There are five basic gasifier technologies currently in commercial use: â 1 Down Draftâ Fixed Bed. â 2 Up Draftâ Fixed Bed. 3  Fluidized Bed Reactor. 4  Entrained Flow. 5  Plasma.
2 B. Brief History of HMOs A health maintenance organization is defined as âan organization that combines the provision of health insurance and the delivery of health care services.â (Given 1994) Early HMOs and HMO-like institutions developed in the 1930s.
In 1970, the number of HMOs declined to fewer than 40. Paul M. Ellwood, Jr., often called the father of the HMO, began having discussions with what is today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that led to the enactment of the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973.