An HMO is an organization to which you pay a fee and that allows you to use only doctors and hospitals which belong to the organization. HMO is an abbreviation for health maintenance organization.
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How do we go about choosing a good HMO?
HMO in British English
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abbreviation for
health maintenance organization, an organization that provides health care and insurance to a group of people
HMO in American English
(ˌeɪtʃˌɛmˈoʊ)
nounWord forms: pluralHMO's
a healthcare system in which an organization hires medical professionals and operates medical facilities to provide a wide range of specified services to prepaid subscribers
Word origin
h(ealth) m(aintenance) o(rganization)
Examples of 'HMO' in a sentence
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You think about money in terms of a job to buy groceries, pay the rent, the HMO.