hmo

HMO   (āch'ěm-ō')    n.  A corporation financed by insurance premiums whose member physicians and professional staff provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, geographic, and professional limits to enrolled volunteer members and their families. [h(ealth) m(aintenance) o(rganization).]

HMO

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

Main Entry: HMO
Pronunciation: "A-(")chem-'O
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural HMOs
: an organization that provides comprehensivehealth 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 periodicpayments determined in advance called also health maintenance organization; —compare PPO

HMO (āch'ěm-ō')
n.
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.

HMO health maintenance organization