Welcome to the Alaska Area Office of IHS
The Alaska Area Native Health Service works in conjunction with nine
tribally operated service areas to provide comprehensive health services
to 130,682 Alaska Natives (Eskimos, Aleuts, and Indians). Through
the provisions of P.L. 93-638, there are 18 Title I contracts and
one Title V compact with 22 annual funding agreements. Alaska tribes
administer 99% of the Indian Health Service funds earmarked for Alaska.
Tribal hospitals are located in the communities of Anchorage, Barrow,
Bethel, Dillingham, Kotzebue, Nome and Sitka. There are 25 tribal
health centers and 176 tribal community health aide clinics operated
throughout the State. The Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) in Anchorage
serves as the Area's referral center and gatekeeper for specialty
care.
The Area Office is located in Anchorage with a staff of 37 individuals.
Twenty-two positions are federal residual, four are personal services
contracts and the remaining are transitional federal positions.
The Area Office recently lost three FTEs due to the reorganization
into headquarters of the Commissioned Corps staff. The Alaska Native
Tribal Health Consortium (tribally managed by all tribes in Alaska)
has responsibility for essential statewide services and ANMC in
conjunction with Southcentral Foundation, the local Anchorage tribe.
Other federal agencies such as the Arctic Investigations Laboratory
of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), work closely with the
Area Office and the tribes to improve the health status of Alaska
Natives.
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