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Glossaries

For many of us, medical and health insurance terms are unfamiliar or complex. Our glossaries define some of those terms.


		Federally qualified HMO An HMO that has satisfied certain federal qualifications pertaining to organizational structure, provider contracts, inforabout about health-service delivery, utilization review/quality assurance, grievance procedures, financial status and marketing information.

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