September 30, 2019
(Austin) – Under a 9-month old partnership between Central Health and Lyft, missed doctor’s appointments are down by one-fourth, and monthly visits by chronically-ill patients have doubled. Central Health launched the transportation pilot in January 2019 to help patients get to medical appointments. In nine months, the program has provided 2,400 free Lyft rides to […]
September 25, 2019
(Austin) – The Central Health Board of Managers voted Wednesday to set the tax rate for Fiscal Year 2020 at 6.9% over the “no-new-revenue” – or effective – tax rate, which will generate $214.9 million in property taxes to pay for health care delivery for Travis County residents with low income. For a Travis County […]
September 18, 2019
Download the final budget (pdf) (Austin) – Central Health plans to spend 12.4% more on health care for people with low income in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 compared to this year, according to the budget approved Sept. 18 by the healthcare district’s Board of Managers. The $290.8 million FY20 budget and tax rate must be […]
September 12, 2019
The Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health conducted public hearings on September 11, 2019, and September 18, 2019, on a proposal to increase the total tax revenues of the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health from properties on the tax roll in the preceding year by 6.9 percent (percentage by which proposed tax […]
September 11, 2019
WHAT: Central Health public hearing about the FY2020 property tax rate. WHEN/WHERE: 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 11, at Central Health, 1111 E. Cesar Chavez St., Austin, TX 78702. (Austin) – Central Health is hosting the first of two public hearings on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 proposed property tax rate at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. […]
September 4, 2019
The Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health will hold two public hearings on a proposal to increase total tax revenues from properties on the tax roll in the preceding tax year by 6.9 percent (percentage by which proposed tax rate exceeds lower of rollback tax rate or effective tax rate calculated under Tax Code […]