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County greenlights long-awaited performance audit of Central Health
On Tuesday, the Travis County Commissioners Court greenlit a long-awaited independent performance audit with auditing firm Mazars for $854,200. The audit will examine how Central Health has used taxpayer money, with a close eye on the controversial, taxpayer-funded allocation of…
Public Health • By Seth Smalley • Apr 7, 2023
Community leaders release 'red flags' report on Central Health
Leaders of the NAACP Austin and Texas League of United Latin American Citizens District VII released a scathing report Wednesday on Central Health’s financial and operational activities. The organizations called on the Travis County Commissioners Court to order a “comprehensive,…
Public Health • By Jo Clifton • Mar 24, 2022
Commissioners Court approves Central Health budget, with concerns
On Tuesday, the Commissioners Court unanimously approved Central Health’s $367.3 million budget, stamping its seal of approval on the 6.9 percent, or $76.5 million, increase for the Travis County health care provider and the corresponding $24.97 average increase in annual…
Budget • By Jessi Devenyns • Sep 30, 2020
'This is the hammer': Residents bring lawsuit in fight against Central Health
On Tuesday afternoon, after Fred Lewis declared new financial rules imposed on Central Health were inadequate, the Austin Monitor asked the attorney, activist and reliable thorn in the hospital district’s side if he had a lawsuit in the works. His…
Courts • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 19, 2017
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New rules for Central Health don't satisfy critics
The Travis County Commissioners Court has concluded another chapter in the extended controversy over Central Health, but one of the hospital district’s lead critics says he is not ready to quit. On Tuesday, the court amended the district’s financial policy…
Public Health • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 18, 2017
🌲 Commissioners Court kicks Central Health vote to next week 🌲
Another Tuesday, another delay of decisive action on Central Health’s governing financial policies. After more than a year of discussing the hospital district’s perceived transparency, the Travis County Commissioners Court once again put off a vote on changes that would…
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First progress and then postponement as Central Health returns to Commissioners Court
The Travis County Commissioners Court on Tuesday signed off on Central Health’s proposed $238 million budget for Fiscal Year 2017-18, but came up short on reaching an accord between the hospital district and activists who demand more transparency from it.…
Budget • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 20, 2017
Central Health concerns continue to stymie Commissioners Court
On Tuesday the Travis County Commissioners Court once again failed to reach a compromise that could satisfy all parties involved in the seemingly interminable controversy over transparency at Central Health. Before the court was a review of the new financial…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 30, 2017
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Central Health discussion once again dominates Commissioners Court meeting
Central Health’s annual budget presentation to the Travis County Commissioners Court on Tuesday brought with it a fresh round of familiar complaints from activists about the level of transparency displayed by the hospital district. Freshly installed President and CEO Mike…
Budget • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 24, 2017
Council makes Aiken's ascent to Central Health board official
City Council on Thursday resolved the last lingering wisps of drama over a vacancy on Central Health’s board of managers. Council unanimously voted to appoint Abigail Aiken to the position, an act that validated the unanimous endorsement of the Health…
HHS Committee endorses Aiken for Central Health
LBJ School of Public Affairs Assistant Professor Abigail Aiken is one City Council vote away from being the newest member of Central Health’s Board of Managers. On Monday, and after a lengthy executive session, Council’s Health and Human Services Committee…
Lewis remains in the running for Central Health board of directors seat
After interviewing four candidates for an open seat on the Central Health board of directors on Tuesday, the Travis County Commissioners Court voted to make one of the hospital district’s most outspoken critics its runner-up choice. The court spent the…
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