Weve handled more 10 tons of bulk cargo and expect that to eclipse possible 13 million weve been doing business since mid 2008 metro Crews Services is our crews oriented business we provided steve doctoring to the crews links search warrants the port and the a. D. I couldnt know to the metro crews is the Shore Services that provides shores and Ground Handling as well as special events coordination for the terminals during the slow season not being buzzed by the port term weve been in business since the 1970s first at the pier 35 and now 35 and 27 Metro Risk Management is a claims Management Company basically a Third Party Administrator we were a selfinsured company we gathered the experience as a selfinsured company and set up a third party we provide security for the state of california with that, lets get into the main jest of the presentation whats the benefits of pier 80 and how to increase business first of all, we see pier 80 within the bet first, i have oakland no longer sg does
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Francisco up to the late 90s and 2009 we expanded to the northwest and to the gulf to a point we have locations on the east and the golf and the west coast as well as 21 plus port locations in more than 9 states as well in the prince columbia as you can see from the organizational chart the top level i selfmention the Metro Corporation because it is really the company between noting list as well as the operating companies but we have 4 operating companies in place under metropolitan steve Donor Company the metro crews and shore and Metro Risk Management metro ports is our unbelievable and break Bulk Handling company within the last couple of years weve handled more 10 tons of bulk cargo and expect that to eclipse possible 13 million weve been doing business since mid 2008 metro Crews Services is our crews oriented business we provided steve doctoring to the crews links search warrants the port and the a. D. I couldnt know to the metro crews is the Shore Services that provides shores an
At the same time, weve had a large increase in care in the community, choice hasnt worked as intended. Here are some things were doing to fix it. On april 24th we changed the measure from Straight Line to driving distance. Using the fastest route. This roughly doubles the number of veterans eligible for the 40mile program under choice. Excuse me. But there is much more to do. A followon mailing to all eligible veterans is about to go out. Weve Just Launched a major change in internal processes to make choice the default option for care in the community. Additional staff training and communication extensive provider communications, improvement to the website and ramped up social networking. New mechanisms together, timely feedback. Directly from both veterans as well as from front line staff. These are all, already in place or about to launch. In the longer term, we must rationalize Community Care into a single channel. The different programs with different rules and reimbursement rates
Affairs adviser for concerned veterans for america. Joseph violante, National Legislative director of disabled american veterans. Mr. Bill raush who is missing in action right now. Or awol. Political director for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, and carlos fuentes, senior legislative associate for the veterans of foreign wars. Well start with you, mr. Butler. Chairman, Ranking Member blumenthal, and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of our national commander, michael ham, and the 2. 3 million members of the American Legion, we thank you for this opportunity to testify regarding the American Legions views of the progress of the veterans Choice Program. The American Legion supported the veterans access choice and accountability act of 2014 as a means of addressing emerging problems within the department of veterans affairs. Va wait times for appointment medical care had reached an unacceptable level nationwide as veterans struggle to receive access to Timely Heal