health maintenance organization

noun

: hmo

Examples of health maintenance organization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Hearing Aids for Adults – Coverage: Requires insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide certain health insurance benefits under insurance policies or contracts, to provide hearing aid coverage for adults. —

Teresa Reilly, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024 One law will prevent insurers and health maintenance organizations from imposing copayments, coinsurance or deductible requirements for breast examinations. —

Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2024 Advertisement The extension also pushes out notification requirements for those in Anthem health maintenance organization (HMO) plans. —

Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023 After retiring from the Mossad in 1996, Mr. Shavit became chief executive of Maccabi Health Care Services, one of the country’s largest health maintenance organizations. —

Sam Roberts, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for health maintenance organization

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Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of health maintenance organization was in 1971

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