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Episcopal of Acadiana 20, Jeanerette 1

Rayne 9, Carencro 4

Eunice 5, Plaquemine 2

Teurlings 10, Vermilion Catholic 4

Avoyelles 16, Abbeville 6

Glenmora 13, Mamou 1

Sacred Heart 14, Ville Platte 4

Notre Dame 6, Lafayette Christian 5

Welsh 10, Lake Arthur 1

Port Barre 4, Welsh 3

Rosepine 11, St. Edmund 1

Crowley 13, Mamou 10

Centerville 15, Patterson 1

Catholic P.C. 9, Liberty 1

Crowley 13, Mamou 10

Ascension Christian 9, Livonia 0

Ascension Christian 7, Livonia 1

Opelousas 14, Peabody 9

North Vermilion 9, Ascension Episcopal 1

Plaquemine 100 000 1 - 2 5 2

Eunice 320 000 x - 5 4 1

WP - H Manuel (6.2 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 5 BB, 7 K), LP - G Williams (6 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K). Top Hitters - EUN: H Darbonne 1-2, RBI; E Fruge 1-3, RBI; C Andrepont 1-2. PLAQ: Dennis 2-3, RBI; Landry 1-3; S Tullier 1-3.

Carencro 310 000 0 - 4 7 5

Rayne 005 103 x - 9 6 1

WP - Cope (7 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K), LP - James Heiken (5.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K). Top Hitters - RAY: Oliver 3-4, 2B, 3 RBIs; Cope 2-4, 2 RBIs; Judice 1-1; CAR: James Heiken 2-3, 2B; Ashton Healy 1-4, HR, 3 RBIs; Cameron Andrus 1-2.

NV 022 002 3 - 9 8 2

AES 000 000 1 - 1 6 3

WP- Tyson Leblanc (7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 K, 4 BB, 1 HR) LP- Logan Overtone (3 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 6 K, 5 BB) Top Hitters- NV: Tyson Leblanc 2-2, 2 RBIs, 2B, HR; John Tochet 1-4, 1 RBI; AES: Carter Breaux 2-2, 2B; Blaise Blancher 1-3, 1 RBI, HR.

Beau Chene 11, Northside Christian 8

Bell City 9, Lacassine 1

Eunice 5, David Thibodaux 4

St. Thomas More 11, Archbishop Chapelle 4

Catholic-NI 19, Teurlings 16

Erath 16, Delcambre 6

Ascension Episcopal 17, Jeanerette 2

Buckeye 10, Loreauville 0

Notre Dame 19, Welsh 4

Opelousas Catholic 7, Academy of Our Lady 2

E.D. White 15, Vermilion Catholic 0

St. Mary 18, Vermilion Catholic 10

Chapelle 5, Opelousas Catholic 1

St. Edmund 5, Eunice 3

Grant 7, Sacred Heart 1

Opelousas Catholic 14, St. Marys 6

Loreauville 24, Simpson 4

E.D. White 9, Catholic N.I. 3

Notre Dame 9, Airline 5

David Thibodaux 14, Marksville 2

Teurlings 18, Ascension Catholic 17

Acadiana 4, Central B.R. 2

ND 021 032 1 - 9 13 4

AIR 101 210 0 - 5 7 1

WP- Corine Poncho (5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 3 K, 3 BB, 1 HR) LP- Emily Rachal (7 IP, 13 H, 9 R, 8 ER, 3 K, 0 BB, 5 HR) Top Hitters- ND: Corine Poncho 3-4, 4 RBIs, 3 HR; Maci Bergeron 3-4, 3 RBIs, 2 HR; AIR: Natalie Sutton 2-4, 1 RBI, HR; Paris Endis 1-2, 2 RBIs, 2B.

Welsh 103 - 4 5 4

Notre Dame 7(10)2 - 19 15 0

WP - Maci Bergeron (3 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K), LP - Alexis Hayes (1.1 IP, 11 H, 10 ER, 2 BB, 1 K). Top Hitters - ND: Maci Bergeron 4-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBIs; Callie Maitre 3-3, 2B, 3 RBIs; Abigail Savoy 2-3, HR, 3 RBIs; WEL: Alexis Hayes 2-2, 2B; Caroline Cormier 1-2, 2 RBIs; Alli Manuel 1-1, 2B, RBI.

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At Baton Rouge High

Overall top all-around team scores

1, Baton Rouge High 230.250. 2, Dutchtown 230.150. 3, St. Josephs Academy 227.550. 4, Mt. Carmel 225.050. 5, Caddo 224.750.

Level 8/Division I

Top teams

1, St. Josephs 113.100. 2, Dominican 112.350. 3, Sulphur 112.250. 4, Baton Rouge High 111.400. 5, Walker 103.350.

Top all-around

1, Bailey Bourgeois, Dutchtown, 38.500. 2, Jordan Grindol, Sulphur, 38.200. 3, Ava Buquoi, Dominican, 38.200. 4, Mackenzie Darbonne, East Ascension, 38.150. 5, Anna Virginia Broyles, St. Josephs, 38.050. 6, Kamryn Johnson, Baton Rouge High, 37.550.

Vault: 1, Bailey Bourgeois, Dutchtown, 9.60. 2, Ava Buquoi, Dominican, 9.500. 3, Mackenzie Darbonne, East Asension, 9.500.

Uneven parallel bars: 1, Kamryn Johnson, BRHS, 9.850. 2, Bailey Bourgeois, Dutchtown, 9.800. 3, Jordan Grindol, Sulphur, 9.800.

Balance beam: 1, Anna Virginia Broyles, St. Josephs, 9.850. 2, Emily Voss, Thomas Jefferson, 9.850. 3, Madeline Bonton, BRHS, 9.800.

Floor exercise: 1, Mackenzie Darbonne, East Ascension, 9.650. 2, Alanna Graves, Walker, 9.600. 3, Ava Riche, St. Josephs, 9.550.

Level 4/Division II

Top teams

1, Dutchtown 115.750. 2, Baton Rouge High 115.650. 3, St. Josephs 114.850. 4, St. Amant 114.300. 5, Mt Carmel 112.600.

Top all-around

1, Juliette Schmitt, St. Josephs, 38.800. 2, Amarii Shaw, BRHS, 38.700. 3, Leah Bennett, Dutchtown, 38.550.

Level 3

Top teams

1, Dutchtown 114.300. 2, Baton Rouge High 114.000. 3, Caddo 112.700. 4, Mt. Carmel 112.550. 5, St. Josephs 111.900.

Top all-around

1, McKalyn Lee, Duchtown, 38.300. 2, Paige Henderson, BRHS, 38.200. 3, Laney Mancho, Caddo, 38.100.

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Just recently, the Louisiana Sports Writers Association released its All-State basketball teams, and three players from the city of Donaldsonville made the cut.

Two Donaldsonville Tiger standouts made the Class 3A squad, and one Ascension Catholic boys player made the Class 1A team.

In 1A, senior Bulldog guard Demarco Harry was named to the LSWA All-State second team. Harry averaged 23 points per game this past season.

Harry helped the Bulldogs capture the District 7-1A championship in 2021-22, and they finished the regular season on an eight-game winning streak.

Ascension Catholic earned the No. 7 seed in the Division-IV playoffs. The Bulldogs went on to host a first-round playoff game.

In that contest, Ascension Catholic defeated No. 10 River Oaks, 73-63. That pushed them through to the state quarterfinals for the first time in three years.

Ascension Catholics season then ended with a loss to second-seeded Calvary Baptist, the eventual Division-IV state runner-up.

The Bulldogs finished the year with an overall record of 17-12.

In addition to being named second-team All-State, Harry was also named the District 7-1A MVP.

The LSWA named Calvary Baptists LaBree Williams as the Class 1A Outstanding Player. Williams averaged 24 points, 12 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game in helping lead his team to a state runner-up finish.

Southern Labs Harold Boudreaux was named the Class 1A Coach of the Year. He led the Kittens to the Division-IV state championship.

On the LSWA Class 3A All-State squad, Donaldsonville senior forward Troy Cole was named to the second team. Cole averaged 17 points per game this past season.

He is a Blackburn College signee.

Also, Donaldsonville senior point guard Lawrence Forcell was named All-State honorable mention.

Forcell and Cole helped lead Donaldsonville to a 27-4 record during the regular season, which included an undefeated run in league play that resulted in a District 9-3A championship.

The Tigers also carried a 10-game winning streak into the playoffs. That helped them earn the No. 4 seeding in the Class 3A postseason.

Donaldsonville continued its impressive run in the playoffs.

In the opening round, the Tigers trounced No. 28 Mamou, 94-53. In round two, they rolled past 13th-seeded Frederick A. Douglas, 63-39.

And in the state quarterfinals, Donaldsonville pulled away from fifth-seeded Iowa, 62-50, to punch its ticket to LHSAA Boys Marsh Madness for the first time since 2014.

Unfortunately, the Tigers memorable run ended in the state semifinals. Donaldsonville was beaten, 70-45, by top seed and eventual state champion Madison Prep. It was the Chargers second straight 3A state championship victory.

Donaldsonville ended the season with an overall record of 30-5.

Madison Prep center Percy Daniels was named the Class 3A Outstanding Player. The Seton Hall signee averaged 18 points, 12 rebounds and nearly six blocks per game during the Chargers state title run.

The LSWA Class 3A Coach of the Year was Erroll Gauff of Archbishop Hannan, who led his team to the Division-II state title.

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Slim.AI SaaS Developer Platform takes the pain out of developers' lives when it comes to shipping secure cloud-native applications.

BOSTON (PRWEB) April 07, 2022

Slim.AI, the Boston-based startup focused on optimizing and securing cloud-native applications, has been recognized as the Most Innovative Container Solution of 2022 by the Tech Ascension Awards for the Slim.AI SaaS Developer Platform.

The Slim.AI SaaS Developer Platform takes the pain out of developers' workstreams when it comes to shipping secure, cloud-native applications at a fast pace. Large, unoptimized containers can be rife with vulnerabilities and malware, yet to date optimizing containers is a highly specialized and labor-intensive job. The Slim.AI SaaS Developer Platform automates container optimization, and makes it much easier for developers to produce safe software. Plus, when containers with only the necessary elements needed for the app to run are shipped to production, they are not only safer, but also faster to scan and easier to track through the development lifecycle. That efficiency also makes the developer's life easier. The Slim.AI mission is to make developers' lives easier and allow them to ship secure, cloud-native apps safely and with less headache.

*About the Tech Ascension Awards*The Tech Ascension Awards recognize the very best innovations in b2b technology. Tech Ascension winners rise above the crowded consumer and enterprise technology industries and receive validation from an independent organization. Applicants are judged based on technology innovation and uniqueness, market research, hard performance stats, and competitive differentiators. The class-leading vendors that receive recognition from the Tech Ascension Awards have proved that their technology solves critical industry challenges and produces invaluable business outcomes for their customers.

"Being awarded the Most Innovative Container Solution of 2022 is incredibly affirming for us at Slim.AI, especially because we are a developer-first company," Pieter van Nordennen, senior director of growth at Slim.AI. "While others look to add new tasks to a developer's already long to-do list, Slim.AI seeks to automate them away. We focus on container optimization upstream in the DevOps lifecycle, giving developers the tools they need to author, manage and ship production-ready containers efficiently and effectively, reducing the overhead of break-fix cycles when code is already in production. This approach decreases the friction between developer teams and security/compliance teams a win-win."

"Leveraging powerful cloud solutions has become paramount for business success in the digital age," said David Campbell, CEO, Tech Ascension Awards. "Slim.AI has demonstrated a unique solution that truly moves their customers forward in the cloud era. We're honored to recognize technology leaders like Slim.AI that can bring tremendous innovation to their industry."

*The Slim.AI Contribution to Software Supply Chain Security*Slim.AI addresses the software supply chain security (SSCS) market need by helping enterprises incorporate security into the software development process, rather than having to readdress the workflow later on when the code is already in production. SSCS is the biggest topic in cloud-native today, with Gartner reporting that by 2025, 45% of organizations worldwide will have experienced attacks on their software supply chains. That's a three-fold increase from 2021. (Source: "Gartner Identifies Top Security and Risk Management Trends for 2022")

Slim.AI also directly addresses the needs of its end users: application developers.The Slim.AI SaaS Developer Platform equips them with tools to visualize their containers and automatically optimize them for production, reducing their attack surface and increasing developer velocity.

The core functionality of Slim.AI is "slimming" a containerized applicationthe process of identifying what is in containers and minimizing the packages and libraries to only those required to run in production. Slimming not only removes the pieces not in use but also removes unknown vulnerabilities, reducing software supply chain security risk. The ultimate goal of container slimming is to create the minimum viable footprint (attack surface) to get the job done: less risk, better software. With Slim.AI, developers spend less time manually tuning containers and more time coding the features their users love.

About Slim.AI Slim.AI helps developers create, build, deploy and run their cloud-native applications more efficiently and securely. The unique approach used by Slim.AI moves the focus on container optimization upstream in the DevOps lifecycle, giving developers the tools they need to author, manage and ship production-ready containers efficiently and effectively. More information at https://slim.ai and @SlimDevOps.

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Economic development in and near Owasso is becoming as dense as rush-hour traffic.

In the past two months alone, new commercial construction or expansions in the area have totaled about $130 million.

Warren Clinic and Ascension St. John/Encompass Health Corp. have announced medical facilities valued at a combined $53.5 million, and an upstart real estate firm is building a $5.5 million office building.

Just east of the city, work is underway on a pair of industrial buildings in Tulasi Commerce Park ($50 million). Milos Tea, which came to Oklahoma in 2020, already has announced a $20 million expansion that is expected to add 50 new jobs.

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For Owasso, its simply par for the course, City Manager Warren Lehr said.

Golf is a lot like life, which mirrors economic development in this respect, he said. Its not how many birdies or eagles or even hole-in-ones that youre able to hit. Its how few mistakes you make. Thats going to give you the best overall score at the end of the day.

In Owasso, we have great consistency throughout. We have great schools, great churches, great leadership in the business sector, excellent leadership at the chamber and in our economic development efforts. I dont think theres a real weakness.

Over the last several years, Owasso has become much more self-contained. Most residents would tell you that everythings here that we need. Those are things that the investors look at.

The city benefits from certain geographic advantages.

Commuters reach Tulsa on two federal highways, U.S. 169 and U.S. 75, and Tulsa International Airport sits about four miles south. Also close are the Cherokee Industrial Park and the Tulsa Port of Catoosa, one of the largest inland ports in the country.

Continuity in leadership has helped Owasso, as well.

The municipality has had only two city managers Lehr succeeded Rodney Ray in the past 21 years. Moreover, Gary Akin headed the Owasso Chamber of Commerce for 27 years until this spring, giving way to Chelsea Levo Feary.

The foundation that weve laid years ago has allowed for the development to come in and happen and really evolve, as we have developed our targeted industries and created the space for those target industries to expand and locate into our community, said Levo Feary, president and CEO of the chamber.

I dont think that any of that would have happened unless we had the forethought years ago to create master plans that allowed for this type of quality development in our community.

One of those recent templates is the citys Economic Development Strategic Plan, adopted in 2018.

The last two years we suffered through COVID, Levo Feary said. Even through those strange times, ... weve been able to mold it and tweak it and still continue to move forward and compete and grow and implement the strategic initiatives we first set out.

The city and chamber will work even more closely together under a partnership unveiled in February.

Under the new structure, the chamber absorbed the Economic Development Strategic Plan, which encompasses initiatives that allow officials to clearly define and design policies to promote Owasso as an economic hub.

Merging the plan into the Owasso Chamber environment, ... I think it plugs it in to more energy, more resources, more exposure, Levo Feary said. I think that this new model really just kind of breathes more life into that plan and only gives it more momentum.

In the meantime, projects continue to position Owasso for the future.

The Oklahoma Transportation Commission recently approved a $13.6 million contract with Becco Contractors to expand the northbound and southbound bridges on U.S. 169 at 76th Street North.

Other projects underway in the city include Smith Farm Village, a 35-acre mixed-use planned development at 96th Street North and Garnett Road.

About a third of the development will be dedicated to single-family detached rental homes, the first housing of its kind in the city.

We probably have the retail and business environment and the education system that will support quality jobs, Lehr said. If you look back 25 years, we were in a much different position.

Now we see a lot of our Owasso High School graduates that are firefighter-paramedics, police officers, city employees. Owasso has become a more attractive place to not only grow up but to raise a family and to stay here.

The citys population has more than tripled in the past three decades, going from 11,151 in 1990 to 38,240 in the 2020 census.

People who are coming here to develop, they sense what were trying to do here, what were wanting to continue to accomplish in our community, Levo Feary said. And so were not seeing what I would call wasteful or pointless development in Owasso, because I think that weve really kind of laid out the chess board in a way that its inviting people to come in and play, and they already understand the game.

Warren Clinic Owasso takes shape on 116th Street North near U.S. 169.

A new $27.5 million Warren Clinic is going up in Owasso on 116th Street North near U.S. 169.

Work begins on the new Ascension St. John Rehabilitation Hospital on 86th Street North just east of 129th East Avenue in Owasso on Tuesday. The $26 million project will provide care for patients recovering from debilitating illnesses and injuries. Owasso High School is in the background.

Scheduled to be completed in January, Warren Clinic Owasso isexpected to employ about 60 people.

A new Warren Clinic is under construction at 11610 N. 137th East Ave.It will replace operations at Warren Clinics current Owasso venue at 13600 E. 86th St. North.

Owassos new Warren Clinic will have urgent care, lab services and a rehab facility on the first floor. Eight physician offices will occupy the second floor.

Dirt work begins Tuesday at the site of the new Ascension St. John Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital located off 86th Street. Owasso High School is seen at top right.

Construction is under way on Township 21 on 86th Street North west of 145th East Avenue in Owasso.

Warren Clinic Owasso is being built on 116th Street North near U.S. 169.

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In an era of increasing hospital mergers, the decision by the two faith-based organizations to go their separate ways is unusual, particularly when the financial struggles brought by COVID-19 are expected to accelerate consolidation in the sector. A shortage of nurses and surge in labor and supply costs are among the difficulties that have challenged health systems during the pandemic.

St. Louis-based Ascension, one of the country's largest nonprofit healthcare systems, reported in February that expenses outpaced revenue growth in the first half of its fiscal year, slashing its operating margin from 5.7% to 0.2%. The chain operates more than 2,600 care sites, including 142 hospitals and more than 40 senior living facilities, across 19 states and the District of Columbia.

The original Amita Health joint venture grew in 2018 with the addition of Presence Health, which brought 10 more hospitals and more than 150 sites of care into the fold. After the acquisition, Amitadiscontinued some service lines at three of the former Presence hospitals due to low utilization, Crain's Chicago Business reported.

When Ascension and AdventHealth announced the breakup of their Amita Health partnership in October, AdventHealth said both systems had decided that separating would allow them to be more nimble in the evolving healthcare environment.

AdventHealth said it has appointed Thor Thordarson as president and CEO for the Great Lakes region, which includes the facilities and medical groups in Illinois. Thordarson, who began his healthcare career as a nurse, previously was Amita Health's chief operating officer.

AdventHealth has more than 50 hospitals in seven states, along with 73 skilled nursing, home health, hospice and urgent care facilities.

Amita Health CEO Keith Parrottwill serve as the leader of the Ascension Illinois hospitals and facilities.

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Anna Blanchard, an 8th grade student at St. Theresa Middle School, was the lone middle school student to compete in the Ascension Icon competitionheld March 31 at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center Trademart building in Gonzales.

Blanchard, who is from Donaldsonville and the daughter of Beau and Laurie Blanchard, was voted as fan favorite.

In the first round, she sang Heart's classic power ballad "What About Love."

Anna described her experience at Ascension Icon as "unforgettable" and plans to audition again next year.

Ascension Icon, established in 1991,is an annual competition and fundraiser benefiting the Ascension Fund.

The Ascension Fund has supported the public school system in Ascension Parish, providing grants to teachers for innovative and creative methods of learning in the classroom.

According to its website, the fundhas awarded more than 1,400 grant awards totaling more than $1.6 million.

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GEISMAR, La. (BRPROUD) The Special Olympics Time Trial Run in Ascension is back after taking a two-year break.

I liked being a star at the race, said Joshua Maruschak, an athlete in the race.

These students, this is their Super Bowl, said event coordinator Chelsea Poche.

Over 100 individuals in primary, middle, and high school with physical and mental disabilities from Ascension Parish joined together to compete in this race and for a chance to compete in the state race in Hammond.

When asked how did this event make him feel, player Quinton Holmes said, AWESOME! Awesome, cool, and pretty good.

They are celebrated and they get to showcase their capabilities, Poche said. So, we are all here cheering them on.

Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Weber says this is not only big for athletes but for him as well.

It does us better than it does the kids. I mean, to see the smile on their faces, that should warm our hearts because its really encouraging, said Weber. They teach us lessons, sometimes, right?

Community helpers say the event helps them with sportsmanship, camaraderie, and confidence.

Community buddy Michael Stewart said, We get to take them and just let them experience like normal everyday activities because they deserve to experience these kinds of things every day just like we do because they are normal just like us.

Players from this event say they had a blast. Ascension Parish has plans of keeping this going for years and years to come.

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The Miami Heat have needed all that they could get from their guys over the last week or so. Every single thing that they have given has been necessary for them to shake back from what was the incident on last week.

Among many other things that have seemed to take place with this team over the past seven days or so, there has been one thing that has been very apparent. Max Struss insertion into the starting lineup.

Now, as recently as this past summer, a particular person on a particular platform (yes, this one), foresaw what was to be anotherleap from Max Strus. To be quite frank, it was called a Duncan Robinson-like ascension.

Now, even the great soothsayer that is the guy behind the keyboard, the one that saw the ascension coming, couldnt have predicted it would come at the cost of Duncan Robinson.

While you absolutely love what Max is doing, you hate to see Duncan fall like he has, but thats a different topic that will have to be covered at some point moving forward.

On the topic of Strus though, his game has catapulted to another level. While his ability to knock down the long ball off of many different platforms, looks, angles, and spots is certainly something to behold, that isnt what has helped transform him, this lineup, or his fortune in the league right now.

What separates Max Strus from most elite shooters and even his counterpart in Duncan Robinsonis hiseverything else. To be quite frank again, Strus has a ton of game that he can get to at any given moment and yes, the Miami Heat are just scratching the surface of it with him.

If you had thought that you had seen all thatBig Maxhad to offer, then you should probably think again. Ironically enough, two of the teams that the Miami Heat had the fortune of taking down in their own places over the last few days had Strus prior to him joining the Miami Heat.

That would be the Boston Celtics and his hometown Chicago Bulls. Thats so sad for them.

Its great for the Miami Heat though and the fans. Do you want to know why?

Because the Max Strus ascension is in full tilt and the beststill may be yet to come with this guy.

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The Moving Health Home coalition is working to acquire additional data and long-term solutions to establish a permanent hospital-at-home care program for patients in the wake of uncertainty as the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver may come to an end.

Intermountain Healthcare, Ascension and Amazon Care, the founding members of the coalition, are looking to disrupt the current model of care by advocating for hospital-at-home programs.

The coalition, formed on March 3, 2021, aims to change federal and state policy to enable the home to be a clinical site of care.

Nathan Starr, DO, medical director for home services at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, spoke to Becker's Hospital Review about how the colatition is moving along efforts to make sure care is being moved to patients.

Question: Moving Health Home supports and updates healthcare policy changes to designate the home as a site of clinical service. What significant policy changes has the coalition made or proposed?

Dr. Nathan Starr: There's a lot going on in that space right now. One of the things the coalition did was present a letter to Congress, signed by more than 35 different health systems, to support the extension of the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver. We wanted to take advantage of the existing momtemum of the program.

We know that this may not be the best long-term solution for hospital-at-home care, but we thought it would continue the momentum to give time to decide what is the best long-term solution for these kinds of programs.

Q: How did the coalition identify that hospital-at-home care was a need for patients?

NS: We conducted a survey to analyze the importance of hospital-at-home care for our patients.

We found out that patients want care in the home. Out of those who had received it, 85 percent said they would recommend it to other patients. So that was our first step, to identify why care in the home needs to move forward.

Q: What is the coalition working on to improve advocacy for home hospital care?

We're looking at the cost of care in the home. It's really important to us that this ends up being a cheaper model of care, so we can pass that savings onto our patients and the payers. That's the next big piece we're working on in the coalition. We need to make sure we are not adding on medical expenses with this model of care.

We also talk a lot about replacing hospital days and acute hospitalizations. We are looking at how we can admit patients to care at home that would otherwise need to be admitted into a hospital, and that we are truly replacing the hospitalization and decreasing the overall expense.

Q: Why is this hospital-at-home advocacy so important, and what do you think can be accomplished from it?

NS: The coalition wants a five- to 10-year vision. We feel that healthcare needs to move care to patients, move care to where patients are at and move care out of the high-cost settings.

This model of care can help keep patients happy and healthier.

If we do it right or do it close to right everyone wins. The patient gets to heal at home, the payer wins because it's a cheaper model of care and the health system wins because it can save money and offload some of our busy hospitals.

This is a win-win-win for everyone.

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How Intermountain, Ascension and Amazon Care coalition is advocating for permanent hospital-at-home care - Becker's Hospital Review