PPO
noun
plural PPOs
: an organization providing health care that gives economic incentives to the individual purchaser of a health care contract to patronize certain physicians, laboratories, and hospitals that agree to supervision and reduced fees compare hmo
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I'm not sure if that doctor belongs to my PPO.
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Disclaimer: Humana is a Medicare Advantage HMO and PPO organization with a Medicare contract.
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John Littig, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2025
On the positive side, the PPO indicator recently confirmed a bullish reversal, and GDX remains above the 61.8% retracement level based on the February 2024 to October 2024 uptrend.
—David Keller, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
However, Cigna Healthcare for example, did not renew its Medicare Advantage PPO plan in Florida in 2025, offering only its HMO plan and a plan for military veterans.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2024
Roughly 65% of large employers now offer three or more health care plans, including exclusive provider organization (EPO) plans, which use a closed provider network to keep costs down and are less expensive than traditional PPO options.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
The director of the PPO vets thousands of appointees in the administration.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2024
The bottom panel shows the weekly PPO, which generated a buy signal in late August 2024.
—David Keller, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
With Advantage, you’ll be asked to choose between HMO, PPO and prescription drug plans.
—Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
These were subjected to detailed analysis, and 2,264 were found to occur during PPO windows.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
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John Littig, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2025
On the positive side, the PPO indicator recently confirmed a bullish reversal, and GDX remains above the 61.8% retracement level based on the February 2024 to October 2024 uptrend.
—David Keller, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
However, Cigna Healthcare for example, did not renew its Medicare Advantage PPO plan in Florida in 2025, offering only its HMO plan and a plan for military veterans.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2024
Roughly 65% of large employers now offer three or more health care plans, including exclusive provider organization (EPO) plans, which use a closed provider network to keep costs down and are less expensive than traditional PPO options.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
The director of the PPO vets thousands of appointees in the administration.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2024
The bottom panel shows the weekly PPO, which generated a buy signal in late August 2024.
—David Keller, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
With Advantage, you’ll be asked to choose between HMO, PPO and prescription drug plans.
—Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
These were subjected to detailed analysis, and 2,264 were found to occur during PPO windows.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
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PPO
noun
plural PPOs
: an organization providing health care that gives economic incentives to the individual purchaser of a health-care contract to patronize certain physicians, laboratories, and hospitals which agree to supervision and reduced fees
called also preferred provider organization
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