verb
- to certify or approve something in advance, especially medical procedures or insurance claims before they are performed or processed
Usage: medical; insurance
Examples
- The insurance company requires doctors to precertify all non-emergency surgeries.
- You must precertify your hospital stay to ensure coverage.
- The medical procedure was precertified by the insurance provider.
- Patients should precertify expensive treatments to avoid unexpected costs.
- The pharmacy will precertify the prescription with your insurance.
- We need to precertify this MRI scan before scheduling the appointment.