HMO

HMO definition - medical

HMO (āchˌĕm-ōˈ)

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

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