Press Releases

(Austin) – Central Health and its affiliate, CommUnityCare Health Centers, launched a new shuttle service pilot to help Elroy and Hornsby Bend residents get to their medical appointments. Every weekday, vans will shuttle patients between designated pickup locations in Elroy and Hornsby Bend, to and from the Central Health Southeast Health & Wellness Center. “One […]

(Austin) – Central Health and Partners in Parenting (PIP), an Austin nonprofit, have teamed up to offer free support groups for parents of newborns and infants to help make a challenging time for new families a little easier. PIP organizes and facilitates community-based peer support groups for new parents to help ease the transition to […]

(Austin) – The Central Health Board of Managers voted Wednesday, March 28 to commit $400,000 to participate in a new program expected to reduce the hospital utilization of up to 250 persons experiencing homelessness who are frequent users of the most expensive types of care. The Ending Community Homelessness Coalition’s (ECHO) Pay-for-Success project will provide […]

Getting to and from a medical appointment poses unique challenges for many patients with low income, which can lead to missed appointments, canceled procedures and an inability to pick up prescriptions from a pharmacy. “Lack of reliable transportation is one of the biggest barriers to accessing health care,” said Dr. Mark Hernandez, Chief Medical Officer, […]

(Austin) – Central Health anunció el jueves, 22 de marzo, que su subsidiaria Sendero Health Plans se retirará del mercado de seguros médicos STAR Medicaid y CHIP a partir del 1 de mayo. Sendero es la organización comunitaria de mantenimiento de la salud (HMO, por sus siglas en inglés) sin fines de lucro de Central […]

(Austin) – Central Health announced Friday, March 23, that its subsidiary, Sendero Health Plans, is withdrawing from the STAR Medicaid and CHIP insurance market effective May 1. Sendero is Central Health’s nonprofit, community-based health maintenance organization (HMO) providing quality health coverage to Travis County residents since 2012. Beginning this week, Sendero will contact health care […]

(Austin) – Northeast Austin residents have more health care options as Central Health-funded CommUnityCare Health Centers expanded services at Turner-Roberts Recreation Center from one day a month to one day a week. Located in the Colony Park neighborhood at 7201 Colony Loop Dr. in Northeast Travis County, the CommUnityCare clinic at Turner-Roberts Recreation Center is […]

(Austin) – Central Health announced today it has a new Chief Strategy and Planning Officer. Monica Crowley, presently serving as Interim Chief Strategy Officer, will lead the health care district’s efforts to develop strategies that will help coordinate local health care delivery, making it more efficient and effective, and collaborate with a network of partners […]

(Austin, TX.) — Central Health, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing (UT School of Nursing), and Travis County Emergency Services District (ESD) 11 announced Wednesday, Feb. 28 they are joining forces to open a new health center in Southeast Travis County. The health center will be located next to the Travis County […]

(Austin, TX.) — On Wednesday, Central Health released its Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Report, highlighting milestones of the healthcare district’s work to improve the lives of Travis County residents with low income. Some of those 2017 highlights include: 150,800 people received health care services, a 7,800 increase from 2016. 75,737 people received screening for health […]