preferred provider

noun

1

: ppo

—usually used attributively

2

: a health care provider (such as a doctor or hospital) that is part of a PPO

Examples of preferred provider in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With PPOs — preferred provider organizations — people are generally allowed to see medical providers outside their networks, although those visits will cost more. —Liz Weston, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025

Are those preferred providers and prescriptions covered? —Allie Volpe, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025

Keep in mind where your preferred providers fall if your plan is tiered. —Allie Volpe, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025

That helped spur insurers to offer more preferred provider organizations, or PPOs, which have fewer constraints but are more costly. —Tami Luhby, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024

The remainder are in preferred provider organization (PPO) plans offered by Anthem. —Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023

Over the past two decades, government regulators have written and rewritten rules that have landed on a straightforward goal: that Americans who live in apartment buildings may pick their internet provider, even if the landlord has a preferred provider. —New York Times, 3 Mar. 2022

In Korea, drivers will see their preferred provider. —PCMAG, 22 Feb. 2023

Choose your state, and then pick a preferred provider, such as HealthTap or SteadyMD. —Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined at sense 1