HMO
noun
: 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
called also health maintenance organization
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This is not true for our Medicare Advantage HMO, according to my experience.
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Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Disclaimer: Humana is a Medicare Advantage HMO and PPO organization with a Medicare contract.
—John Littig, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2025
Starting in 1971, Rand recruited 2,750 families — 7,700 individuals — slotted randomly into five groups: One was offered free care, three groups were offered different levels of cost-sharing, and the fifth was placed in a nonprofit HMO.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
However, Cigna Healthcare for example, did not renew its Medicare Advantage PPO plan in Florida in 2025, offering only its HMO plan and a plan for military veterans.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2024
With Advantage, you’ll be asked to choose between HMO, PPO and prescription drug plans.
—Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
But, if either spouse has family coverage that covers the other spouse via another, non-HDHP health insurance plan such as an HMO or PPO, neither spouse is eligible to contribute to an HSA.
—Martha C. White, wsj.com, 7 Dec. 2023
About 9,000 of those HMO patients, officials confirmed, are currently assigned to doctors with UC San Diego Health.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers voted to authorize a strike against the HMO if no agreement is reached with their unions by the end of September, union officials announced Thursday.
13,000 workers for Detroit’s Big 3 automakers went on strike over wages and benefits.
—Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
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Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Disclaimer: Humana is a Medicare Advantage HMO and PPO organization with a Medicare contract.
—John Littig, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2025
Starting in 1971, Rand recruited 2,750 families — 7,700 individuals — slotted randomly into five groups: One was offered free care, three groups were offered different levels of cost-sharing, and the fifth was placed in a nonprofit HMO.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
However, Cigna Healthcare for example, did not renew its Medicare Advantage PPO plan in Florida in 2025, offering only its HMO plan and a plan for military veterans.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2024
With Advantage, you’ll be asked to choose between HMO, PPO and prescription drug plans.
—Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
But, if either spouse has family coverage that covers the other spouse via another, non-HDHP health insurance plan such as an HMO or PPO, neither spouse is eligible to contribute to an HSA.
—Martha C. White, wsj.com, 7 Dec. 2023
About 9,000 of those HMO patients, officials confirmed, are currently assigned to doctors with UC San Diego Health.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers voted to authorize a strike against the HMO if no agreement is reached with their unions by the end of September, union officials announced Thursday.
13,000 workers for Detroit’s Big 3 automakers went on strike over wages and benefits.
—Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
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HMO
noun
plural HMOs
: 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
called also health maintenance organization
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