Month: August 2022

New Plan Calls for $85M Spending Increase in Patient Services (AUSTIN) — Central Health is proposing numerous, significant expansions to healthcare services for Travis County residents with low income in its Fiscal Year 2023 budget. These expansions are the direct result of years of planning, culminating in the recently adopted Healthcare Equity Plan. To support […]

Get more information about our FY 2023 budget. PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.098684 per $100 NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE $0.092372 per $100 VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE $0.100506 per $100   The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2022 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for the Travis County Healthcare […]

(AUSTIN) — Central Health is inviting the public to weigh in on its Fiscal Year 2023 budget priorities. Central Health will hold the final of three Community Conversations this week where Travis County residents can learn how the organization is building a comprehensive healthcare system to improve the health of county residents with low income. […]

The new contracts will expand options and access to care for MAP members AUSTIN – In a continued effort to address the opioid epidemic in Central Texas, Central Health signed a new contract to begin offering methadone treatment services for substance use disorder. According to the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office Annual Report, drugs were […]

(Austin) — Central Health Equity Policy (CHEP) Council announced Wednesday it is convening several Travis County health organizations to embrace the tenets of the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), a national benchmarking tool for healthcare organizations to evaluate their level of care for the LGBTQIA+ community. A news conference introducing this initiative […]

Central Health recently received the site development permit from the City of Austin. While the permitting process is hard to predict and took longer than originally expected, we built a flexible construction schedule, and are optimistic that we can make up time during construction. Next, it will take a few more weeks to receive the […]

(AUSTIN) — Central Health is inviting the public to weigh in on its Fiscal Year 2023 budget priorities. Central Health will hold three Community Conversations beginning this week where Travis County residents can learn how the organization is building a comprehensive healthcare system to improve the health of county residents with low income. Residents will […]

(Austin) — Central Health is announcing its new class of Community Health Champions for 2022. Central Health created the Community Health Champions program in 2016 to bring together diverse members of the community from across Travis County to learn about, discuss and collaborate on improving the health of people with low income across Central Texas. […]