Honoring and taking care of Elders is a universal Alaska Native and American Indian cultural value. As an Alaska Native-owned-and-operated health care organization, Southcentral Foundation strives to...

Understanding culture is very important in the field of health care. A person’s culture and community impacts every aspect of their health, and cultural understanding and respect is a key component...

Health care organizations in the United States are facing a maternal mortality and morbidity crisis. Additionally, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alaska Native and...

Substance use is a complex issue with many facets and a wide variety of approaches have been tried with varying degrees of success. Southcentral Foundation has developed an approach that differs...

Southcentral Foundation is pleased to announce the Virtual Nuka Conference, which will be held from February 14-16, 2024. We are once again excited to connect with attendees from around the world...

Budgeting is of paramount importance in a large health care system due to several critical factors. Revenue considerations play a pivotal role as health care systems rely on a unique payor mix...

For years, health care has been faced with ever-expanding work demands from regulators and payers for charting, as well as demands for population health performance. Often, the consequence has been...

The health care industry is struggling with staffing shortages and leaders are trying harder than ever to figure out how to support the workforce. Leaders set the direction for the organization,...

Effective teamwork is important in many different fields, but none more so than the field of health care. Having high-performing teams at a health care organization, both in the direct provision...

To document the history and operation of Southcentral Foundation’s Nuka System of Care, and to share information about how the Alaska Native community built a health care system that has been...