Welcome to the Alaska State Medical Association!
The Alaska State Medical Association (ASMA) is a nonprofit organization that advocates on behalf of the state's physicians and for the health and well-being of all Alaskans.
If you need to update your physician information, click here.
Access to some sections of the website is restricted to ASMA members and subscribers. To access the Online Medical Directory, Legislation/Regulations and Advocacy sections, you will need to sign in.
If you have any difficulty logging in, please call us at (907) 562-0304.
If you aren't already a member, you may follow this link to a membership application. Once you complete and submit this form, we will review it and contact you with a username and password to access the site.
ANNUAL MEETING IS MAY 5 -- ASMA MEMBERS ONLY
The Annual Meeting of the General Assembly and the spring/summer meeting of the House of Delegates will be Saturday, May 5 at a different site from recent years: Embassy Suites, 600 E. Benson Blvd., Anchorage. Doors open at 8 a.m., and lunch is at noon. Agendas will be posted on this website closer to the meeting date. There is no charge, but to ensure that we have adequate food and beverages available for all, please reserve your seat NO LATER THAN APRIL 20 by clicking here.
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ACTION ALERT!
The Alaska Legislature is considering repealing the "80th Percentile" rule. Click here to download a sample letter you can send to key legislators, and click here for a primer on the rule and talking points.
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OMD Search
Search ASMA’s Online Medical Directory – OMD – for up-to-date information on Alaska’s physicians and allied medical professionals. The OMD is free to ASMA members and available by subscription to others.
Advocacy
Our advocacy efforts have brought:
- Tort reforms that have resulted in malpractice insurance premiums lower than those of almost three-fourths of the other states
- Enhanced Medicare payments to Alaska physicians
- An Alaska Patient Bill of Rights, Physician Joint Negotiations and Prompt Pay laws
Publications
In addition to the Alaska Medical Directory, ASMA publishes Alaska Medicine, an annual magazine, and Heartbeat, a bimonthly newsletter. These publications currently are not available online. For advertising information, click here.