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.
State and ASHNHA settle suit over Medicaid cost containment regulations
How does this affect physicians? It's complicated: Click here to read the full text of the settlement and accompanying documents.
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Subscribe to Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink's newsletter: Click here
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Click here to download the Voluntary Nonopioid Directive (VNOD) for your patients to complete.
Additional VNOD guidance for health care providers can be found by clicking here.
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Alaska WWAMI Admissions Committee needs new members: Click here
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Directory 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 Heartbeat, a bimonthly newsletter. This publication currently is not available online. For advertising information, click here.