Checkpoints exist throughout the health care system to ensure people receive appropriate care and avoid preventable errors in treatment or diagnoses. While doctors and hospitals manage most of these checkpoints, health insurers also play a role. The most familiar example is prior authorization, a process through which health plans verify the care people receive is safe, effective and covered by their health plan before they undergo a procedure or surgery.

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