Budget

(Austin) – Central Health is pursuing multiple options to more quickly bring health care services to Eastern Travis County. Some of the plans include purchasing a customized bus outfitted with exam rooms, making house calls, and leasing land to set up prefabricated modular clinics. “All options are on the table,” said Mike Geeslin, Central Health […]

On Wednesday, the Central Health Board of Managers approved moving forward with negotiations on ground leases with two Travis County Emergency Services Districts (ESD), which will be home to future health clinics in Elroy (Del Valle) and Austin’s Colony/Hornsby Bend. “We committed to the community that we would bring more health care services to Eastern […]

(AUSTIN, Texas) – Central Health-supported CommUnityCare Health Centers announced today it is adding Saturday clinic hours at the Del Valle Health Center, located at 3518 FM 973 beginning Sept. 29, 2018. The location also serves as the Travis County Employee Wellness Center, so CommUnityCare and Central Health worked with Travis County to accommodate the Saturday […]

(Austin) – The Travis County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to approve Central Health’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget and tax rate on Tuesday, Sept. 25. The vote came after Central Health requested a week’s delay to allow its Board of Managers an opportunity to reconsider the future of Sendero Health Plans, the health care district’s […]

(Austin) – The Central Health Board of Managers voted to allocate $26 million for Sendero Health Plans in Fiscal Year 2019, allowing its nonprofit health insurance company to stay in business for at least another year. Saturday’s decision reverses the board’s Sept. 12 vote to cap funding for Sendero, which likely would have led to […]

(Austin) – Central Health asked Travis County Commissioner’s Court to postpone voting on the health care district’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget and tax rate, so it may continue discussing its future investment in Sendero Health Plans, the health care district’s nonprofit Health Maintenance Organization (HMO). Central Health presented its FY 2019 budget and tax […]

(Austin) – The Central Health Board of Managers adopted a Fiscal Year FY 2019 budget of $ 258.4 million, which includes a $20.3 million increase in funding for health care delivery for Travis County residents with low income. Travis County commissioners will vote on whether to approve the budget Sept. 18, 2018. The FY 2019 […]

En español Central Health wants to hear from you to ensure our work is aligned with the needs of those we serve. The Central Health $258.4 million 2019 budget is paying for hospital, primary, specialty, behavioral, and non-clinical services for Travis County residents with low income – more than 1 in 7 Travis County residents. […]

(Austin) – The Travis County Commissioners Court approved Central Health’s Fiscal Year 2018 tax rate and budget Tuesday, after the Central Health Board of Managers approved both Sept. 13. Per state statute, the Commissioners Court provides final approval of Central Health’s budget and tax rate. “On behalf of nearly 1 in 10 Travis County residents […]

Budget increases to fund safety-net health care (Austin) – The Central Health Board of Managers voted to pass the Fiscal Year 2018 tax rate and budget Sept. 13. Central Health conducted public hearings Aug. 30, and Sept. 6, on a proposal to increase the total tax revenue of the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central […]