IPA Mission The mission of the IPA is to operate a local system of high quality, efficient and accessible health care so as to: Provide innovative and affordable health care for our patients. Continuously improve the quality, value and availability of health care in the communities we serve Provide independent member physicians the opportunity to maintain competitive practices. Provide high value health care services for our payers. IPA Vision Health care providers will be increasingly held accountable for health care delivered to local community populations. The IPA must partner with key constituencies to improve the health status of populations served. As a leader, the IPA fosters innovation in the delivery of quality, cost-effective health care to our communities. The IPA will provide a vehicle for independent physicians to compete for managed care contracts and thrive in the future health care environment IPA Values Compassion sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it Integrity adherence to a code of moral values. Teamwork work done by a number of associates, usually each doing a clearly defined portion, but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole. Efficiency effective operation as measured by a comparison of production with cost. Excellence superior, eminently good, first class. - Source : Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary Web design & hosting solutions by Ashdown Technologies Inc.