The phrase "a preferred provider" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when referring to an individual or organization that is chosen to provide a service or goods over another. For example, "We have chosen ABC Inc. as our preferred provider for the new software upgrade."
Beginning immediately, GM will provide Lyft drivers with a "rental hub" as a preferred provider of short-term vehicles in various U.S. cities and GM will provide these drivers with OnStar services, which provides emergency, security and navigation services through a connected network.
Most middle-class insurance plans steer their members toward hospitals and doctors who are in a preferred provider network and drugs that are on the company's preferred list.
Co-operation between providers, including local authorities and commissioners, with the NHS as a preferred provider for healthcare.
Subscribers could obtain these benefits by joining a private health plan, like a preferred provider organization, or P.P.O.
Blue Cross of California, a unit of WellPoint Health Networks, administers a preferred provider network for the system.
Cons: Your total out-of-pocket costs will probably be higher than in a preferred provider plan or H.M.O.
Mr. Simpkins, 47, who retired from Microsoft several years ago as a group program manager, said he was already paying $313 a month for coverage under an individual preferred provider organization plan from Blue Cross.
While the most common type of job-based health plan remains a PPO, or preferred provider organization, that carries a deductible that's usually below $1,000, higher-deductible plans are becoming more popular among large companies as a way of limiting their own health care expenses.
In line with the trend, Pacific Health Advantage, a purchasing coalition of 11,000 small California employers, offered workers a choice of preferred provider plans for the first time this year, with a $500 or $1,000 deductible, said John Grgurina, executive director of the group, a unit of the Pacific Business Group on Health.
According to the firm's analysis, it costs $20,282 for a family of four covered by an employer-sponsored preferred provider organization (PPO) compared to a national average of $16,771.
In January 2010, the company was enrolled in a Blue Cross P.P.O., or preferred provider organization.
