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prior authorization

prior authorization noun: a requirement by a health insurance companies that patients obtain approval before receiving certain medical services, procedures, or medications.

Noun

prior authorization

  1. (US) A requirement by a health insurance companies that patients obtain approval before receiving certain medical services, procedures, or medications.
    • “I once had to do a prior auth for United for a glass bottle,” a medical resident wrote. “The compounded intranasal midazolam was covered, but the glass bottle it came in was not.”2024 December 6, Samantha Cole, “Moderators Across Social Media Struggle to Contain Celebrations of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Assassination”, in 404 Media

Forms of prior authorization

alternative form (informal)prior auth

Questions about prior authorization

What does prior authorization mean?
Prior authorization means a requirement by a health insurance companies that patients obtain approval before receiving certain medical services, procedures, or medications.
What part of speech is prior authorization?
Prior authorization is a noun.

Words near prior authorization in the dictionary

  1. prions
  2. prionsialia
  3. prionuria
  4. prior
  5. prior art
  6. prior authorization
  7. prior claustral
  8. prior conventual
  9. prior knowledge
  10. prior probabilities
  11. prior probability

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