HMO

HMO
noun
group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians
• Hypernyms: ↑health insurance

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\\ˌā(ˌ)chemˈō\ noun (-s)
Etymology: health maintenance organization
: an organization that provides comprehensive health care to voluntarily enrolled individuals and families in a particular geographic area by member physicians with limited referral to outside specialists and that is financed by fixed periodic payments determined in advance — compare PPO herein

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HMO (no periods),
health maintenance organization (an organization providing medical care to subscribers for fixed periodic payments).

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abbr. health maintenance organization

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/ˌeıʧˌɛmˈoʊ/ noun, pl HMOs [count]
US : an organization that provides health care to people who make regular payments to it and who agree to use the doctors, hospitals, etc., that belong to the organization
◇ HMO is an abbreviation of “health maintenance organization.” — compare

PPO

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HMO [HMO]
(in full health maintenance organization)
a US medical insurance system, with its own hospitals and doctors. Customers make regular payments each month or year and can then receive treatment from HMO doctors and hospitals.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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