How to Use health maintenance organization in a Sentence

health maintenance organization

noun

• In the 1990s, health maintenance organizations grew in many parts of the country as employers and insurers sought to improve care and lower costs.
  — Mitchell Schnurman, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2020
• State lawmakers passed a tax on health maintenance organizations and hospital fees to cover the state’s share.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
• The insurer is raising rates on its ACA health maintenance organization plans by around 23% on average.
  — Anna Wilde Mathews, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2017
• The health maintenance organization, or HMO, generated nearly $80 billion of revenue and $2.5 billion of net income last year, according to its annual report.
  — James B. Cutchin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2019
• Arnold ushered in three decades of robust enforcement, including a landmark case against the American Medical Association, which allowed doctors to work with health maintenance organizations for the first time.
  — Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2020
• Community First is a licensed health maintenance organization — an HMO that provides insurance through contracts with physician groups, hospitals and other health providers.
  — Laura Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 19 Oct. 2020
• Other options include dental savings plans and dental health maintenance organizations, or DHMOs.
  — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2017

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024