CMS Nursing Home Care Compare · Alaska

Nursing homes in Alaska

All 20 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Alaska — the safety record CMS publishes, in one place you can sort and search.

Before the brochure: look at staffing

The single best-evidenced predictor of safe care is not the marketing — it's nurse hours per resident per day (how much hands-on nursing time each resident actually gets). CMS measures it from payroll. Researchers and CMS point to about 4.1 total nurse hours/resident/day as a staffing-adequacy reference.

In Alaska, the median nursing home reports 7.14 hours/resident/day — and 100% (14 of 14 that report staffing; 6 report none) meet the 4.1-hour reference.

CMS lists no Special Focus facilities or candidates in Alaska in the current dataset. That is the absence of CMS's worst-performer flag — not a guarantee about any individual home.

Every nursing home in Alaska

Opens sorted by nurse hours/resident/day (highest first) — the staffing measure, not the star. Click any column to re-sort. Nurse-hours cells are colored green ≥ 4.1 · grey ≥ 7.14 · red below median. understaffed for rating = 4–5★ but staffs below the 4.1-hour reference. ⚠ abuse = CMS abuse/neglect citation (a citation, not a conviction).

Facility	Overall	Health insp.	Nurse hrs/day	RN hrs/day	Flags
CORDOVA COMMUNITY MED LTC CORDOVA	★★★★★	★★★☆☆	9.41	4.01
UTUQQANAAT INAAT KOTZEBUE	★★★★★	★★★★☆	9.33	1.08
SOUTH PENINSULA HOSPITAL LTC HOMER	★★★★★	★★★★★	8.99	2.78
QUYANNA CARE CENTER NOME	★★★★★	★★★★☆	8.86	2.65
WRANGELL MEDICAL CENTER LTC WRANGELL	★★★★★	★★★☆☆	7.87	2.71
SEARHC SITKA LONG TERM CARE SITKA	★★★★★	★★★★★	7.37	3.08
HERITAGE PLACE SOLDOTNA	★★★★☆	★★★☆☆	7.14	1.57
PROVIDENCE SEWARD MOUNTAIN HAVEN SEWARD	★★★☆☆	★★★☆☆	7.07	1.98
WILDFLOWER COURT JUNEAU	★★★☆☆	★★★☆☆	6.31	1.36
MAPLE SPRINGS OF WASILLA WASILLA	★★★★★	★★★★☆	5.18	1.74
Denali Center FAIRBANKS	★★★☆☆	★★☆☆☆	5.13	1.08
MAPLE SPRINGS OF PALMER PALMER	★☆☆☆☆	★☆☆☆☆	5.00	1.37
POLARIS TRANSITIONAL CARE ANCHORAGE	★★☆☆☆	★★☆☆☆	4.88	2.44
CENTENNIAL POST ACUTE ANCHORAGE	★☆☆☆☆	★☆☆☆☆	4.49	1.33
PETERSBURG MEDICAL CENTER LTC PETERSBURG	★★★★☆	★★★★★	—	—	no staffing data
PROVIDENCE KODIAK ISLAND MED LTC KODIAK	★★☆☆☆	★★☆☆☆	—	—	no staffing data
PROVIDENCE VALDEZ MEDICAL CENTER VALDEZ	★★☆☆☆	★★☆☆☆	—	—	no staffing data
YUKON KUSKOKWIM ELDER'S HOME BETHEL	★★☆☆☆	★★☆☆☆	—	—	no staffing data
KETCHIKAN MED CTR NEW HORIZONS TRANSITIONAL CARE KETCHIKAN	★☆☆☆☆	★☆☆☆☆	—	—	no staffing data
Polaris Extended Care ANCHORAGE	★☆☆☆☆	★☆☆☆☆	—	—	⚠ abuse no staffing data

What these figures mean

MODELED — the star ratings are CMS's composite model; two homes with the same stars can differ on what matters to you.
RECORDED — nurse hours/resident/day (payroll-based), the abuse citation, and the Special Focus designation are measured/recorded facts CMS publishes.
CONTEXT — the 4.1-hour staffing reference is framing to read the numbers by, not a pass/fail line.

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What this is — and is not

This is published CMS Nursing Home Care Compare data — the same facts CMS shows the public, sorted so you can compare. It informs and compares; it does not rate, rank, or recommend a home for your relative's specific needs, and no figure here is a guarantee. Shortlist a few, visit in person, ask about the most recent inspection, and call your state Long-Term Care Ombudsman.

Verify any facility at medicare.gov/care-compare.