership and two administrators in the LEAD program.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI