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A payer’s approval or notification process for a specific service. Requirements can depend on the plan, CPT code, date, location, rendering provider, and supporting documentation.

Confirming what the plan says it covers, the applicable network rules, and the patient’s benefit structure before service.

Confirming that coverage is active for the relevant date and identifying the plan that should be evaluated.

Completing the coverage, network, approval, referral, benefit, and escalation checks needed before a service is considered ready.

A claim denial tied to something that should have been addressed before service, such as eligibility, authorization, referral, registration, or network status.

A key performance indicator used to measure whether a workflow is improving, such as readiness by cutoff or first-pass completion.

The operational work performed before the patient’s service date, including scheduling inputs, eligibility, benefits, referrals, authorizations, and financial clearance.

A documented direction from an authorized provider or payer process allowing the patient to receive specialty services, sometimes with limits on dates, visits, provider, or service scope.

The controls used to help a practice receive accurate payment for appropriate services while reducing preventable errors and avoidable rework.

Revenue delayed, denied, written off, or put at risk because an operational step failed or happened too late.

A case being touched repeatedly because the first pass lacked the right information, decision, documentation, or owner.

A missing checkpoint, unclear responsibility, weak handoff, or inconsistent step that allows work to stall or fail.