| PPO | platelet peroxidase; preferred provider option; preferred provider organization |
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| PP | diphosphate group; emphysema [pink puffers]; near point of accommodation [Lat. punctum proximum]; pa... |
| AAPPO | American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations |
| PPA | palpation, percussion, auscultation; pepsin A; phenylpropanolamine; phenylpyruvic acid; Pittsburgh p... |
| PRO | peer review organization; physician review organization; Professional Review Organization; pronation... |
| PPO | Preferred Provider Organization |
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| PSO | provider sponsored organization |
| PCP | primary care provider |
| HCP | health care provider |
| CBO | community based organization |
| preferred provider organization | A health care delivery model which uses a panel of eligible physicians. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| preferred provider organizations | Arrangements negotiated between a third-party payer (often a self-insured company or union trust fund) and a group of health-care providers (hospitals and physicians) who furnish services at lower than usual fees, and, in return, receive prompt payment and an expectation of an increased volume of patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| preferred direction | <microscopy> Orientation of a specimen as related to a structural or morphological direction, with respect to the polars. (05 Aug 1998) |
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| pan american health organization | <organisation> WHO regional office for the americas acting as a coordinating agency for the improvement of health conditions in the hemisphere. The four main functions are: control or eradication of communicable diseases, strengthening of national and local health services, education and training, and research. (21 Jun 2000) |
| world health organization | A specialised agency of the united nations designed as a coordinating authority on international health work; its aim is to promote the attainment of the highest possible level of health by all peoples. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregenital organization | In psychoanalysis, the organization or arrangement of the libido in the stages prior to that of genital primacy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| health maintenance organization | A comprehensive prepaid system of health care with emphasis on the prevention and early detection of disease, and continuity of care.HMOs may be nonprofit or profit-making ventures, and along with PPOs and managed care plans have come to define the U.S. Health care scene. HMOs generally offer a package of services; however, the choice of physician is frequently limited to those working within the HMO. (05 Mar 2000) |
| International Labour Organization Classification | ILO 1980 International Classification of Radiographs of the Pneumoconioses; a system for qualitative and semiquantitative description of the chest radiographic findings caused by pneumoconiosis, designed for epidemiologic studies; supersedes classifications of 1950, 1958, 1968, and 1971. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organization | 1. The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body. "The first organization of the general government." 2. The state of being organised; also, the relations included in such a state or condition. "What is organization but the connection of parts in and for a whole, so that each part is, at once, end and means?" (Coleridge) 3. That wich is organised; an organised existence; an organism; specif. <biology> An arrangement of parts for the performance of the functions necessary to life. "The cell may be regarded as the most simple, the most common, and the earliest form of organization." (McKendrick) Origin: Cf. F. Organisation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| organization and administration | The planning and managing of programs, services, and resources. (12 Dec 1998) |
Synonyms : Organizations, Preferred Provider, Preferred Provider Organization, Organization, Preferred Provider
| preferred provider organization |
A network of health care providers who provide services to patients at discounted rates or cost-shares. TRICARE Extra is considered to be a Preferred Provider Organization option.
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A type of health care plan that gives patients a choice of using doctors and hospitals in a network and paying a copayment or using physicians and hospitals outside the network and being responsible for a paying an annual deductible and a percent of the bill for the visit.
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| preferred provider organization |
Type of health insurance in which patients may choose from a physician from a list of providers who have agreed to offer care at a discount.
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| preferred provider organization |
A formal agreement between a purchaser of a dental benefits program and a defined group of dentists for the delivery of dental services to a specific patient population, as an adjunct to a traditional plan.
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| preferred provider organization |
A health-care provider that contracts with an employer or an employer group to provide health-care services to employees at competitive rates.
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