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Spanish: sistema de atención médica controlado, Entidades Prestadoras de Salud.

Definition: HMO


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.[Wordnet].
Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.		Top

"HMO" is a common misspelling or typo for: HMSO, homo, Hom, hemo, GMO, shmo, mho, NMO.

Date "HMO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1966. (references)

Specialty Definition: HMO

Domain	Definition
Aging	1. Health Maintenance Organization; 2. Health Management Organization. (references)
Business	Health Maintenance Organization. (references)
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Specialty Expressions: HMO

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Federally qualified HMO	Business	A health maintenance organization (HMO) that has been determined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to meet standards in such areas as financial and administrative ability, quality, scope of services covered, and rate-setting practices. An employer who provides health insurance coverage to employees may be required to offer a federally qualified HMO as an alternative to other health benefit plans offered. (references)
Group or network HMO	Health	A health plan that contracts with group practices of doctors to give services in one or more places. (references)
HMO (Health Maintenance Organization)	Health	A program to manage the health care needs of a specific population, utilizing the principles of managed care. (references)
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: HMO

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
hmo	Dutch	Hoger middenstandsonderwijs	N/A
HMO	English	Health Medical Organization	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).				Top

Topics by Level of Interest: HMO
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)		Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
HMO (alternative meanings)	2		HMO (alternative meanings)	2
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"HMO" is a common misspelling or typo for: HMSO, homo, Hom, hemo, GMO, shmo, mho, NMO.

Synonym: HMO
Position	Synonym (sorted by strength)
Expression	health maintenance organization.
Source: Eve, based on meta analysis.		Top

Translations: hmo

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Simplified	维护健康组织 (hmo), 卫生维护组织 (hmo), 蓝色的十字架hmo (blue cross hmo). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, hmo. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional	維護健康組織 (hmo), 衛生維護組織 (hmo), 藍色的十字架hmo (blue cross hmo). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, hmo. (volunteer & more translations)
Polish	prywatne ubezpieczenie zdrowotne (HMO). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, hmo. (volunteer & more translations)
Polnisch	prywatne ubezpieczenie zdrowotne (HMO). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, hmo. (volunteer & more translations)
Polski	prywatne ubezpieczenie zdrowotne (HMO). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, hmo. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish	sistema de atención médica controlado (HMO), Entidades Prestadoras de Salud (health care providers, HMO). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, hmo. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations).				Top

Language	Translations for “hmo” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin	ohmay (hmo). Additional references: Pig Latin, hmo. (volunteer)
Terran B	srietne (HMO). Additional references: Terran B, hmo. (volunteer)
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Trade Name:HMO

1. Trade name in use by StickerGiant.com; vendor description: 12x3 inches (width x height) Vinyl Sticker HMO Phobic Copyright: Northern Sun ,1998 Words On Product: HMO Phobic.

Source: compiled by the editor, with permission from StickerGiant.com.

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