Mission

Our mission is to provide comprehensive, consistent, high quality care to patients with renal and hypertensive diseases; offer highly visible, geographically dispersed, readily accessible outpatient and inpatient nephrology; reduce administrative burdens on physicians and create an environment in which physicians can dedicate their time to the clinical practice of medicine; and to reward contribution of physicians and staff for clinical excellence, patient centric behavior, and improved patient outcomes.

Vision

Our vision is to expand the reputation and the services of MANA and to position it as the regional provider of choice for hypertension and renal care.

Objectives

·            Become the leading nephrology care provider of choice among the community health care providers;

·            Create a vertically integrated comprehensive nephrology group positioned to provide superior services to the residents of the Baltimore Metropolitan and eastern Maryland area;

·            Create a “platform” practice from which to build a comprehensive network of providers, and facilities to compete effectively with other providers for global CKD risk contracts by providing the full range of provider-based CKD care;

·            Develop CKD education programs for referring physicians to insure the early detection and treatment of hypertensive and renal disease;

·            Integrate all aspects of the practice of nephrology to maximize patient access and the efficiency of available providers, thus making it feasible to see more patients, cover more facilities, develop and implement clinical pathways, promote medical education, add new services, and provide cost effective use of resources;

·            Expand inpatient renal support services including hemodialysis; CVVH, peritoneal dialysis and apheresis;

·            Position the practice, through strategic affiliations to participate in CKD disease management contracting;

·            Carry out clinical research to generate quality outcomes and clinical performance measures;

·            Engage in meaningful quality assurance and utilization management and establish an action plan for continuous quality improvement;

·            Improve and expand the management capabilities of the practice;

·            Develop and implement state-of-the-art clinical and business information systems;

·            Generate income efficiencies through effective cost containment and utilization of economies of scale to control and ultimately reduce overhead expenses.