5 Things Alaska: Health legislation, State budget, DHSS split
DJ Wilson | Jan 20, 2021 | Alaska
DJ Wilson | Jan 20, 2021 | Alaska
Sydney Kurle | Jan 13, 2021 | Alaska
Sydney Kurle | Jan 12, 2021 | Alaska
Emily Boerger | Jan 11, 2021 | Alaska
The Alaska Legislative Council set its anti-COVID-19 safety rules for the 2021 session on Dec. 28. These rules include limiting who can be in the chamber, mask requirements and asking members to remain seated. These rules also limited the public and press from entering the chamber, and instead will allow
A statewide survey conducted by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) in late November reveals that Alaskans’ don’t believe the state has done enough to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and would support some form of a mask mandate. In this survey, 406 Alaskans provided their
Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced on Tuesday his intent to split the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) into two separate departments – the Alaska Department of Health and the Alaska Department of Family and Community Services. Dunleavy has directed the Alaska Department of Law to draft an executive
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healtheConnect Alaska, a state non-profit health information exchange (HIE), announced a new partnership with Collective Medical, the largest network platform for real-time cross-continuum care coordination, on Tuesday. This partnership aims to improve care coordination and patient care in Alaska by integrating the HIE’s existing maintained patient information with Collective’s network
Gov. Mike Dunleavy released his Fiscal Year 2022 budget package on Friday, trimming down government spending while also looking to pay out almost $5,000 in Permanent Fund dividends. Dunleavy’s $8.9 billion total operating budget proposal includes $4.29 billion in unrestricted general funds (UGF). This represents a $207 million reduction (-5%)