health maintenance organization
noun
: hmo
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web WellMed sought to become the largest Medicare health maintenance organization in the country. 
Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Aug. 2022 In 2021, Sheppard Pratt’s new $112 million, 156,000-square-foot psychiatric care facility opened in Elkridge and in the early 2000s, Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest health maintenance organization, opened in Columbia Gateway Park. baltimoresun.com, 13 Feb. 2022 Community First is a licensed health maintenance organization — an HMO that provides insurance through contracts with physician groups, hospitals and other health providers. Laura Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 19 Oct. 2020 In the 1990s, health maintenance organizations grew in many parts of the country as employers and insurers sought to improve care and lower costs. Mitchell Schnurman, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2020 Arnold ushered in three decades of robust enforcement, including a landmark case against the American Medical Association, which allowed doctors to work with health maintenance organizations for the first time. Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2020 Those with Blue Essential health maintenance organization (HMO) plans and Blue Choice preferred provider organization (PPO) plans will have in-network status at Kelsey-Seybold starting Jan. 1. Jenny Deam, Houston Chronicle, 6 Nov. 2019 State lawmakers passed a tax on health maintenance organizations and hospital fees to cover the state’s share. San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019 The health maintenance organization, or HMO, generated nearly $80 billion of revenue and $2.5 billion of net income last year, according to its annual report. James F. Peltz, latimes.com, 6 June 2019 See More
Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Aug. 2022 In 2021, Sheppard Pratt’s new $112 million, 156,000-square-foot psychiatric care facility opened in Elkridge and in the early 2000s, Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest health maintenance organization, opened in Columbia Gateway Park. baltimoresun.com, 13 Feb. 2022 Community First is a licensed health maintenance organization — an HMO that provides insurance through contracts with physician groups, hospitals and other health providers. Laura Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 19 Oct. 2020 In the 1990s, health maintenance organizations grew in many parts of the country as employers and insurers sought to improve care and lower costs. Mitchell Schnurman, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2020 Arnold ushered in three decades of robust enforcement, including a landmark case against the American Medical Association, which allowed doctors to work with health maintenance organizations for the first time. Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2020 Those with Blue Essential health maintenance organization (HMO) plans and Blue Choice preferred provider organization (PPO) plans will have in-network status at Kelsey-Seybold starting Jan. 1. Jenny Deam, Houston Chronicle, 6 Nov. 2019 State lawmakers passed a tax on health maintenance organizations and hospital fees to cover the state’s share. San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019 The health maintenance organization, or HMO, generated nearly $80 billion of revenue and $2.5 billion of net income last year, according to its annual report. James F. Peltz, latimes.com, 6 June 2019 See More Word History
First Known Use
1971, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
health maintenance organization
noun
health main·te·nance or·ga·ni·za·tion -ˈmānt-nən(t)s-ˌȯrg-(ə-)nə-ˈzā-shən, -ˈmānt-ᵊn-ən(t)s- 
: hmo