ALL meanings of health maintenance organization
health main·te·nance or·gan·i·za·tion
H h - noun health maintenance organization a plan for comprehensive health services, prepaid by an individual or by a company for its employees, that provides treatment, preventive care, and hospitalization to each participating member in a central health center. Abbreviation: HMO. 1
- countable noun health maintenance organization A health maintenance organization is an organization to which you pay a fee and that allows you to use only doctors and hospitals which belong to the organization. The abbreviation HMO is often used. 0
- noun health maintenance organization an organization that people pay to join so that they can have medical care when they need it 0
- noun health maintenance organization HMO 0
- noun health maintenance organization A health maintenance organization is an organization providing health care coverage in the U.S. that is carried out by hospitals, doctors, and other providers with which it has a contract. 0