The Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health will hold two public hearings on a proposal to increase total tax revenues from properties on the tax roll in the preceding tax year by 6.9 percent... Read more
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE
Central Health Board of Managers Vote to Set Maximum Tax Rate
Proposed Budget Increases Health Care Delivery Spending for Growing Low Income Population (Austin) – The Central Health Board of Managers voted Wednesday to set the maximum tax rate for Fiscal Year 2020 at 6.9% over... Read more
Demolition, Redevelopment of Downtown Health District Property Will Fund Local Health Care Needs
AUSTIN, Texas — Demolition will begin soon of a vacant professional office building near the former University Medical Center Brackenridge — a major milestone in the long-term redevelopment of Central Health’s downtown property that will leverage a partnership... Read more
Central Health Buying Land in Eastern Travis County for Future Health and Wellness Center
(Austin, TX) – Central Health, Travis County’s healthcare district, is buying 10-acres of undeveloped land in the Greater Hornsby Bend area to build a new health and wellness center to serve Eastern Travis County residents... Read more
Central Health-funded CommUnityCare Expands Pregnancy Testing for Women with Low Income
(Austin) – Central Health-funded CommUnityCare (CUC) is expanding pregnancy testing and support services in Travis County for women with low income. ”Expanding pregnancy testing is critical to improving health outcomes for both moms and their... Read more
New Laws Expand Central Health’s Authority to Provide Medical Care
Private hospitals can receive Federal Funding to Care for People with Low Income (Austin) – Two new laws passed by the Texas Legislature will improve care for people in Travis County with low income. Senate... Read more
Demolition of Former Brackenridge Hospital Tower Will Jumpstart Redevelopment of Prime Central Health-owned Property Redevelopment already funding future health care
(Austin) – For half a century, the University Medical Center Brackenridge (UMCB) hospital towered above I-35 and 15th Street – a landmark for hospital care for Austin and Travis County. Closed since May 2017, Central... Read more
Former Patients, Doctors to Share Memories of Former Brackenridge Hospital Before Central Health Begins Demolition Process This Summer
Before Central Health begins the process of demolishing the former University Medical Center Brackenridge (UMCB) tower, former patients, nurses, doctors, Austin’s mayor and UT’s president will honor and remember the countless lives connected to the... Read more
Austin City Council Appoints Nursing Professor to Central Health Board of Managers
(Austin) – The Austin City Council appointed Dr. Julie Zuniga as the newest member of the all-volunteer Central Health Board of Managers. Dr. Zuniga is an assistant professor of nursing at The University of Texas... Read more