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| | health maintenance organization - definition of health maintenance organization in Encyclopedia |
 | | A health maintenance organization arranges for this care either directly in its own group practice and/or through doctors and other health care professionals under contract. | | | This doctor monitors your health and provides most of your medical care, referring you to specialists and other health care professionals as needed. | | | In exchange, the HMO provides maintenance care for you and your family, including doctors' visits, hospital stays, emergency care, surgery, lab tests, x-rays, and therapy. |
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| | health maintenance organization on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Many people who have had a long-standing relationship with a family doctor or specialist have balked at what they see as a limitation of choice. | | | Most HMOs involve physicians engaged in group practice. | | | URAC program's goal is to make CDHC information accessible.(News)(Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (health care accreditation and certification))(Consumer Driven Health Care) |
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| | health maintenance organization -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! |
| | To deal with the unforeseeable risks to health through accident or illness, various types of health insurance programs have been devised. | | | By contrast, a health maintenance organization provides health care through physicians and hospitals associated with it. | | | Collection of news from and about this professional association representing pharmacists who practice in hospitals, health maintenance organizations, long-term care facilities, home care agencies, and other units of health care systems. |
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