Identity Health Clinic, a longtime and the only non-profit LGBTQ+ healthcare provider in Anchorage, is shutting down after nearly five decades. The Clinic will end in-person appointments on April 17, with telehealth services concluding May 1 and final operations ending May 15. Executive Director Tom Pittman said the board cited unpaid Medicaid reimbursements, insurance billing concerns, and an increasingly inaccessible political environment as key challenges. Costly lease requirements and infeasible renovations also forced the clinic to vacate.
Patients are being transferred statewide as the nonprofit launches a $60,000 fundraiser to support staff and cover patient costs.
