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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.
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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
The new law’s requirement to timely refund overpayments doesn’t apply to overpayments made to providers by health insurers and health maintenance organizations.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
Back then, a backlash against the limitations of HMOs, or health maintenance organizations, propelled many employers to move workers into these plans, which were supposed to empower patients and control costs.
—Noam Levey, NPR, 8 Dec. 2025
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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
The new law’s requirement to timely refund overpayments doesn’t apply to overpayments made to providers by health insurers and health maintenance organizations.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
Back then, a backlash against the limitations of HMOs, or health maintenance organizations, propelled many employers to move workers into these plans, which were supposed to empower patients and control costs.
—Noam Levey, NPR, 8 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for health maintenance organization
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“Health maintenance organization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/health%20maintenance%20organization. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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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
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