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Words nearby HMO

HMF, HMG, HMI, hmm, HMMV, HMO, Hmong, H.M.S., HMSO, hn, HNC

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How to use HMO in a sentence

It's the biggest insurer in California, using a model that ended up being the basis for the HMO revolution.
Model Health Insurer Has Some of the Highest Rates on the California Exchanges|Megan McArdle|June 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Before I switched to this work I was an internist for a large HMO, entering my notes into an EMR.
The Unintended Consequences of Electronic Medical Records, Continued|Megan McArdle|January 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That would certainly be of use in trading HMO stocks such as Aetna or Cigna.
Ethically Challenged Congress Needs Law or Code Banning Insider Trading|Zachary Karabell|November 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
In 1998, he left the public sector to work at Harvard Pilgrim, an HMO that was $227 million in the red when he arrived.
The Next Scott Brown?|Samuel P. Jacobs|March 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Now all this is what actually takes place in words like hmo-ptysis (spitting of blood), sema-phore (a sort of telegraph).
A Handbook of the English Language|Robert Gordon Latham

Medical definitions for HMO

HMO

[ āch′ĕm-ō′ ]

A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, geographic, and professional limits to enrolled volunteer members and their families.

Cultural definitions for HMO

HMO

An abbreviation for health maintenance organization. A corporation financed by insurance premiums whose member doctors provide medical services to enrolled member patients.