Polaris Transitional Care

Polaris Transitional Care is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Anchorage, Alaska. It is licensed for 50 beds — well above the median for skilled nursing facilities in Alaska (29 beds).

It is one of 558 senior care facilities in Anchorage and 20 skilled nursing facilities across Alaska. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Polaris Transitional Care 24 times across 9 inspections in the last three years, including 2 food-safety citations, and CMS has imposed $109,382 in fines. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.