health care

Northern Arizona Healthcare’s Breast Care Clinic in Sedona has regained its national accreditation after losing it in 2023.

The Supreme Court sided with Native American tribes in a dispute with the federal government over the cost of health care when tribes run programs in their own communities.

Hospital officials say Yavapai County Blue Cross Blue Shield customers will remain covered at the Prescott hospital regardless of what’s happening in other places at this time.

The Chinle VA Clinic’s Expanded Services at the Chinle Comprehensive Healthcare Facility will provide five-day-a-week, in-person primary care to Navajo and Native veterans in some of the most remote regions of Arizona.

Three new and upgraded health facilities recently opened in Arizona to provide Native Americans with better access to health care, and more are in the works.

Northern Arizona Healthcare’s Breast Care program has lost its accreditation with a national organization. It comes months after the company was forced to temporarily pause some services because of staffing shortages.

The U.S. Supreme Court will weigh the San Carlos Apache tribe’s claim that the federal government isn’t reimbursing it enough for tribal health services.

The American Lung Association says Arizona is near the bottom of U.S. states for lung cancer treatment and screening.

Proposition 480, that would have allowed the construction of a new hospital complex to move forward in Flagstaff, was rejected by voters by a 72% margin in Tuesday’s mail-in election.

As Flagstaff voters weigh in on a proposal to build a new hospital, some in the community have questioned how Northern Arizona Healthcare will pay for the project. The company maintains it’ll be 100% privately funded.