HMO
noun [C]Definition
› INSURANCE abbreviation for health maintenance organization: in the US, an organization that allows people who have paid to belong to it to use particular doctors or hospitals if they are ill or injured: The average increase in HMO premiums also matched an increase in other expenses.
(Definition of HMO noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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