HMO

n.
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.

[h(ealth) m(aintenance) o(rganization).]

An abbreviation for health maintenance organization. A corporation financed by insurance premiums whose member doctors provide medical services to enrolled member patients.

(āch'ĕm-ō')
n.

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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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians
  Synonym: health maintenance organization

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