How to Use HMO in a Sentence

HMO

noun
  • However, there’s also no out-of-network coverage with an HMO plan.
    Michelle Marchante july 22, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • Without subsidies, her monthly health care costs will be about $900 under the HMO plan.
    Sara Dinatale, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Providers are not in the BlueMedicare PPO network or in the BlueMedicare HMO network.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Because of the discrepancy between the rate increases, staff encouraged the board to switch to an HMO plan offered through Sutter Health Plan.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
  • Representatives of Rocky Mountain HMO did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
    Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Kaiser Permanente accounts for the majority of that enrollment, reflecting a market with deep HMO familiarity.
    Allison Palmer march 3, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Nearly three decades after the landmark decision, the HMO giant — which made a series of sweeping reforms after the ruling — is once again facing questions over whether its arbitration system is stacked against the interests of its members.
    Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • Make all medical care free and accessible to everyone, except executives of existing health insurance and HMO companies, who must pay full price for everything, including the $16 tab of aspirin.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The proposal offered a $2,000 ratification bonus and caps on HMO premium increases that UC said could save members up to $3,000 each year on healthcare costs.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Medicare Advantage is a program that takes the money that would have been spent on you by Medicare and gives it to a private insurance company that essentially gives you private insurance coverage, often HMO or PPO.
    Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2026
  • Based on the recommendation of a third party fact-finding report, the district has offered to pay for the cost of a Kaiser HMO plan for teachers and their dependents through June 2027, which would establish a new minimum employer contribution to benefits.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The contract extension covers about 100 patients in Cigna HMO plans in the Sacramento area, and potentially a few thousand patients covered by PPO plans, but the hospital system did not provide exact numbers.
    Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
  • CalPERS also recently added a benefit covering medical costs for in vitro fertilization across all basic plans, including PPO and HMO plans, beginning next July.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
  • For UnitedHealthcare Medicare members, Ascension directed them to call the Wisconsin HMO Enrollment Specialists for assistance.
    Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Switching to Sutter Last month, CalPERS staff recommended that the board not renew a contract with UnitedHealthcare to offer two basic HMO plans to members, which covers about 94,000 members.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 14 July 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
  • Post-War Decisions Eroded Hard-Won Gains Instead of recognizing the value of military health, budget officials in the Pentagon viewed the MHS as little more than an HMO for beneficiaries.
    Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • All 12 of its freestanding ERs, including the one in Plantation, and its over 100 HCA Florida physician offices also accept the insurance, including Medicare Advantage, HMO and ACA plans associated with Florida Blue.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026

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