Press Releases

Named “Latina Elected or Appointed Official Award Winner” by HABLA (Austin) – Central Health is pleased to announce that Deputy Administrator Perla Cavazos is the recipient of the 2022 Latina Elected or Appointed Official Award winner by Hispanic Advocates Business Leaders of Austin (HABLA), a think tank group and forum made up of local Hispanic/Latino […]

$305m budget offers more healthcare access for Travis County Residents with low income (Austin) – The Travis County Commissioners Court voted to approve Central Health’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget and tax rate Tuesday. The $305,358,237 budget includes more than $290 million for healthcare delivery, a $90.5 million increase over FY 2022 while lowering the […]

New Health & Wellness Facilities Will Serve Eastern Travis County (Austin) – Construction has begun on Central Health’s new Health & Wellness Centers that will serve patients in Eastern Travis County beginning next year. After completing the permitting process, construction began this week on the new health and wellness centers in Hornsby Bend, 3700 Gilbert […]

Renovated Rosewood-Zaragosa Clinic will help fill gaps in specialty care for Medical Access Program members (AUSTIN) — Central Health announced Wednesday it is transforming the historic Rosewood-Zaragosa health center into a new state-of-the art specialty care clinic, slated to open in fall 2023, to serve Medical Access Program (MAP) members. MAP and MAP Basic are […]

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 […]

(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 […]

(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. […]