Alaska Nursing Home Rankings & Safety Report

zReports Research Institute · Updated August 2026

Bythe zReports Healthcare Research Team · zReports Research Institute Data sourcezReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.08 Facilities analyzed20 Government sourcesthe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Last updatedAugust 2026 MethodologyConsumer Z Score™ · Database v2026.08

Alaska has 20 active licensed nursing homes on the state's public file. zReports analyzed CMS Nursing Home Compare data to produce a records layer grade for every one, the government's own verdicts, mapped through one fixed rule. No facility can pay to change a score, and the grade is free.

Key findings

20active licensed nursing homes across 18 Alaska cities appear on the state's public file.
65%hold an A or B records layer grade, while 4 carry a D or F.
76.7is the statewide average records layer score across all graded nursing homes.
Anchoragehas the most licensed nursing homes in the state (3).
815is the combined licensed capacity across 20 facilities reporting a capacity figure.

Key statistics

StatisticValue
Active licensed nursing homes20
Cities covered18
Statewide average records layer score76.7
Grade A facilities9 (45%)
Grade B facilities4 (20%)
Grade C facilities3 (15%)
Grade D facilities3 (15%)
Grade F facilities1 (5%)
Facilities with a clean record (no deficiencies on file)20 (100%)
Serious (high severity) findings on the record0
Moderate findings on the record0
Combined licensed capacity815

By city

Anchorage (3)Ketchikan (1)Wrangell (1)Petersburg (1)Fairbanks (1)Soldotna (1)Seward (1)Nome (1)Juneau (1)Cordova (1)Kodiak (1)Homer (1)Sitka (1)Valdez (1)Kotzebue (1)Bethel (1)Wasilla (1)Palmer (1)

Statewide top 25

#1 Wrangell Medical Center Ltc Wrangell · A

#2 Quyanna Care Center Nome · A

#3 Cordova Community Med Ltc Cordova · A

#4 South Peninsula Hospital Ltc Homer · A

#5 Searhc Sitka Long Term Care Sitka · A

#6 Utuqqanaat Inaat Kotzebue · A

#7 Maple Springs Of Wasilla Wasilla · A

#8 Petersburg Medical Center Ltc Petersburg · A-

#9 Heritage Place Soldotna · A-

#10 Providence Seward Mountain Haven Seward · B

#11 Wildflower Court Juneau · B

#12 Denali Center Fairbanks · B

#13 Yukon Kuskokwim Elder'S Home Bethel · B

#14 Providence Kodiak Island Med Ltc Kodiak · C

#15 Providence Valdez Medical Center Valdez · C

#16 Polaris Transitional Care Anchorage · C

#17 Ketchikan Med Ctr New Horizons Transitional Care Ketchikan · D

#18 Maple Springs Of Palmer Palmer · D

#19 Centennial Post Acute Anchorage · D

#20 Polaris Extended Care Anchorage · F

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Methodology

The free grade on this page contains zero zReports judgment: it maps the state's own published licensing and enforcement verdicts through one fixed rule, applied identically to every nursing home in America. Where the record and public reputation diverge, a highly reviewed facility with serious findings on file, the paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ surfaces it through the composite Consumer Z Score™ and our published ten point methodology. Facilities are never contacted and cannot pay to change a score. Read the full methodology →

About nursing home licensing in Alaska

Nursing Homes in Alaska are overseen by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), whose certification, inspection, and quality-reporting data is published on the public record. This page is computed from CMS Nursing Home Compare data, the government’s own filings, not reviews or advertising.

Frequently asked questions

How many nursing homes are there in Alaska?

Alaska has 20 active licensed nursing homes on the state's public file, across 18 cities, with a combined licensed capacity of 815. Every one has a free records layer grade on zReports.

Which Alaska city has the most nursing homes?

Anchorage, with 3 licensed nursing homes, followed by Ketchikan (1) and Wrangell (1).

How are Alaska nursing home grades calculated?

The free records layer grade contains zero zReports judgment. It maps the government's own published verdicts, CMS Nursing Home Compare data, through one fixed rule, applied identically to every nursing home in the country. The paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ adds the composite Consumer Z Score™, which audits the record against public reputation through our published ten point methodology.

Why can a facility with 5-star reviews have a low grade?

Reviews and records are different surfaces. Reviews reflect what visitors chose to write, and can be managed by the business. Inspection and enforcement records are filed by the state, are mandatory, and cannot be edited by the facility. When the two diverge, the record is the surface worth checking. That divergence is exactly what zReports was built to surface.

How often are these rankings updated?

Rankings refresh whenever Alaska republishes its licensing data; facility pages carry the records-verified date for each provider. This page was generated from the current file as of August 2026.

Can a facility pay to change its score?

No. Facilities are never contacted, never notified, and cannot pay to be listed, delisted, or re-scored. zReports has no business relationship with any facility it grades, independence is the product.

Data Provenance

This report was generated from the zReports Consumer Records Database™, a continuously updated database that normalizes official government licensing, inspection, enforcement, ownership, and safety records across multiple federal and state agencies. Every statistic in this report is traceable to its originating public record. Facilities cannot pay to alter scores, rankings, or findings.

Data source: zReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.08 · Built from: CMS Provider Data Catalog · HHS OIG Exclusions List (LEIE) · Public consumer review signals (audited, never trusted, in the composite Consumer Z Score™) · Proprietary Consumer Z Score™ methodology · Updated: August 2026

Cite this report

APA, zReports Research Institute. (2026). Alaska Nursing Home Rankings & Safety Report (v2026.08). zReports.org. https://zreports.org/rankings/nursing/ak

MLA, zReports Research Institute. “Alaska Nursing Home Rankings & Safety Report.” zReports.org, v2026.08, August 2026, zreports.org/rankings/nursing/ak.

Plain, Alaska Nursing Home Rankings & Safety Report, zReports Research Institute, v2026.08, updated August 2026, zreports.org/rankings/nursing/ak

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