to a large number of our patients transferring from low income health program or no insurance to med-cal. that will allow them to capture payments on their end so they can, for the next two years, cover their projected cola increase. because we had budgeted an increase in the prior two years we can reduce that expenditure for saving. we're going benchmark for san francisco general to improve efficiency and patient flow, then we will actually see an increase in revenues and consequently they will qualify for a million dollar bonus payment in year 15, 16 based on 14, 15 performance. the second part of the savings is related to salary savings as san francisco general. right now it looks quite positive. it won't fully correct all the problems in those areas but i think it's a start to true it up and allow managers to get a better sense of what they're managing around. i'll use $2 million of savings for that and apply $3 million of salary savings to offset [inaudible]. i apologize, i neglected to include initiatives b-1 which is on your summaries, but i forgot to include this as part of my pr

to a large number of our patients transferring from low income health program or no insurance to med-cal. that will allow them to capture payments on their end so they can, for the next two years, cover their projected cola increase. because we had budgeted an increase in the prior two years we can reduce that expenditure for saving. we're going benchmark for san francisco general to improve efficiency and patient flow, then we will actually see an increase in revenues and consequently they will qualify for a million dollar bonus payment in year 15, 16 based on 14, 15 performance. the second part of the savings is related to salary savings as san francisco general. right now it looks quite positive.

in our infrastructure support compliance and reporting, with just additional requirements for drug med cal, we need to support our providers to be able to handle the state's reporting systems and make sure we're billing accurately. this helps preserve our revenues and so that we don't get dinged on claims further down the road and will facilitate the process with providers to actually be able to bill more effectively and use the system in a meaningful way. in addition to billing system, it has clinical data in it and we'd like that data to be as clean as possible so we can revisit that down the road. next is a change in maternal health funding. we got approval from the state to shift our target at management program to the state's maternal child health program. what this does is allows us to reduce some of the administrative burden because the reporting requirements for targeted case management was quite significant. in addition the reimbursement rate under maternal child health is a little more robust so it enables us to reduce our some of those public health field nurses to provide servi

the 1-year-old baby, lira, received med cal care for a fever and rash. the parents took off on a round-the-world journey bringing their 1-year-old and 3-year-old along. the boat broke down. the baby became sick. lots of people, including some of their own family members, feel the journey was far too risky for children. others disagree. >> he is a former navy corpsman. he's also certified coast guard captain. this is something they've been preparing for for years. >> friends who created a facebook group are trying to raise money for the family who could be the ones footing the bill for that rescue. >>> oscar pistorius took the stand today for his murder trial. he began with an apology to the family of the girlfriend he killed. jeff rossen has more on his gripping testimony. >> reporter: as he walked to the witness box today, the courtroom silent, oscar pistorius started his testimony with a tearful apology to reeva steenkamp's family. >> i want to apologize. there hasn't been a moment since the tragedy happened that i haven't thought about your family. i

crews helped in that rescue. 1-year-old baby lira now in stable condition after receiving med cal care along. the boat broke down and the baby became sick. >>> let's check our weather this morning. >> temperatures are really warming up. it is so warm out there already. we're in the 60s, heading to the 70s by about lunch toil. mid-80s as we round out the day. highs about 2:00, 3:00 in the afternoon. the warm spring temperature today will stick with us tomorrow. we'll climb a little bit and then we drop off wednesday and thursday. a little rain on the way for friday. we'll talk more about that at 11:00. let's check your drive and see how you're looking. >> that spring weather, rotating around the bay. pretty much the larger ones to speak with. next week, we see more schools again. loosening up over the past few minutes. we see a slower drive eastbound 580 reaching the dublin area. it caused a slowdown. we had a couple of crashes westbound through livermore into dublin. they've both moved to the shoulder. 680 not much of a deal. look at the southbound side, slow from downtown to 238. earl

since med i cal dropped it, they have seen dentists put off treatment for years because they have --e have put off treatment because they can't afford it. even with basic insurance treatment they can't afford it. >> it's just too much especially when you got 4 people in the household, it's a lot of money. >> it's really stressful, especially when you have little kids. >> that lady told us she hadn't been to be the ten dust for three years. she says her ten-year-old son had to have three teeth pulled because of infection yesterday. they're bringing back dental coverage next month. they're helping people sign up for dental insurance if they qualify so they can continue to see a dentist more regularly in the future. this clinic is going on all morning. there's still space available. organizers say as of about 20 minutes ago there wasn't a line so now, may be a good time to come here. head down to the fair ground in vallejo. you have to get here for 3:00, ali, channel 2 news kutv news. >>> bart place as heavier emphasis on safety, they plan to spend $851 million that starts in july. they