health maintenance organization
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of health maintenance organization
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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Big Medicare insurers are paring back their preferred provider organization designs, known as PPOs, while bolstering their more-restrictive health maintenance organization plans, known as HMOs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Most Advantage plans work like a health maintenance organization.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2021
For 2022, there will be 275 plans — a net loss of one — the large majority of them regional health maintenance organization plans.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2021
The other study comes from researchers at the Kahn Sagol Maccabi Research and Innovation Center at MHS, Israel’s second-largest health maintenance organization.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 1, 2021
That’s especially important if your insurance is a closed network like a health maintenance organization, with no coverage for out-of-network care.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2017
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