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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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.
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David Keller, CNBC, 10 July 2025
The new agreement means that Aetna will continue to cover care for commercial HMO, EPO and PPO members who visit Sutter hospitals and clinics, the companies said in a news release.
—Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2025
Aetna said in a statement that commercial HMO members will be assigned to a new doctor on July 1, but commercial PPO members are allowed a six-month transition period.
—Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
It was thought that those with preferred provider (PPO) or exclusive provider (EPO) plans would be able to immediately start scheduling appointments with Scripps doctors, as those plans do not require assignment of a primary care doctor as HMO plans do.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
The Robinsons have a high-deductible preferred provider organization (PPO) health insurance plan through Russell's work as an education consultant.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA Today, 19 May 2025
With the recent rally for shares of COIN, the weekly PPO is very close to generating a similar signal in the coming weeks.
—David Keller, CNBC, 8 May 2025
Then in September and October 2024, the RSI came out of the overbought region just before a PPO sell signal.
—David Keller, CNBC, 1 May 2025
To validate updates, conduct thorough testing, including A/B testing and user studies, and employ proximal policy optimization (PPO) to stabilize learning and prevent abrupt model changes.
—Ambika Saklani Bhardwaj, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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David Keller, CNBC, 10 July 2025
The new agreement means that Aetna will continue to cover care for commercial HMO, EPO and PPO members who visit Sutter hospitals and clinics, the companies said in a news release.
—Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2025
Aetna said in a statement that commercial HMO members will be assigned to a new doctor on July 1, but commercial PPO members are allowed a six-month transition period.
—Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
It was thought that those with preferred provider (PPO) or exclusive provider (EPO) plans would be able to immediately start scheduling appointments with Scripps doctors, as those plans do not require assignment of a primary care doctor as HMO plans do.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
The Robinsons have a high-deductible preferred provider organization (PPO) health insurance plan through Russell's work as an education consultant.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA Today, 19 May 2025
With the recent rally for shares of COIN, the weekly PPO is very close to generating a similar signal in the coming weeks.
—David Keller, CNBC, 8 May 2025
Then in September and October 2024, the RSI came out of the overbought region just before a PPO sell signal.
—David Keller, CNBC, 1 May 2025
To validate updates, conduct thorough testing, including A/B testing and user studies, and employ proximal policy optimization (PPO) to stabilize learning and prevent abrupt model changes.
—Ambika Saklani Bhardwaj, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 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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