Adam Crum
Commissioner

• Boards and Commissions
• Careers
• Contacts
• Newsroom
• Organization Chart
• Press Photos
• Publications
• Regulation Notices
• Tribal Consultation​
  
• FY19 Annual Report 
• FY20 Operating Grants
• FY17 Capital Grant Annual Report
• Facebook | Twitter | Email/Text Subscription

Headlines​

• DHSS Annual Report FY19
• Addressing Gaps in the Crisis Psychiatric Response System: DHSS was ordered by the court to provide a written plan explaining how it intends to address certain flaws in the Title 47 system in the Anchorage area. DHSS filed this plan with the courts on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.  
  
• Alaska State Plan for Senior Services, FFY2020-FFY2023:The roadmap that guides the provision of senior services over the next four year.  
  
• Alaska Psychiatric Institute Meets CMS Certification Requirements; Major milestone secures ability to continue to receive federal funds.  
• Forensic Psychiatric Hospital Feasibility Study Phase II Final Report released July 31, 2019; This project was designed to identify challenges facing the forensic psychiatric system and to issue feasible recommendations for improvement to that system.
• Alaska’s new health care price transparency law (AS 18.23.400) went into effect January 2019. However, the State of Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services will allow health care providers and facilities more time to comply with the law as regulations are still being developed. The law requires health care providers and facilities to post the prices of their most common procedures. 
• How to comply with the new Tobacco 21 Law
• Alaska Tribal Child Welfare Compact
• Self-care after a major-traumatic event
• Medicaid in Alaska Dashboard  

Press releases

Subscribe to DHSS Press Releases & Newsletters 

Sign-up to receive daily COVID-19 case count information; email and text messaging options available. COVID-19 information is also available on the COVID-19 Data Dashboard, on our website, at www.covid19.alaska.gov and on the DHSS Facebook page.

• 08/06 Four cases of COVID-19 identified at the Anchorage Pioneer Home
• 08/06 Alaska’s new travel protocols will conserve resources, increase testing for Alaskans, and help prevent the spread of COVID-19
• 07/30 Syphilis rates in Alaska have more than doubled in a year while Alaska's overall STD rates remain among the highest in the nation
• 07/26 Alaska reports record number of COVID-19 cases with 231 cases; 186 Alaskans and 45 nonresidents newly diagnosed
• 07/22 Seafood processing plant in Seward responding to COVID-19 outbreak
• 07/21 79 crew members of seafood processing vessel test positive for COVID-19
• 07/16 Staff member at Alaska Psychiatric Institute tests positive for COVID-19
• 07/15 Recent Alaska death due to paralytic shellfish poisoning; Alaskans should know the health risks when harvesting shellfish
• 07/10 $35 million of CARES Act funding to be distributed to nonprofits in Alaska
• 07/03 As COVID-19 cases rise, health officials expand contact tracing workforce and prioritize check-in calls to at-risk individuals
• 07/01 89 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Alaska for June 29-30; 74 resident, 15 nonresident

Quick Links

• Order Birth Certificates | Real ID from the DMV
  
• Alaska 211
• Alaska Commission on Aging
• Employment Verification
  
• Healthy Alaskans 2030
  
• Alaska Scorecard: Key Issues Impacting Alaska Mental Health Trust Beneficiaries
• Informed Consent
• Alaska Directives for Health Care — Living Will
  
• Health Information Technologies and Meaningful Use