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.
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However, as soon as the PPO expired in September 2020, Thomas started following Stites again, even joining the same recreational soccer league.
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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
After the eventual low in 2009, a bullish crossover from the monthly PPO indicator confirmed a new uptrend phase that essentially lasted until the 2023 peak.
—David Keller, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
Previously, deductibles were typically applied only to out-of-network services in PPO plans.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Their best option would be to investigate PPO plans during the fall Open Enrollment.
—Diane Omdahl, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
That represents about 40% of the 1.5 million active and retired state workers and family members who are enrolled in the system’s HMO and PPO plans.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2025
In each of the three previous instances, a buy signal from the weekly PPO indicator has confirmed a new uptrend phase to lead ITB higher.
—David Keller, CNBC, 10 July 2025
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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
After the eventual low in 2009, a bullish crossover from the monthly PPO indicator confirmed a new uptrend phase that essentially lasted until the 2023 peak.
—David Keller, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
Previously, deductibles were typically applied only to out-of-network services in PPO plans.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Their best option would be to investigate PPO plans during the fall Open Enrollment.
—Diane Omdahl, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
That represents about 40% of the 1.5 million active and retired state workers and family members who are enrolled in the system’s HMO and PPO plans.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2025
In each of the three previous instances, a buy signal from the weekly PPO indicator has confirmed a new uptrend phase to lead ITB higher.
—David Keller, CNBC, 10 July 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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