Black Health
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Bartlett Regional Hospital

3260 Hospital Dr, Juneau, AK 99801 · (907) 796-8900

CMS rating

5/5

Overall hospital rating

Ownership

Public / government

Government - Local

CMS Provider #

020008

Source: CMS Hospital Compare

CMS Hospital Compare measure groups

Mortality

4

measures reported

Safety

3

measures reported

Readmission

9

measures reported

Patient experience

8

HCAHPS dimensions

Timely & effective

10

measures reported

Bartlett Regional Hospital in context

BARTLETT REGIONAL HOSPITAL is an acute-care hospital in Juneau, Alaska, running as a county / municipal public hospital. The facility is Medicare-certified under CMS Certification Number 020008, which is the join key across Hospital Compare, MACRA, and most state discharge scorecards.

CMS Hospital Compare assigns this facility an overall rating of 5 of 5 stars — the top tier on CMS's 1–5 scale. On measure groups versus the national rate, the facility is: 4 mortality measures reported with none flagged; 3 safety measures reported with none flagged; 9 readmission measures reported with none flagged. CMS's composite rating weights mortality, safety, readmission, patient experience, and timely & effective care across all reporting measures; it is not stratified by patient race.

Operationally: BARTLETT REGIONAL HOSPITAL operates an emergency department (EMTALA-covered, which means it must screen and stabilize any patient regardless of ability to pay), and the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation, which requires attesting to the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) obstetric safety bundles.

Statewide context: Alaska's small Black population means many race-stratified hospital measures are cell-suppressed. The Alaska Native Medical Center + tribal health system carry the largest share of Indigenous + multiracial patients outside the commercial system.

For Black patients

If you are a Black patient being seen at BARTLETT REGIONAL HOSPITAL in Juneau, Alaska, a few concrete steps:

  • Bring an advocate. National data from CDC's Black maternal mortality review show the single biggest reduction in missed-diagnosis rates comes from a second set of ears in the room — a partner, a doula, a family member. Ask in advance that they be credentialed as a visitor; the hospital cannot turn away a designated support person.
  • If you need ongoing primary care, our Alaska provider directory filters to physicians who accept Medicaid and speak Spanish / Haitian Creole / ASL where relevant. Filter to your insurance first.
  • If the hospital doesn't take your coverage, the closest Federally Qualified Health Center is listed under our FQHCs in this area. FQHCs serve every patient on a sliding-fee scale regardless of insurance status.
  • For help paying for care, the state Medicaid navigator at /medicaid/alaska/ explains eligibility, documents, and how to apply (same-day presumptive eligibility for pregnancy).
  • If you are treated dismissively or your pain is ignored, every Medicare-certified hospital is required by CMS Conditions of Participation (42 CFR 482.13) to have a grievance procedure; file in writing and request the CMS regional office contact if the hospital ombuds does not respond within seven days.

References & primary sources

  • CMS Hospital Compare — Hospital General Information (the primary source for overall star rating, measure-group counts, ownership, ER, birthing-friendly flag): data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/xubh-q36u.
  • CMS Care Compare facility profile — this hospital's public page: Care Compare.gov search by CCN.
  • 42 CFR Part 482 — Medicare Conditions of Participation for Hospitals (source for grievance-procedure rights + EMTALA): ecfr.gov / Title 42 Part 482.
  • Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) — the obstetric safety bundles underlying the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation: saferbirth.org.

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