Press Release Archive
February 21, 2018
(Austin) – To speed up the redevelopment of the Central Health Brackenridge Campus in downtown Austin and generate revenue faster to fund health care delivery, Central Health may move away from its master developer strategy. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, the Budget and Finance Committee of the Central Health Board of Managers recommended Central Health President […]
February 16, 2018
(Austin) – Central Health announced today two new vice presidents will lead the health care district’s external affairs’ efforts as it expands and improves health care services for people with low income in Travis County. Central Health announced Perla Cavazos is the new Vice President of Government Affairs, while Ted Burton is Vice President of […]
February 12, 2018
(Austin) – Local health care leaders expressed relief Friday after Congress approved a two-year spending bill, which supports local community health centers serving historically underserved communities. “This is enormously important to Travis County,” said Jaeson Fournier, CEO of CommUnityCare Health Centers. “Without this funding, CommUnityCare stood to lose almost $4.2 million in federal grant funds, […]
February 7, 2018
(Austin) — Staff, patients, and board members of CommUnityCare Health Centers today called on Congress to extend funding for community health centers and preserve affordable health care in Travis County. Critical funding for health centers and other programs under the Community Health Center Trust Fund, which subsidizes Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), expired Oct. 1, […]
January 24, 2018
(Austin) – The Central Health Board of Managers voted Wednesday, Jan. 24, to invest an additional $26 million in Sendero Health Plans. Sendero is Central Health’s nonprofit, community based Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) that provides affordable health care coverage for people with low income. “For the past six years, the Central Health Board of Managers […]
January 12, 2018
(Austin) – Up to 90 people a day with flu-like symptoms have sought care at Central Health-funded CommUnityCare Health Centers in Travis County since mid-December and more than half have been diagnosed with influenza ⎯ and the flu outbreak may not have peaked yet. Central Health funds 19 CommUnityCare Health Centers in Travis County. In […]
December 14, 2017
(Austin, TX.) — The former Director of Austin Public Health – Shannon Jones – has been appointed to the Central Health Board of Managers, replacing long-time Board Member Clarke Heidrick. Heidrick was the first Chair of the initial Central Health Board of Managers and has served since Central Health was created in 2004. To fill […]
November 17, 2017
(AUSTIN, Texas) – Central Health and CommUnityCare Health Centers announced today Del Valle residents, in partnership with Travis County, will have access to a new health clinic starting Monday, Nov. 20, 2017. The new Del Valle Health Center is located at 3518 FM 973, near the county’s correctional facility in Del Valle. It is also […]
October 27, 2017
Groups working together to help residents overcome enrollment barriers for 2018 AUSTIN — Central Health—the public agency that ensures Travis County residents with low income get quality health care—and community partners gathered at United Way for Greater Austin on Friday to make final preparations for the Nov. 1 kickoff of open enrollment in the Health […]
October 25, 2017
(Austin, TX.) — The Central Health Board of Managers voted Wednesday to allow staff to begin negotiations with a master developer for the Brackenridge Campus redevelopment, former home of University Medical Center Brackenridge (UMCB). Following an intensive review process, the Central Health procurement committee unanimously selected Wexford Science & Technology, LLC, of Baltimore, MD, one […]