Definition of HMO
: 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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The first known use of HMO was in 1971
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