Best Nursing Homes in Alaska — 2026 Directory
Alaska has 20 CMS-certified skilled nursing facilities. 20 of 20 listed facilities have linked deficiency history in the loaded CMS-derived records. Among those 20 facilities, the average is 26.6 cited deficiencies and 0 have zero citations in that loaded history. Facilities with unavailable history are not ranked as zero-citation facilities.
All CMS-Certified Nursing Homes in Alaska
This complete state directory provides a direct path to each facility's inspection profile. Facilities with available history are ordered by citation count; records without matched history appear afterward and are not treated as zero.
- South Peninsula Hospital Ltc — Homer (6 deficiencies)
- Searhc Sitka Long Term Care — Sitka (7 deficiencies)
- Utuqqanaat Inaat — Kotzebue (8 deficiencies)
- Wrangell Medical Center Ltc — Wrangell (10 deficiencies)
- Petersburg Medical Center Ltc — Petersburg (11 deficiencies)
- Cordova Community Med Ltc — Cordova (13 deficiencies)
- Providence Valdez Medical Center — Valdez (16 deficiencies)
- Heritage Place — Soldotna (19 deficiencies)
- Providence Seward Mountain Haven — Seward (19 deficiencies)
- Yukon Kuskokwim Elder's Home — Bethel (19 deficiencies)
- Polaris Transitional Care — Anchorage (21 deficiencies)
- Ketchikan Med Ctr New Horizons Transitional Care — Ketchikan (26 deficiencies)
- Providence Kodiak Island Med Ltc — Kodiak (26 deficiencies)
- Quyanna Care Center — Nome (26 deficiencies)
- Denali Center — Fairbanks (31 deficiencies)
- Maple Springs Of Wasilla — Wasilla (34 deficiencies)
- Wildflower Court — Juneau (37 deficiencies)
- Maple Springs Of Palmer — Palmer (39 deficiencies)
- Polaris Extended Care — Anchorage (79 deficiencies)
- Centennial Post Acute — Anchorage (85 deficiencies)
Most-Cited Compliance Areas in Alaska
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 103 citations
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 99 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 71 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 69 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 56 citations
Nursing Homes by City in Alaska
- Nursing homes in Anchorage (3)
- Nursing homes in Bethel (1)
- Nursing homes in Cordova (1)
- Nursing homes in Fairbanks (1)
- Nursing homes in Homer (1)
- Nursing homes in Juneau (1)
- Nursing homes in Ketchikan (1)
- Nursing homes in Kodiak (1)
- Nursing homes in Kotzebue (1)
- Nursing homes in Nome (1)
- Nursing homes in Palmer (1)
- Nursing homes in Petersburg (1)
- Nursing homes in Seward (1)
- Nursing homes in Sitka (1)
- Nursing homes in Soldotna (1)
- Nursing homes in Valdez (1)
- Nursing homes in Wasilla (1)
- Nursing homes in Wrangell (1)
Sources and limits
Source: CMS nursing-home Provider Data. POCDesk orders only facilities with linked, loaded deficiency history by citation count; this is not an official CMS ranking or a quality recommendation. See our editorial standards and methodology.
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Official Sources
POCDesk analyzes official government data. Verify any facility's record or read the underlying regulations at these primary sources:
- Medicare.gov Care Compare — CMS's official nursing home comparison tool
- CMS Provider Data Catalog — the raw nursing home inspection & deficiency datasets
- CMS Nursing Home Certification & Compliance — enforcement policy and the Special Focus Facility program
- 42 CFR Part 483 (eCFR) — the federal requirements of participation behind every F-Tag
- National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center — free advocacy help for residents and families