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The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) is a non-profit
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organization based in
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, which provides health services to 158,000
Alaska Natives Alaska Natives (also known as Native Alaskans, Alaskan Indians, or Indigenous Alaskans) are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska that encompass a diverse arena of cultural and linguistic groups, including the Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tli ...
and American Indians in
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. Established in 1997, ANTHC is a consortium of the tribal regional health organizations. The board of directors for ANTHC equally represent all tribal regions of Alaska and each region has parity. ANTHC is co-manager, with the
Southcentral Foundation Southcentral Foundation (SCF) is an Alaska Native healthcare organization established by Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI) in 1982. Its objective is to improve the health and social conditions of Alaska Native and American Indian people by promoting ...
, of the
Alaska Native Medical Center The Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) is a non-profit health center based in Anchorage, Alaska, United States, which provides medical services to 158,000 Alaska Natives and other Native Americans in Alaska. It acts as both the secondary and t ...
(ANMC), a 150-bed facility in
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with a staff including more than 250 physicians and 700 nurses. ANMC is a
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, the highest level that can be achieved in Alaska. It has received Magnet Status for nursing excellence, a designation achieved by only about 7 percent of all hospitals nationwide. It is the only tribal operated hospital with Magnet Status in the United States. ANMC opened in its current facility in May 1997. ANMC has a
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. ANTHC pays market rate compensation to all employees to retain and attract the best qualified Alaska Native professionals and top quality providers and engineers. In 1998, ANTHC launched the Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network (AFHCAN) to provide primary and specialty telehealth services to Alaska Native communities. In 2003, ANTHC developed the Alaska Dental Health Aide Program to train dental therapists who could provide culturally appropriate education and routine dental services under the supervision of a dentist to high-risk residents of rural villages. These therapists now provide dedicated access to oral health care for more than 35,000 individuals, most of whom lived in communities that typically did not have a dedicated provider. In 2014, a new day surgery opened followed by new Infusion Center and Internal Medicine Clinics in 2016. In January 2017, ANTHC opened a new 202 bed patient housing facility which includes
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on the 6th floor. This is the first partnership of a Ronald McDonald House with a tribal organization. ANTHC is part of the Alaska Tribal Health System and is one of 22 co-signers of the Alaska Tribal Health Compact, a self-governance agreement with the
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.


Membership

*Kodiak Area Native Association *
Tanana Chiefs Conference The Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC), the traditional tribal consortium of the 42 villages of Interior Alaska, is a non-profit organization that works toward meeting the needs and challenges for more than 10,000 Alaska Natives (mostly Alaskan Atha ...
*Copper River Native Association *Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association *Arctic Slope Native Association *Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation *Chugachmiut, Native Village of Eyak *
Maniilaq Association The Maniilaq Association is a tribally-operated health and social services organization serving the Northwest Arctic Borough and the North Slope community of Point Hope. Maniilaq has over 500 employees and is the largest employer in the regio ...
*
Metlakatla Indian Community Metlakatla (; Tsimshian language, Tsimshian: ''Maxłaxaała'' or ''Tak'waan''; Tlingit language, Lingít: ''Tàakw.àani'') is a census-designated place (CDP) on Annette Island in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, Prince of Wales-Hyder ...
*Norton Sound Health Corporation *
Southcentral Foundation Southcentral Foundation (SCF) is an Alaska Native healthcare organization established by Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI) in 1982. Its objective is to improve the health and social conditions of Alaska Native and American Indian people by promoting ...
*
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is a non-profit medical, dental, vision and mental health organization serving the health interests of the residents of Southeast Alaska. Organizational structure As a non-profit tribal health ...
*Chickaloon Native Village *
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) administers a health care delivery system for over 50 rural communities in the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta in southwest Alaska. The YKHC is accredited by the Joint Commission. The YKHC system consists of ...


Legislation

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act (H.R. 623; 113th Congress) is a bill that would transfer some land in Alaska from the federal government to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium to be used to build a patient housing facility so that the organization can treat people who travel there from distant rural areas. The bill passed the
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on October 29, 2013.


See also

* List of Alaska Native tribal entities *
List of hospitals in Alaska This is a list of hospitals in Alaska (U.S. state), sorted by hospital name. Alaska is one of only 5 states in the US that does not have a Level I trauma center. Hospitals The American Hospital Directory lists 28 hospitals in Alaska. * Ala ...


References


External links


Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Alaska Native Medical Center

Alaska Native Health Board

Magnet Status

Alaska Emergency Medical Services System
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