PPO

PPO

By Kelly Montgomery, About.com

Updated: January 21, 2009

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Definition:

A Preferred Provider Organization - a group of healthcare providers who have a contract with an insurance company to provide healthcare services according to a certain fee schedule. Preferred providers are paid per service rendered. Insured patients pay a set copay for services provided by preferred providers, and must pay extra if they go to a physician outside the network.

Check out this article to find out more about PPOs and how they differ from HMOs.
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