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SmithKline Beecham Laboratories.


In an expansion of a previous contract that covered Quest and the former SmithKline Beecham Laboratories, Quest will provide lab services to United Healthcare Services' HMO HMO health maintenance organization.

HMO
n.
A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial,
, POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET.

(2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak.

POS - point of sale
, and PPO PPO
abbr.
preferred provider organization


PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there
 members. The 2-year agreement covers 16 million health plan members.
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Publication:Medical Laboratory Observer
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jun 1, 2000
Words:39
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