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Local healthcare group outlines clinic startup plan; assembly postpones healthcare assistance ordinance
Summary
Denali Healthcare Advocates reported progress on creating a clinic-ready space and an RFP to attract providers; the assembly postponed consideration of ordinance 25-05 (health care provider assistance program) to the next meeting while staff and counsel pursue additional implementation options.
A local volunteer group formed to improve health care access in the Denali Borough reported on Oct. 8 that it has pivoted from pursuing a federally qualified health center toward creating an immediately usable clinic footprint and startup support to attract a primary-care provider.
A representative of the Denali Healthcare Advocates told the assembly the group surveyed options including setting up a local federally qualified health center or recruiting an existing FQHC; the group concluded both were a large lift. The advocates said they instead are preparing an RFP and building out space in the Solstice Building that could be offered to a startup provider, and…
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