health maintenance organization (redirected from Health maintenance organisations)

health maintenance organization /health main·te·nance or·ga·ni·za·tion/ (HMO) a broad term encompassing a variety of health care delivery systems utilizing group practice and providing alternatives to the fee-for-service private practice of medicine and allied health professions.

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health maintenance organization

n.

An HMO.

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health maintenance organization,

n corporation formed to provide health care, often financed by the employer and employee insurance premium payments. Participating physicians, clinic, and hospital staff provide prevention and treatment to enrolled members and their families.