Refine Search

  •  
  •  
Facing crippling health costs, Alaska looks for solutions

...Commissioner Bill Streur of the Department of Health and Social Services recently briefed the Alaska Hospital and Nursing Home Association of the state's increasing concern with rising medical bills. That discussion touched on ways they might control...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-07-08/facing-crippling-health-costs-alaska-lo
State
Local legislators concerned about health care cost containment

...Alaska to be significantly lower.Hultberg said she's raised those concerns with the Alaska Hospitals and Nursing Home Association. Karen Perdue, the group's executive director. was unavailable for comment Friday and Monday.Kerttula...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-07-10/local-legislators-concerned-about-healt
Local
Medicaid expansion would bring benefits, but at a cost

...really fundamentally important to us," said Karen Perdue, president and CEO of the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association.If people who can't now pay for their health care were able to do so that would help everyone, she said...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-07-11/medicaid-expansion-would-bring-benefits
Local
Alaska looks at some bold moves to cut medical bills

...The proposal was particularly worrying to some, including Karen Perdue, CEO of the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association.She said she'd talked about it "conceptually" with Hultberg, but didn't know the specifics of what the...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-07-15/alaska-looks-some-bold-moves-cut-medica
Local
Health care cost fight off to good start

...dialog about these issues."She said she's only had preliminary discussions with the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association and planned to meet with physicians groups later this year."The response from the providers on the hospital...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-07-29/health-care-cost-fight-good-start
Local
COO Frank Sutton retires after 40 years at SEARHC

...summit's first year. The American Hospital Association, in partnership with the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association (ASHNHA), honored Sutton in 2007 as the Alaska winner of the Partnership for Action Grassroots Champion Award...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-08-08/coo-frank-sutton-retires-after-40-years
Local
New health care provisions will have an effect on businesses

...years old as an example. Karen Perdue, president and chief executive officer of the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association, talked about how the reform affects smaller employers, saying the law distinguishes between individuals and...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/092210/loc_710735417.shtml
News
Neighbors Briefs

...Foggy Mt. Shop. Derr leaves ASHNHA Laraine L. Derr, the president/CEO of the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association (ASHNHA), will be retiring on Oct. 1, 2003. ASHNHA is a association of all hospital and nursing homes in...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/070903/nei_briefs.shtml
Neighbors
School Board race draws 12 candidates

...two years ago and recently bought a house. She has no children. She works at the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association, where she helps hospitals prepare for terrorist events. Mayron said she is running for School Board because...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/082903/loc_schoolboard.shtml
News
Voters head to the polls

...Story, 44, a JDHS site-council member; Megan Mayron, 27, who's employed at the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association; Bill Peters, 37, vice president for Alaska USA Federal Credit Union; Rhonda Befort, 31, who is employed...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/100703/loc_voters.shtml
News

CONTACT US

  • Switchboard: 907-586-3740
  • Circulation and Delivery: 907-523-2295
  • Newsroom Fax: 907-586-3028
  • Business Fax: 907-586-9097
  • Accounts Receivable: 907-523-2270
  • View the Staff Directory
  • or Send feedback

ADVERTISING

SUBSCRIBER SERVICES

SOCIAL NETWORKING