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(Austin) – Pastors from nine Austin black churches will join medical experts from Central Health-affiliated CommUnityCare Health Centers for a series of online town hall meetings about COVID-19 vaccines. Central Health and CommUnityCare host the first of five virtual town hall meetings – COVID Vaccines and our Community – at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 13. […]

AUSTIN, TX – Central Texas Community Health Centers dba CommUnityCare, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) striving to achieve health equity, today announced that it launched Epic’s healthcare software. Epic is used by leading medical centers and FQHCs, and 250 million patients worldwide have a health record in Epic.   The new system will further […]

(Austin) – Central Health will host a virtual informational session on the future Del Valle Health & Wellness Center at 11:30 a.m. (English) and 1 p.m. (Spanish), Thursday, Feb. 25. Central Health will share the latest project information including site concepts, project timeline, and ways for the community to share feedback on site features and […]

The Central Health Enterprise is committed to sharing the latest information about COVID-19 resources and responses as well as emergency operations efforts related to inclement weather events. Please find routinely updated information here.  Saturday, February 20, 2021  Normal operations will resume at Hancock, Southeast Health & Wellness Convenient Care, and Carousel Riverside.  Pharmacy will be […]

(Austin) – Two new members are joining the all-volunteer, nine-member Central Health Board of Managers, Travis County’s healthcare district. Dr. Cynthia Brinson is an Austin City Council appointee, while Amit Motwani is a joint appointment of the Austin City Council and Travis County Commissioners Court. Both were sworn in Jan. 22, 2021. About Dr. Cynthia […]

(Austin) – Maxwell Locke & Ritter, a local, independent, Austin-based accounting firm, issued an unmodified, or “clean” opinion on Central Health’s audited financial statements for Fiscal Year 2020. This means Central Health’s financial audit has reported no findings or weaknesses with their financial practices, reflecting the high level of financial reporting Central Health provides to […]

Central Health Board of Managers approves clinic plans in Hornsby Bend,  Del Valle and Colony Park (Austin) – The Central Health Board of Managers Wednesday approved project plans for three new health and wellness centers in Eastern Travis County, fulfilling a long-time commitment to expand health care services in areas lacking access to resources. Central […]

Dr. Guadalupe Zamora, Central Health Board Member and affiliate faculty member of the Dell Medical School, received the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Austin) – Dr. Guadalupe Zamora, a physician with more than 30 years of experience in East Austin and a member of the Central Health Board of Managers, received the COVID-19 vaccine Sunday, Dec. 20. […]

(Austin) – When Central Health and CommUnityCare hosted a grand opening of their new Hornsby Bend Health Center in March, no one imagined a global health pandemic was just around the corner. The health center quietly began seeing patients in February – mainly nearby residents with low-income and without insurance. Central Health data indicates 1 […]

(Austin, Texas) – Central Health-affiliated CommUnityCare Health Centers, along with Capital Metro and Austin Public Health (APH), are delivering food to people quarantined due to COVID-19. On Friday, APH provided 39 food boxes for 14 CommUnityCare patients who are food insecure. Since the program began in March, served 122 families; delivered 545 boxes of food, […]