Health insurers must provide speedier responses to prior authorization requests for certain medical treatments and services, ...

The bill requires insurance companies and health care providers to meet new deadlines for authorizing requests for care.

Murkowski, Alaska's senior U.S. senator, said the state fared better under the budget plan because of her efforts to soften ...

State regulators have approved two insurers to begin offering health coverage on Alaska's insurance exchange, a key provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that aims to ...

WASHINGTON — Alaska will receive more than $300 million in new federal funding over the next five years to shore up the state's individual health insurance market, federal officials announced ...

For these reasons, marketplace insurance coverage costs far more in Alaska than anywhere else. The average monthly premiums in the marketplace in Alaska in 2016 was $863 , compared to $396 nationally.

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled on Nov. 18 that a 46-year-old law limiting financial awards in medical malpractice lawsuits unconstitutionally discriminates against Alaskans with health insurance ...

Donald Trump’s election as president is expected to lead to major changes in the individual health insurance market. While states don’t know what those changes will be, some policy experts ...

Health-insurance premiums for Alaskans have been soaring almost 40% a year. That prompted the state government to make a novel move: to pay health costs for about 500 of the sickest residents to ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska health insurance officials have announced the state's plan to weaken air ambulance membership plan regulations, officials said. The Alaska Division of Insurance will ...