preferred provider organization

noun

: ppo

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To stir further confusion, some even deploy common insurance terms like PPO (preferred provider organization) or co-pay in their terms and conditions. — Alana Semuels, Time, 30 Oct. 2025 Mediation applies only to its preferred provider organization. — Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2020 The latest study examined the claims data of 37 million individuals with commercial preferred provider organization’s health insurance plans in all 50 states from 2013 to 2017. — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2019 Gail Trauco's insurer is eliminating her company's policy known as a preferred provider organization, or PPO, replacing it with a health maintenance organization, or HMO, a change that would limit the choice of doctors for her five employees. — Joyce M. Rosenberg, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2017 Caitlin Rother, a 63-year-old novelist in San Diego, tried to be proactive in switching her Covered California plan from a PPO (preferred provider organization) plan to a lower-cost HMO (health maintenance organization) plan to save money. — Sara Dinatale, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Jan. 2026

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First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of preferred provider organization was in 1982

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preferred provider organization

noun
pre·​ferred pro·​vid·​er organization prə-ˌfərd-prə-ˈvīd-ər- How to pronounce preferred provider organization (audio)
: ppo
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