North Star Behavioral Health System | Psychiatric Care | Anchorage ...
Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital • Anchorage, AK
About
North Star Behavioral Health System is a privately held mental health care provider based in Anchorage, Alaska, offering psychiatric and substance use treatment for children, teens, and adults. The system runs multiple programs in the Anchorage area and surrounding Alaska communities, including military-specific care for first responders, service members, veterans, and dependents at the Chris Kyle Patriots Hospital. They operate 6 offices nationwide (all in Alaska), with HQ at 2530 Debarr Road, Anchorage. Services focus on behavioral health and substance use recovery, with a private healthcare model and a team of about 26 employees. Key contact: several Alaska phone numbers (main: 907-264-3506).
Clinic Type
Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital
Address
2530 DeBarr Road, Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone
907-258-7575
northstarinfo@uhsinc.com
Opening Hours
Admissions department available 24/7
Services Offered
Insurance & Payment
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Languages Spoken
FAQs
Is North Star Behavioral Health System accredited?
Yes, accredited by The Joint Commission.
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What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: negative
- Yelp (North Star Behavioral Health System Hospital Anchorage): 1.4 (9 reviews) (9 reviews)
- US News patient experience ratings: Not specified in retrieved snippet
Patients praise
- Website describes 24/7 availability for assessments and treatment options (not a patient review).
Common complaints
- Staffing shortfalls/overwhelmed environment and lack of support
- Assaults/escapes and serious patient-safety deficiencies reported by federal/state regulators
- Improper or insufficient monitoring/ documentation around locked seclusion (incl. policy violations)
- Low patient-experience ratings on at least one review platform; very few reviews
- Reported dysfunctional conditions and warning from multiple regulators including preliminary denial of accreditation
- Concerns raised by disability advocacy complaints about quality of care
"“There were often not enough staff and they were overwhelmed. The staff were not given enough ...”"
— Yelp (North Star Behavioral Health System Hospital Anchorage)"Federal investigators documented “more than a dozen ‘deficiencies’ ... so serious ... ‘immediate jeopardy’ situations” involving assaults and other safety issues."
— Anchorage Daily News (Federal inspectors fault assaults, escapes, improper use of locked ...), 2022-09-30"“The Joint Commission handed down a ‘preliminary denial of accreditation’ ... [with] a condition which ... poses a threat to patients.”"
— Alaska Public Media (Inside the deepening dysfunction at North Star psychiatric hospital), 2022-11-27Synthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 10, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
- North Star Behavioral Health System | Psychiatric Care | Anchorage, AK — Apr 19, 2018
- Child Adolescent Psychiatrist | North Star Behavioral Health | Anchorage, AK | Base Comp $380k+ in Anchorage, Alaska | North Star Behavioral Health
- Frontline Hospital, LLC d/b/a North Star Behavioral Health System | National Labor Relations Board — Jan 6, 2026
- Alaska Legislature advances measures to address longstanding problems in children’s psychiatric facilities - Anchorage Daily News — Apr 24, 2026
- PRN Hospitalist / Family Medicine | Anchorage, Alaska - PracticeMatch — Oct 15, 2025
Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 10, 2026.
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