Health Care Facility Licensing & Certification

An ASC is a distinct entity that operates exclusively for the purpose of providing surgical services to patients not requiring hospitalization and in which the expected duration of services would not exceed 24 hours following an admission. (Exceptions to this should be rare.)

CAHs represent a separate provider type with their own Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoP) as well as a separate payment method. The CoPs for CAHs are listed in the “Code of Federal Regulations” at 42 CFR 485 subpart F.

For more on licensing and oversight of CAHs in Alaska, see the Hospitals page:

ESRD facilities include:

Renal Transplantation Center
A hospital unit approved to directly furnish transplantation and other medical and surgical specialty services required for the care of ESRD transplant patients, including inpatient dialysis furnished directly or under arrangement. A renal transplantation center may also be a renal dialysis center.
 
Renal Dialysis Center
A renal dialysis center is a hospital unit that is approved to furnish the full spectrum of diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services required for the care of ESRD dialysis patients (including inpatient dialysis furnished directly or under arrangement and outpatient dialysis). A hospital need not provide renal transplantation to qualify as a renal dialysis center.
 
Renal Dialysis Facility
A renal dialysis facility is a unit that is approved to furnish dialysis service(s) directly to ESRD patients.
 
Self Dialysis Unit
A self-dialysis unit is a unit that is part of an approved renal transplantation center, renal dialysis center, or renal dialysis facility, and which furnishes self-dialysis services.

For more on licensing and oversight of ESRDs in Alaska, see the ESRDs page:

For information on FQHC licensing, oversight, and monitoring in Alaska see the FQHC page. 

For more information on Free-Standing Birth Centers licensing, oversight, and monitoring in Alaska, see this page:

For more information on licensing, oversight, and monitoring of Frontier Extended Stay Clinics, see the Rural Health Clinics & Frontier Extended Stay Clinics page.

For information on licensing, oversight, and monitoring of General Acute Care Hospitals (GACHs), see the Hospitals & Specialized Hospitals page. 

HHAs provide services that cover a broad range of care provided in the home environment. 

For more on licensing and oversight of HHAs in Alaska, see the HHAs page:

Overview

In general, a hospice is an entity that provides end-of-life hospice care to people who are terminally ill.

For more on licensing and oversight of hospice agencies in Alaska, see the Hospice Agencies page:

For information on LTACH licensing, oversight and monitoring, see the page Hospitals & Specialized Hospitals.

A long-term care facility is designed to provide 24-hour care for individuals who are no longer able to live independently due to chronic illnesses, disabilities, or the effects of aging. The primary purpose of such facilities is to offer a supportive environment where residents can receive medical, physical, emotional, and social care that meets their daily needs.

For more on licensing and oversight of LTCs in Alaska, see the LTC Facilities page:

For information on OPT or OSP provider licensing, oversight and monitoring, see Outpatient Physical Therapy (OPT) & Outpatient Speech Pathology Facilities.

A Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) is a Residential Psychiatric Treatment Center (RPTC) that has been federally certified.

For more information on RPTC and PRTF licensing, oversight, and monitoring in Alaska see the RPTC facilities page. 

A Residential Psychiatric Treatment Center (RPTC) is defined as a secure or semi-secure facility, or an inpatient program in another facility, that provides, under the direction of a physician, psychiatric diagnostic, evaluation, and treatment services on a 24-hour-a-day basis to children with severe emotional or behavioral disorders. 

Some RPTCs qualify to be Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs)

For more information on RPTC and PRTF licensing, oversight, and monitoring in Alaska see the RPTC facilities page. 

For information on licensing, oversight and monitoring of Rural Health Clinics, see the page Rural Health Clinics & Frontier Extended Stay Clinics.

For information on licensing, oversight, and monitoring of Rural Primary Care Hospitals (RPCHs), see the Hospitals & Specialized Hospitals page. 

For information on licensing, oversight and monitoring of Specialized Hospitals, see the page Hospitals & Specialized Hospitals.

Once regulations are final, entities that meet the definition of Subacute Mental Health Facilities must become licensed by HFLC and adhere to the crisis center licensing requirements.

For more information and interim guidance on Subacute Mental Health Facility licensing, oversight, and monitoring in Alaska, see the Subacute Mental Health Facilities page.