News
June 28, 2017
The Central Health Board of Managers received the Fiscal Year 2016 Annual Report on Wednesday, June 28. The report highlights and memorializes accomplishments over the previous fiscal year, as well as serving as the official fiscal record for Central Health. Some highlights from the report include: In 2016 Central Health funded care for more than […]
June 23, 2017
The CommUnityCare Board of Directors hired Dr. Jaeson T. Fournier as its next Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Fournier began on June 5. He replaced George Miller who retired from CommUnityCare after three years in February 2017. “After a long and very competitive selection process, our Board of Directors is confident Jaeson will be an exceptional […]
June 20, 2017
(Austin) – The Austin City Council voted to appoint Julie Oliver to the final vacant seat of the all-volunteer Central Health Board of Managers. Oliver is a health care finance and law professional with 20 years of experience in financial management and leadership. She is the financial division controller for St. David’s HealthCare’s seven-hospital healthcare […]
June 7, 2017
What will the Central Health Brackenridge Campus become? What features and services will there be? How can this one development benefit our ethnically, culturally and socio-economically diverse community? These are the big questions we’re answering as the plan to develop the 14-acre campus takes shape. Thanks to the incredible input from a group of about […]
April 3, 2015
Medicaid overhaul in Texas and Travis County draws federal scrutiny Posted: 5:13 p.m. Saturday, March 28, 2015 By Mary Ann Roser – American-Statesman Staff Federal officials, specifically Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), are questioning whether Texas hospital districts violate federal law by using money from private hospitals to gain federal matching funds. Central Health’s Community […]
May 24, 2017
(Austin) – The Austin City Council voted unanimously to appoint Maram Museitif to the all-volunteer Central Health Board of Managers. Museitif is a public health and health care professional with more than 10 years of experience in research, academic, and government settings, and has expertise addressing challenges facing domestic and international health care delivery. Since […]
May 17, 2017
Update: Registration is full. We are pleased to invite you to a visioning workshop about the future marketplace at the Central Health Brackenridge Campus. The marketplace may include a food hall, food culture center, health innovation center, public space, and Central Health office space. This workshop will be facilitated by Project for Public Spaces (PPS), an internationally […]
April 27, 2017
Pilot project approved with Hospice Austin (Austin) – A new pilot project in Travis County will ensure people who are low-income and uninsured can access quality end-of-life care. The pilot project, effective March 1, provides $322,592 from Community Care Collaborative (CCC) – a non-profit public/private partnership between Central Health and Seton Healthcare Family – to […]
April 7, 2017
Contract negotiations to begin immediately (Austin) – Following a special meeting Friday, the Central Health Board of Managers announced their finalist for president and CEO. After conducting a national search, the board of managers selected Mike Geeslin of Austin to lead Central Health. Geeslin is the executive director of the Texas Dental Association and former […]
October 2, 2015
We have some exciting news to share with you related to our ongoing planning for the redevelopment of our Central Health Brackenridge Campus. We are moving forward with a proposed Master Plan concept and want to invite you for a sneak peek of the project. Over the past year, we have knocked on doors, attended […]