"health maintenance organization" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: health maintenance organizations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} health maintenance organization (plural health maintenance organizations)
  1. (US, medicine) A medical insurance group that provides health services for a fixed annual fee. Tags: US Synonyms: HMO [initialism]
    Sense id: en-health_maintenance_organization-en-noun-TuUb3iPR Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences

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