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Portland Metro Health Plan, Inc.: A Federally Qualified Health Maintenance Organization

HRD-78-89 Published: Aug 08, 1978. Publicly Released: Dec 21, 1983.
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The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) certified Portland Metro Health Plan, Inc., as a qualified health maintenance organization (HMO) in July 1976. Portland Metro received a direct operating loan of $1 million from HEW and began providing health services to its members in January 1, 1976. It contracts with an individual practice association--Portland Metro Health Physicians--to provide health care services to members.

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