The results, released Wednesday, apply to workers covered by traditional plans called preferred-provider organizations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health-Insurance Deductible of $1,000 Now Common] Reference

(Indiana-based health maintenance organizations and preferred-provider organizations): An article from: Indiana Business Magazine by Bill Beck.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: E.J. Dionne Jr. - At Long Last, Obama Fires Back on Health Reform] Reference

New York-based MultiPlan is one of the largest U.S. independent PPOs, or preferred-provider organizations businesses that put together medical networks for insurers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Buyout-Shop Swap MultiPlan in $3.1 Billion LBO] Reference

The patients most often left paying such differences are those with indemnity insurance or in preferred-provider organizations, which is roughly half of people who have private health plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Probe Targets] Reference

HSA-qualified high-deductible health plans have lower premiums than more traditional types of plans, such as preferred-provider organizations, PPOs, or health-maintenance organizations, HMOs.    From Wordnik.com.  [HSAs Help Pay Retirement Health Costs] Reference

It outlines your two primary options: original fee-for-service Medicare and federally subsidized Medicare Advantage, which typically operates like a health-maintenance or preferred-provider organization.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bidding Wars Are Back in Some Markets] Reference

HDHPs have lower premiums than more traditional types of plans, such as preferred-provider organizations or health-maintenance organizations but you have to pay more out-of-pocket before your insurance kicks in.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Healthy Aid to Retirement] Reference

The current proposed values are actually less rich than the typical employer preferred-provider plan today, which has an actuarial value of around 80% to 84%, according to a Congressional Research Service report.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Stake in the Health Overhaul] Reference

Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America says it will release its preferred-provider plan, "Premium Protect," in the next week or two in five states and the District of Columbia for employers with 51 to 150 employees.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Health Plans Tout] Reference

My own health plan is a so-called PPO, or preferred-provider organization, which means I pay less when I use doctors and hospitals that have contracts with Aetna Inc., the insurer that administers my employer's coverage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tallying the Cost to Bring Baby Home] Reference

In Medicare, individuals must choose one of two paths: the original fee-for-service Medicare plan, or a federally subsidized Medicare Advantage plan, which typically operates like a health-maintenance or preferred-provider organization.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medicare Moves] Reference

The standard Blue Cross Blue Shield preferred-provider plan offered to federal workers has an actuarial value of 87%, a bit higher than the typical employer-supplied PPO, according to this report from the Congressional Research Service.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Answers to Your Health Reform Questions] Reference

With Medicare, individuals must choose one of two paths: original fee-for-service Medicare, or a federally subsidized private Medicare Advantage plan, which typically operates like a health-maintenance or preferred-provider organization.    From Wordnik.com.  [Changes to Medicare Advantage] Reference

Also last month, BC Partners Ltd. and Silver Lake Partners agreed to purchase MultiPlan Inc., which is based in New York and is one of the largest independent U.S. preferred-provider organizations, which put together medical networks for insurers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bain Capital Expected to Buy Air Medical Group] Reference

Earlier this month, BC Partners Ltd. and Silver Lake Partners agreed to purchase MultiPlan Inc., which is based in New York and is one of the largest independent U.S. preferred-provider organizations, which put together medical networks for insurers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carlyle, TPG to Acquire Hospital Chain] Reference

Perhaps the biggest change is doing away with the existing preferred-provider system in favor of a high-deductible program.    From Wordnik.com.  [daytondailynews.com - News] Reference

PPO plans are most appealing to people who prefer the freedom and choice to see any doctor in or out of a preferred-provider network.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Advantage plans, which also provide extra coverage and can involve preferred-provider organizations and health maintenance organizations.    From Wordnik.com.  [InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs] Reference

Under the multi-year, preferred-provider agreement, Blockbuster will supply the branded consumer interfaces and Sonic will power content delivery across.    From Wordnik.com.  [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference

The AMA study shows that 93% of the state's combined preferred-provider and health maintenance organization market is controlled by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama.    From Wordnik.com.  [MarketWatch.com - Top Stories] Reference

COGFA estimates that would translate into a fairly small increase for workers in the state's managed-care plan, but much higher costs for those in the QCHP preferred-provider plan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The State Journal-Register Home RSS] Reference

Under the multi-year, preferred-provider agreement, Blockbuster will supply the branded consumer interfaces and Sonic will power content delivery across PC and consumer electronic devices.    From Wordnik.com.  [TVover.net] Reference

Though health-maintenance organizations (HMOs) do not give consumers a choice of going out of network, most employers in recent years have offered their employees insurance through preferred-provider organizations (PPOs).    From Wordnik.com.  [SplicedFeed] Reference

The Office of Personnel Management doesn't track how many members of Congress enroll in individual plans, but a Blue Cross Blue Shield preferred-provider organization (PPO) is the most popular among federal employees, according to the agency.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The deal, first announced in February and recently approved by the state Insurance Division, makes HMAA the state's second-largest preferred-provider health insurer with more than 46,000 members, after the addition of Summerlin's 20,000 members.    From Wordnik.com.  [Honolulu Business News - Local Honolulu News | Pacific Business News of Honolulu] Reference

Coloradans with two types of PacifiCare plans - health savings accounts and preferred-provider organizations - were notified recently that those plans no longer exist and they can switch to United HealthCare plans with similar coverage and premium costs.    From Wordnik.com.  [SquareState.net - Front Page] Reference

In addition, Advocate doctors and hospitals are being asked to meet performance targets tied to improved quality, safety and efficiencies of the medical care provided to patients covered by Illinois Blue Cross HMO and preferred-provider organization products.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference

Management, however, won the fight to offer musicians a preferred-provider policy and to raise deductibles and copayments on non-preferred-provider policies, concessions Fogel said will help slow the rising cost of health insurance to 10 to 15 percent a year instead of 20 to 25 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicago Reader] Reference

HOUSTON (CN) - Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana, Unicare and United Healthcare illegally boycotted a new hospital and forced it to close just months after it opened because a competitor threatened the insurers with "severe economic consequences" if they granted the new place preferred-provider status, the former Houston Town.    From Wordnik.com.  [Courthouse News Service] Reference

's list of preferred-provider plans, with more than 165,000 enrollees as of May.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philadelphia Business News - Local Philadelphia News | The Philadelphia Business Journal] Reference

Extra is a preferred-provider option.    From Wordnik.com.  [Air Force Times - News] Reference

The contract covers health-maintenance organizations, preferred-provider organizations and private fee-for-service plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal] Reference