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Honoring Black History Month: Central Health is Building a Better, More Equitable Health Care System
February 24, 2022
By Dr. Charles E. Bell In February, Central Health will adopt a new Equity-focused Service Delivery Strategic Plan, which will serve as a blueprint for building a better health care system in Travis County for people who are uninsured and have low incomes. Adoption of the strategic plan coincides with Black History Month’s 2022 theme: […]
November 19, 2020
COVID-19 Levels Force Austin-Travis County to Move to Stage 4 Restrictions (Austin) – As Austin-Travis County raises the COVID-19 Risk-based Guidelines level to Stage 4, the second highest level, Central Health is urging residents to reconsider holiday plans. Central Health, the Travis County Healthcare District, created a simple quiz to gauge and score the risk […]
November 2, 2020
(Austin) – Central Health, Central Health-funded CommUnityCare Health Centers, Foundation Communities, and United Way 2-1-1 are teaming up to remind Travis County residents to sign up for health coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace. The open enrollment period for health insurance coverage for 2021 officially opened on Nov. 1 and ends […]
October 1, 2020
FY 2021 budget approved by unanimous vote of Travis County Commissioners (Austin, TX) – October 1 marks the beginning of a new fiscal year and implementation of a new budget for Central Health, which recently won a national award for its budgetary transparency and excellence by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). On Wednesday, Sept. […]
September 23, 2020
Vaccines, healthy habits could prevent health care system from being overwhelmed (Austin) – Central Health-affiliated CommUnityCare Health Centers urges its patients to get a flu vaccine as soon as possible since the influenza virus and the virus that causes COVID-19 will spread at the same time this fall and winter. “Getting a flu vaccine has […]
September 21, 2020
Travis County Commissioners to vote on health care district’s budget Sept. 29 Learn More About Our FY2021 Budget (Austin) – The Central Health Board of Managers voted to approve the Fiscal Year (FY) 20201 budget, which includes a more than $20 million increase over the current fiscal year to pay for health care services for […]
September 2, 2020
Residents urged to avoid gatherings Labor Day Weekend and continue healthy habits this fall to keep schools, businesses open; prevent another coronavirus spike (Austin, Texas) – Austin Public Health (APH), Travis County, Central Health and its affiliate CommUnityCare Health Centers kicked-off a six-week personal protective equipment (PPE) distribution initiative Wednesday. The program, part of a […]
August 27, 2020
(Austin) – Central Health is buying land in Southeast Travis County to build a new health and wellness center. The 2.5 acres at 7050 Elroy Road, just east of the Texas State Highway 130/Texas State Highway 45 toll roads, will be the home of a new clinic operated by Central Health-affiliated CommUnityCare to serve the […]
July 25, 2020
(Austin, TX) – Central Health is delivering COVID-19 resource kits to businesses, apartment complexes, and faith-based centers located in communities disproportionately affected by the pandemic. The business outreach effort is part of a campaign called Protect Yourself, Protect Your Family/Protéjase y Proteja a Su Familia, which reinforces coronavirus safety and prevention by working with businesses […]
July 2, 2020
*Hours reflected in this press release may change. Please refer to https://communitycaretx.org/coronavirus-updates/ for the latest information about testing provided by CommUnityCare. (Austin, Texas) – Due to heavy testing demand and limited space and staffing resources, Central Health-affiliated CommUnityCare Health Centers is relocating drive-up COVID-19 testing sites in Dove Springs and Pflugerville, and changing criteria for who […]