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 134,743 Alaska Natives (Eskimos, Aleuts, and Indians). Through the provisions of P.L. 93-638, there are 17 Title I contracts and one Title V compact with 23 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, three are personal services contracts and the remaining are transitional federal positions. 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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