health maintenance organization

noun

: hmo

Examples of health maintenance organization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

United’s Preferred Care Network Medicare Advantage plans provide health maintenance organization (HMO) plans with prescription drug coverage across Miami-Dade and Broward counties. — Michelle Marchante july 22, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Republicans have proposed the tax increase on health insurance providers, known as health maintenance organizations or HMOs, to fill a growing gap in the state's Medicaid budget. — Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 18 Mar. 2026

When Health Net, a California nonprofit health maintenance organization, converted to a for-profit insurance company in 1992, regulators required that 80% of its equity be transferred to another nonprofit health foundation. — Alnoor Ebrahim, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026

Caitlin Rother, a 63-year-old novelist in San Diego, tried to be proactive in switching her Covered California plan from a PPO (preferred provider organization) plan to a lower-cost HMO (health maintenance organization) plan to save money. — Sara Dinatale, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for health maintenance organization

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration

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