dr. ehrlich's first presentation so extra congratulations for that.tem 9 is the sftp h patient rates for fiscal year 16-17 and this clear 17-18. >> this is for your approval, commissioners. >> good afternoon. this is a fascinating topic given the previous presentation. patient rates. this is our annual patient rates corridor. it's always accompanying the budget. this year the patient rates at san francisco general and laguna honda are increasing by 7% for community mental health, you may have noticed that the days services and the outpatient rates are increasing significantly. the reason for that is that it's based on the actual-our actual costs and in our prior year cost reports are actual costs have risen significantly so we are revising the patient rates to be at a higher rate so that we can maximize our reimbursement for medi-cal. community substance abuse is in a sub similar situation where we tie the rates or actual costs and set them slightly higher so we can reimburse and maximize reimbursement. then, on the last page i just want to note that

dr. ehrlich's first presentation so extra congratulations for that. item 9 is the sftp h patient rates for fiscal year 16-17 and this clear 17-18. >> this is for your approval, commissioners. >> good afternoon. this is a fascinating topic given the previous presentation. patient rates. this is our annual patient rates corridor. it's always accompanying the budget. this year the patient rates at san francisco general and laguna honda are increasing by 7% for community mental health, you may have noticed that the days services and the outpatient rates are increasing significantly. the reason for that is that it's based on the actual-our actual costs and in our prior year cost reports are actual costs have risen significantly so we are revising the patient rates to be at a higher rate so that we can maximize our reimbursement for medi-cal. community substance abuse is in a sub similar situation where we tie the rates or actual costs and set them slightly higher so we can reimburse and maximize reimbursement. then, on the last page i just want to note tha

dr. ehrlich's first presentation so extra congratulations for that. item 9 is the sftp h patient rates for fiscal year 16-17 and this clear 17-18. >> this is for your approval, commissioners. >> good afternoon. this is a fascinating topic given the previous presentation. patient rates. this is our annual patient rates corridor. it's always accompanying the budget. this year the patient rates at san francisco general and laguna honda are increasing by 7% for community mental health, you may have noticed that the days services and the outpatient rates are increasing significantly. the reason for that is that it's based on the actual-our actual costs and in our prior year cost reports are actual costs have risen significantly so we are revising the patient rates to be at a higher rate so that we can maximize our reimbursement for medi-cal. community substance abuse is in a sub similar situation where we tie the rates or actual costs and set them slightly higher so we can reimburse and maximize reimbursement. then, on the last page i just want to note tha