Month: September 2018

(AUSTIN, Texas) – Central Health-supported CommUnityCare Health Centers announced today it is adding Saturday clinic hours at the Del Valle Health Center, located at 3518 FM 973 beginning Sept. 29, 2018. The location also serves as the Travis County Employee Wellness Center, so CommUnityCare and Central Health worked with Travis County to accommodate the Saturday […]

(Austin) – The Travis County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to approve Central Health’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget and tax rate on Tuesday, Sept. 25. The vote came after Central Health requested a week’s delay to allow its Board of Managers an opportunity to reconsider the future of Sendero Health Plans, the health care district’s […]

(Austin) – The Central Health Board of Managers voted to allocate $26 million for Sendero Health Plans in Fiscal Year 2019, allowing its nonprofit health insurance company to stay in business for at least another year. Saturday’s decision reverses the board’s Sept. 12 vote to cap funding for Sendero, which likely would have led to […]

(Austin) – El Consejo de Directores de Central Health votó para asignar $26 millones adicionales a Sendero Health Plans para el año fiscal 2019, lo cual le permitirá a su compañía de seguros médicos sin fines de lucro permanecer en el mercado por lo menos un año más. La decisión tomada el sábado revoca la […]

(Austin) – Central Health’s Board of Managers has called a special meeting for Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018 to hear from the public and continue discussing its future investment in Sendero Health Plans, the health care district’s nonprofit Health Maintenance Organization (HMO). The Travis County Commissioners Court will vote to approve Central Health’s budget Tuesday, Sept. […]

(Austin) – Central Health asked Travis County Commissioner’s Court to postpone voting on the health care district’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget and tax rate, so it may continue discussing its future investment in Sendero Health Plans, the health care district’s nonprofit Health Maintenance Organization (HMO). Central Health presented its FY 2019 budget and tax […]

(Austin) – The Central Health Board of Managers adopted a Fiscal Year FY 2019 budget of $ 258.4 million, which includes a $20.3 million increase in funding for health care delivery for Travis County residents with low income. Travis County commissioners will vote on whether to approve the budget Sept. 18, 2018. The FY 2019 […]

(Austin) – The Central Health Board of Managers voted Wednesday, Sept. 12, to cap funding for Sendero Health Plans, its nonprofit Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), due to ongoing and potentially worsening financial challenges. Created in 2012 by Central Health to provide health insurance for people with low income. Sendero’s insurance product, IdealCare, currently has about […]

Central Health is using free pregnancy testing as a means to connect women with low income to comprehensive health care services. It’s one way Central Health and its partners are improving the health of women and their babies in Travis County. Since January, Central Health Southeast Health & Wellness Center has offered 376 women a […]