Girdwood Health Clinic

The Girdwood Health Clinic Inc (ghci) offers primary medical and behavioral Health care services to the permanent and seasonal residents of the turnagain arm area, as well as tourists visiting the resort town. The Clinic also offers ancillary services such as x-ray and lab. Ghcis service area includes Girdwood, whittier, hope, bird creek and indian. Ghci serves all patients regardless of ability to pay and offers discounts based on family size and income. The Clinic accepts medicare and medicaid patients and is a preferred provider for several commercial insurance plans. In 2022 ghci served 1,180 unduplicated patients. 53% of patients served have incomes less than 200% of the federal poverty guidelines, and 27% are either uninsured or covered by medicaid. Ghci has increased the number of patients from the service area over the past several years, indicating that local residents recognize the Clinic as their medical home.