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HMO (āc̸h′em′ō)

noun pl. HMO's

a healthcare system in which an organization hires medical professionals and operates medical facilities to provide a wide range of specified services to prepaid subscribers

Origin: h(ealth) m(aintenance) o(rganization)

HMO (āchˌĕm-ōˈ)

noun
A corporation financed by insurance premiums whose member physicians and professional staff provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, geographic, and professional limits to enrolled volunteer members and their families.

Origin: h(ealth) m(aintenance) o(rganization).