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Healthcare providers in Alaska
CMS NPPES registration records for Alaska, aggregated across the 14 medical specialties Fonteum currently tracks, with CMS Care Compare facility counts and HRSA HPSA shortage-area context.
Fonteum tracks 853 healthcare providers in Alaska across the 14 medical specialties it ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, alongside 87 Medicare-certified facilities across 6 care families from CMS Care Compare, with HRSA shortage-area and OIG exclusion context. Every figure carries its source, snapshot date, and methodology version. Snapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Provider supply by specialty in Alaska
Active-provider counts for the 14 specialties Fonteum ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry, with per-100,000 density (U.S. Census PEP V2025) and the national density rank of 51 jurisdictions. This covers the tracked specialties only — not every NPPES provider in Alaska.
| Specialty | Providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic | 327 | 44.2 | #7 |
| Psychiatry | 126 | 17.0 | #21 |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 110 | 14.9 | #2 |
| Cardiology | 45 | 6.1 | #48 |
| Ophthalmology | 40 | 5.4 | #43 |
| Pediatrics | 37 | 5.0 | #47 · below threshold |
| Urology | 32 | 4.3 | #27 |
| Otolaryngology (ENT) | 30 | 4.1 | #18 |
| Neurology | 28 | 3.8 | #48 · below threshold |
| Gastroenterology | 27 | 3.6 | #48 · below threshold |
| Dermatology | 26 | 3.5 | #44 · below threshold |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 13 | 1.8 | #44 · below threshold |
| Plastic Surgery | 9 | 1.2 | #43 |
| Oncology (Medical) | 3 | 0.4 | #50 · below threshold |
Source:CMS NPPESSnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Medicare-certified facilities in Alaska
87 Medicare-certified facilities operate in Alaska across the families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare. Each family links to its facility-level page for Alaska.
| Facility type | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Hospitals | 25 |
| Nursing homes | 20 |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 15 |
| Home health agencies | 14 |
| Dialysis facilities | 7 |
| Hospice providers | 6 |
Source:CMS Care CompareSnapshot 2026-05-07
Health professional shortage areas in Alaska
HRSA currently designates 988 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Alaska — 330 primary care, 328 dental health, and 330 mental health. A HPSA marks a geography, population, or facility with too few clinicians relative to need, scored 0–26 by HRSA.
Source:HRSA HPSASnapshot 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07
Provider exclusions and sanctions in Alaska
Alaska reports 228 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). State Medicaid exclusion lists are tracked for select states; Alaska is covered by the federal OIG list on the sanctions hub. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Related Alaska healthcare data
- Hospital operating margins in Alaska
CMS HCRIS cost-report margins vs the national average.
- Oncology (Medical) access gap in Alaska
0.4 per 100k — national density rank #50.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology access gap in Alaska
1.8 per 100k — national density rank #44.
- Dermatology access gap in Alaska
3.5 per 100k — national density rank #44.
- Hospitals in Alaska
25 Medicare-certified hospitals on CMS Care Compare.
- Nursing homes in Alaska
20 Medicare-certified nursing homes on CMS Care Compare.
- Ambulatory surgical centers in Alaska
15 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers on CMS Care Compare.
- Home health agencies in Alaska
14 Medicare-certified home health agencies on CMS Care Compare.
- Dialysis facilities in Alaska
7 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities on CMS Care Compare.
- Hospice providers in Alaska
6 Medicare-certified hospice providers on CMS Care Compare.
Frequently asked questions about Alaska providers
How many healthcare providers does Fonteum track in Alaska?
- Fonteum tracks 853 providers in Alaska across the 14 medical specialties it currently ingests from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry. This is the supply within those tracked specialties, not every NPPES-registered provider in Alaska. The snapshot date is 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07.
Which medical specialty has the most providers in Alaska?
- Among the 14 tracked specialties, Chiropractic is the largest in Alaska with 327 providers, or 44.2 per 100,000 residents — a national density rank of #7 of 51. Counts come from the CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
What Medicare-certified facilities are in Alaska?
- Alaska has 87 Medicare-certified facilities across 6 families Fonteum tracks from CMS Care Compare, including nursing homes, hospitals, home health agencies, hospices, dialysis facilities, and ambulatory surgical centers. Each family links to its facility-level Care Compare page for Alaska.
Are there provider exclusions or sanctions in Alaska?
- Alaska reports 228 OIG LEIE federal exclusion records by address state, drawn from the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (refreshed monthly). State Medicaid exclusion lists are tracked for select states; Alaska is covered by the federal OIG list on the sanctions hub. Each record links to its source exclusion list.
Does Fonteum track shortage areas in Alaska?
- HRSA currently designates 988 active Health Professional Shortage Areas in Alaska — 330 primary care, 328 dental health, and 330 mental health. A HPSA marks a geography, population, or facility with too few clinicians relative to need, scored 0–26 by HRSA.
How current is the Alaska provider data?
- The Alaska provider counts reflect the CMS NPPES supply-by-state snapshot dated 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-07, under methodology nppes-supply-by-state/v2026.05. NPPES refreshes weekly and Care Compare monthly; Fonteum re-snapshots on that cadence. Every field on this page carries its source name and snapshot date.
How Alaska provider data is built
Provider counts aggregate the CMS NPPES supply-by-state datasets under methodology nppes-supply-by-state/v2026.05; facility counts read the latest CMS Care Compare snapshots; HPSA and exclusion figures draw from HRSA and OIG / state Medicaid sources. Each value is source-provenanced — its source name, snapshot date, and methodology version travel with it.
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