Medical Ethics

While at times successful, medical crowdfunding can amplify or create issues of patient privacy,...

Medical crowdfunding is touted for its potential to reach an unlimited number of people, the sum...

A Medscape article reported on a 2023 JAMA Neurology study in that found medical crowdfunding, the practice of creating digital campaigns to raise money for health-related expenses, for neurologic disorders surged within 9 years at a yearly average rate of 44%. Of note, roughly 85% of campaigns were for health-insured people.

The transactional and manual prior authorization (PA) that sometimes even involves an anticipated...