Press Releases
July 10, 2018
(Austin) – On Tuesday, the Central Health Board of Managers will consider approving a lease for a portion of its Downtown Campus – formerly the Brackenridge Campus – with a local limited partnership called the 2033 LP. If approved, the first year of the lease could generate for Central Health up to $6.6 million in […]
July 6, 2018
(Austin) – Central Health and its affiliate, CommUnityCare Health Centers, launched a new shuttle service pilot to help Elroy and Hornsby Bend residents get to their medical appointments. Every weekday, vans will shuttle patients between designated pickup locations in Elroy and Hornsby Bend, to and from the Central Health Southeast Health & Wellness Center. “One […]
June 22, 2018
(Austin) – Central Health and Partners in Parenting (PIP), an Austin nonprofit, have teamed up to offer free support groups for parents of newborns and infants to help make a challenging time for new families a little easier. PIP organizes and facilitates community-based peer support groups for new parents to help ease the transition to […]
June 5, 2018
While most children celebrate the beginning of summer, for thousands of Travis County families, the end of the school year means the end of a reliable, healthy daily meal. The Austin Independent School District reports that 61 percent of its students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. When school ends, so do daily, reliable meals. […]
April 5, 2018
(Austin) – The Central Health Board of Managers voted Wednesday, March 28 to commit $400,000 to participate in a new program expected to reduce the hospital utilization of up to 250 persons experiencing homelessness who are frequent users of the most expensive types of care. The Ending Community Homelessness Coalition’s (ECHO) Pay-for-Success project will provide […]
April 4, 2018
Getting to and from a medical appointment poses unique challenges for many patients with low income, which can lead to missed appointments, canceled procedures and an inability to pick up prescriptions from a pharmacy. “Lack of reliable transportation is one of the biggest barriers to accessing health care,” said Dr. Mark Hernandez, Chief Medical Officer, […]
March 23, 2018
(Austin) – Central Health anunció el jueves, 22 de marzo, que su subsidiaria Sendero Health Plans se retirará del mercado de seguros médicos STAR Medicaid y CHIP a partir del 1 de mayo. Sendero es la organización comunitaria de mantenimiento de la salud (HMO, por sus siglas en inglés) sin fines de lucro de Central […]
March 23, 2018
(Austin) – Central Health announced Friday, March 23, that its subsidiary, Sendero Health Plans, is withdrawing from the STAR Medicaid and CHIP insurance market effective May 1. Sendero is Central Health’s nonprofit, community-based health maintenance organization (HMO) providing quality health coverage to Travis County residents since 2012. Beginning this week, Sendero will contact health care […]
March 8, 2018
(Austin) – Northeast Austin residents have more health care options as Central Health-funded CommUnityCare Health Centers expanded services at Turner-Roberts Recreation Center from one day a month to one day a week. Located in the Colony Park neighborhood at 7201 Colony Loop Dr. in Northeast Travis County, the CommUnityCare clinic at Turner-Roberts Recreation Center is […]
March 7, 2018
(Austin) – Central Health announced today it has a new Chief Strategy and Planning Officer. Monica Crowley, presently serving as Interim Chief Strategy Officer, will lead the health care district’s efforts to develop strategies that will help coordinate local health care delivery, making it more efficient and effective, and collaborate with a network of partners […]