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Causes: Community Clinics, General Hospitals, Health, Specialty Hospitals
Mission: Mercy is dedicated to carrying forward the tradition of the sister's healing ministry in baltimore. Grounded in a vision of god's healing love for all people, we are committed to providing healthcare for persons of every creed, color, and economic and social condition in baltimore city, central maryland and beyond. In the tradition of catholic healthcare and of the sisters of mercy, we continue our special commitment to poor and underserved persons. Mercy is driven by its mission to serve and will remain steadfast in its commitment to uphold its highest standards for care, its commitment ot the poor and its commitment ot baltimore. We are here to provide excellent healthcare, with compassion and respect, to all who come to us for help.
Programs: Mercy medical center (mmc) owns and operates a 178-licensed bed general acute-care teaching hospital. Mmc provides hospital services without regard to ability to pay, including medical and surgical inpatient and outpatient services, emergency room care, labor and delivery, and neonatal intensive care among other services. In fiscal year 2017, mercy served 100,797 unique hospital patients, of which 22% were medical assistance participants. Mmc's largest major service category is surgery and centers of excellence representing 62% of total hospital revenue. Mercy provided 27,515 surgical cases and 6960 interventional cases during the period. Mcc's second largest major service category is medicine, representing 23. 6% of total hospital revenue. In fiscal year 2017, mercy served 7,123 medical admissions and observation cases and provided care for 59,132 emergency room visits. Mcc's third largest major service category is obstetrics/neonatal intensive care/pediatrics, representing 13. 6% of total hospital revenue. In fiscal year 2017, mmc provided care for 2,780 nursery births and 170 nicu births during the period. Mmc is the largest birthing hospital in baltimore city. Approximately 63% of mothers delivering at mercy are medicaid insured.