The mission of Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin (GHC-SCW) is to provide accessible, comprehensive, high quality health care and outstanding service in an efficient and personalized manner on a prepaid basis to persons in GHC-SCW's service area. In support of this mission, Group Health Cooperative has the following responsibilities:

1. To promote the not-for-profit and cooperative nature of GHC-SCW which allows membership participation in policy decisions affecting the delivery of health care.
2. To foster a partnership between members and practitioners that encourages members to assume responsibility for their health, emphasizing health education and preventive medicine.
3. Satisfy the needs of GHC-SCW members by operating GHC-SCW on a sound financial basis, maintaining a cost efficient health care delivery organization, and exceeding minimum reserves as required by the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, State of Wisconsin.
4. To maintain a practice setting that is medically and personally satisfying to GHC-SCW members, and professionally and personally satisfying to the practitioners and other employees.
5. To develop and maintain a delivery system that supports peer review and promotes the training, education and research of health care professionals.
6. To provide seamless delivery of all health services and continuity of care to GHC-SCW members.
7. Meet the future growth needs of GHC-SCW by making membership accessible to all prospective members, including under-served populations.
8. To operate GHC-SCW using progressive personnel policies and practices, including affirmative action and equal employment opportunity.