Sponsored Topics. Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th largest city in California.
A health maintenance organization (HMO) is an organization that provides or arranges managed care for health insurance, self-funded health care benefit plans, individuals, and other entities in the United States and acts as a liaison with health care providers (hospitals, doctors, etc.) on a prepaid basis.nlike traditional indemnity insurance, an HMO covers care rendered by those doctors and other professionals who have agreed by contract to treat patients in accordance with the HMO's guidelines and restrictions in exchange for a steady stream of customers.
Self-funded health care also known as Administrative Services Only (ASO) is a self insurance arrangement whereby an employer provides health or disability benefits to employees with its own funds.nsurance companies offer similar services under what is frequently described as administrative services only or ASO contracts. In these arrangements the insurance company provides the typical third party administration services but assume no risk for claims payment.