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closed-panel HMO

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closed-panel HMO,
(in the United States) a health maintenance organization (HMO) in which physicians are either employees of the HMO or belong to a group of physicians that contracts with it. See also health maintenance organization.


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In the past two years, enrollment in PPOs rose to 43% from 35%, while enrollment in closed-panel HMOs lagged at 30%, and open-ended HMOs, or "point-of-service plans," declined to 16% from 20%, according to the National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, released by William M.
More Employees Chose PPOs in 1999 by Best's Review
Closed-panel HMOs restrict the practice of physicians to the enrolled HMO patients.
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