Health Maintenance Organization (Noun)
Meaning
Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
Classification
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.
Examples
- Our company has chosen to go with a health maintenance organization plan to reduce medical expenses for employees.
- As part of our employee benefits package, we offer enrollment in a local health maintenance organization that has several clinics in the area.
- In this new role, her task is to coordinate between various insurance companies, specifically a large health maintenance organization with which her employer partners.
- Employees under this group insurance scheme, underwritten by the large health maintenance organization, only have access to listed health professionals and healthcare centers.
- Working under contract to the regional health maintenance organization requires many family practice doctors and primary care clinics in rural towns.