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Home > Breaking News Updates > Breaking news… April 10-17

Breaking news… April 10-17

April 27, 2015

April 13th – April 17th


Some question need for Huston-Tillotson clinic as board mulls funding

Posted: 6:16 p.m. Thursday, April 16, 2015

By Mary Ann Roser – American-Statesman Staff

A couple of Central Health board members recently questioned the necessity of a 14,704-square foot health clinic at Huston-Tillotson University in East Austin. Despite the questioning, a majority agreed to spend up to $615,433 to furnish and equip it, a recommendation to be ratified at the board’s next meeting on May 6.


Smythe: Why Texas telemedicine rules restrict access to health care

Posted: 6:00 p.m. Monday, April 13, 2015          

By Roy Smythe – Special to the American-Statesman

Roy Smythe voices his support of the efforts of the Texas Medical Board to protect Texans from inappropriate or negligent medical practice, but argues the proposed rules that the group approved to establish “a defined physician-patient relationship,” including “a face-to-face or in-person evaluation” prior to treatment, only restricts access for the medically underserved.


Forget SXSW – Austin’s Most Radical New Idea May Be In Medical Education

Posted: 4/10/2015, 9:24PM

By David Shaywitz, Forbes Contributor

Austin is in the process of launching something even more radical than what it’s already known for (Twitter, Whole Foods, SXSW) by building a new medical school and cutting down “waste” associated with inefficient care.

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Notice: The Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health adopted a tax rate that will raise more taxes for maintenance and operations than last year’s tax rate. The tax rate will effectively be raised by 6.0 percent and will raise taxes for maintenance and operations on a $100,000 home by approximately $6.18 (six dollars and eighteen cents).

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NOTICE: THE TRAVIS COUNTY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT D/B/A CENTRAL HEALTH ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR’S TAX RATE. THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 6.0 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $6.18 (SIX DOLLARS AND EIGHTTEEN CENTS).

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