A Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Is an Alternative to Traditional

question 20

Multiple Choice

A health maintenance organization (HMO) is an alternative to traditional group health insurance coverage and provides comprehensive health care services to voluntarily enrolled members on a __________ basis.

• A) fee-for-service
• B) per diem
• C) prepaid
• D) retrospective

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Definitions:

Spreading Activation

A theory in cognitive psychology that suggests ideas in memory are connected and that the activation of one idea can trigger the activation of related ideas.

Lexical Decision Tasks

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A type of long-term memory responsible for knowing how to do things, also known as muscle memory, involving the performance of particular types of tasks without conscious awareness.

Connectionist Model

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