| Health Maintenance Organization |
provider and insurer that accepts full risk capitation and aims, among other things, to be more efficient by emphasizing prevention
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| Health Maintenance Organization |
A form of health care which provides services for a fixed period on a prepaid basis.
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| Health Maintenance Organization |
A legal entity in Washington state that provides health care in a geographic area, and which accepts responsibility to provide directly or by contract an agreed-upon set of health services to a defined, voluntarily-enrolled group of individuals. HMOs are reimbursed through a pre-determined, fixed, periodic prepayment made by or on behalf of each subscriber without regard to the amount of actual services provided. (In other states, HMOs are regarded as synonymous with "managed care. ...
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| Health Maintenance Organization |
A type of managed care plan in which the patient must receive all medical services from within the plan's staff of employed providers or network of participating providers.
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| Health Maintenance Organization |
An entity that provides, offers, or arranges for coverage of designated health services needed by plan members for a fixed, prepaid premium. There are four basic models of HMOs: group models, individual practice association, network model, and staff model. ...
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