Press Releases
March 22, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas – March 22, 2013 – Today, the LIVESTRONG Foundation, Central Health, the Shivers Cancer Foundation and Senator Kirk Watson announced the results of a white paper on the availability of quality clinical adult cancer care and support services in the greater Austin region , which includes Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis and Williamson counties. […]
January 18, 2013
On Tuesday, January 15, the Travis County Commissioners Court selected Guadalupe Zamora, M.D. to fill one of two vacant positions on the Central Health Board of Managers. Dr. Zamora is a practicing physician at his own family medicine clinic in East Austin. He has also served as past president, secretary and treasurer of the Travis […]
February 1, 2013
A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit filed in October 2012 challenging the validity of Proposition One. The Honorable Lee Yeakel on Thursday, January 31 signed and entered a Final Judgment dismissing the claims by a political action committee and three individuals that Proposition One violated several federal and state laws. In November of last […]
February 12, 2015
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell will hold a press conference on Friday, Feb. 13, at 10:30 a.m. to discuss the number of Austin residents who have signed up for quality, affordable health coverage for 2015 through the Health Insurance Marketplace. The press conference will take place at the Southeast […]
April 21, 2014
Central Health Chairperson Brenda Coleman-Beattie, along with The University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers, Senator Kirk Watson, Seton Healthcare Family President & CEO Jesus Garza, and Dell Medical School Dean Dr. Clay Johnston, marked the start of construction of the new Dell Medical School with a public celebration on Monday, April 21. Speaking […]
March 19, 2014
Get Connected to Coverage Elected officials and community leaders joined Central Health and United Way for Greater Austin (UWATX) today to encourage Travis County residents to enroll in a health insurance plan under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) before the upcoming March 31 open enrollment deadline. Today’s event is part of a […]
July 4, 2014
The Central Health Board of Managers on Wednesday approved the adoption of an Affiliation Agreement between The University of Texas at Austin, Central Health, and the Community Care Collaborative (CCC). This Agreement formalizes the relationship between the CCC, Central Health, and The University of Texas at Austin and the transfer of $35 million in local […]
March 3, 2014
The Central Health Board of Managers recently named officers for the 2014 calendar year. Serving as Chairperson is Brenda Coleman-Beattie. The Travis County Commissioners Court first appointed Ms. Coleman-Beattie to a four-year term on the Central Health Board of Managers in January of 2011. Since then she has served as Secretary (2011), Treasurer (2012), and […]
March 1, 2014
Members of Central Health’s Board of Managers and management, community stakeholders, elected officials, and members of the community at large participated in the ceremony, which included a ceremonial wall breaking at the site of the new flagship facility, formerly the Veterans Administration Austin Outpatient Clinic. During the event, Central Health and Community Care Collaborative (CCC) […]
January 21, 2014
The University of Texas at Austin announced at a press conference on Tuesday, Jan. 21, Dr. S. Claiborne “Clay” Johnston as the inaugural dean of the Dell Medical School. Clarke Heidrick, a member of the Central Health Board of Managers who served on the search committee for the dean, said, “All of us at Central […]