North Star Hospital is part of North Star Behavioral Health System, a psychiatric provider in the Anchorage, Alaska, area. The organization describes services for children, teens, and adults, including acute inpatient care, military-focused services, and youth residential care (North Star Behavioral Health, programs and services).

North Star's published locations page describes three facilities serving four programs: acute inpatient care, girls' residential treatment, boys' residential treatment, and adult acute care. Its Palmer campus is described as serving youth residential programs (locations, contact).

The facility has also appeared in public-policy discussions of Alaska's children's behavioral-health system. A 2022 U.S. Department of Justice findings report discussed North Star Hospital in the context of institutional care for Alaska children and the state's shortage of community-based alternatives (U.S. Department of Justice).