PPO
noun
plural PPOs
: an organization providing health care that gives economic incentives to the individual purchaser of a health care contract to patronize certain physicians, laboratories, and hospitals that agree to supervision and reduced fees compare hmo
Examples of PPO in a Sentence
I'm not sure if that doctor belongs to my PPO.
Recent Examples on the Web
To stir further confusion, some even deploy common insurance terms like PPO (preferred provider organization) or co-pay in their terms and conditions.
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Alana Semuels, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
UnitedHealthcare says that people enrolled in its Medicare Advantage PPO and Group Retiree plans may receive care from an out-of-network provider that participates in Medicare and accepts the plan.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Act Now Services helps people with the PPO process primarily in Wayne County.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
At the end of June, MSI experienced a similar bullish signal from the weekly PPO, suggesting that this recent breakout may be just the beginning for Motorola.
—CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
However, as soon as the PPO expired in September 2020, Thomas started following Stites again, even joining the same recreational soccer league.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
New policies require referees -- who consider PPO applications and make a referral to the judge on what to do -- to examine any prior PPOs before making recommendations to the court.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2025
The biggest price gap: an overnight stay covered by a Humana PPO plan ranged from an average of $17,628 to $57,898 at different Houston-area hospitals.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
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Alana Semuels, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
UnitedHealthcare says that people enrolled in its Medicare Advantage PPO and Group Retiree plans may receive care from an out-of-network provider that participates in Medicare and accepts the plan.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Act Now Services helps people with the PPO process primarily in Wayne County.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
At the end of June, MSI experienced a similar bullish signal from the weekly PPO, suggesting that this recent breakout may be just the beginning for Motorola.
—CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
However, as soon as the PPO expired in September 2020, Thomas started following Stites again, even joining the same recreational soccer league.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
New policies require referees -- who consider PPO applications and make a referral to the judge on what to do -- to examine any prior PPOs before making recommendations to the court.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2025
The biggest price gap: an overnight stay covered by a Humana PPO plan ranged from an average of $17,628 to $57,898 at different Houston-area hospitals.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
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PPO
noun
plural PPOs
: an organization providing health care that gives economic incentives to the individual purchaser of a health-care contract to patronize certain physicians, laboratories, and hospitals which agree to supervision and reduced fees
called also preferred provider organization
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