hmo

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abbreviation for health maintenance organization: a group that provides healthcare to people who pay to join it:

For a monthly flat fee, paid by the consumer or employer, HMOs provide a specified list of medical services both in and outside the hospital.

abbreviation for house in multiple occupation: a house shared by several people who are not all from the same family:

Today, the once-grand streets are characterized by decaying HMOs, sorely in need not just of redecoration but more fundamental repair.

abbreviation for health maintenance organization

abbreviation for health maintenance organization: in the US, an organization that allows people who have paid to belong to it to use particular doctors or hospitals if they are ill or injured:

The average increase in HMO premiums also matched an increase in other expenses.