Health Insurance Term
TPA (Third-Party Administrator)
The intermediary that processes your health claims.
What is TPA (Third-Party Administrator)?
A Third-Party Administrator is a company that handles health-insurance claim processing on behalf of the insurer — issuing health cards, coordinating cashless approvals and settling claims.
Your TPA is your main point of contact at the hospital's insurance desk during a claim.
Example
The hospital sends your cashless request to the TPA, which approves it on the insurer's behalf.
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