Tag Archives: SEARHC

Sitka Medical Center sold to SEARHC

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW
January 22, 2013 4:12 pm

Sitka’s last remaining private medical clinic has been sold. Sitka Medical Center announced on Monday (1-21-13) that it had finalized the sale of its operations to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, or SEARHC. Representatives on both sides of the transaction say the sale means no visible changes in staff, and no planned changes in care, for patients of either organization. more

Court ruling a boon to Tribal health care

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW
June 28, 2012 5:02 pm

While SEARHC and Sitka Community Hospital share many of the same obligations to provide care without regard for a patient’s ability to pay, there is one little-discussed component of the Affordable Care Act unique to SEARHC: The law permanently reauthorizes the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, which expands Indian Health Service funding, and updates its priorities. more