Health-maintenance-organization
noun
1.
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.
health maintenance organization n.
An HMO.
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