# Best Addiction Treatment Marketing Agencies (2026) | AMA

> A 2026 guide to the best addiction treatment marketing agencies: how to compare specialists, what to look for, and the questions to ask before you sign.

# Best Addiction Treatment Marketing Agencies (2026)

How to compare behavioral health marketing specialists on the criteria that matter, LegitScript and EKRA compliance, admission-level attribution, and AI search, plus the questions to ask before you sign.

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The **best addiction treatment marketing agencies** in 2026 share five traits: deep specialization in behavioral health, fluency in LegitScript, EKRA, and HIPAA rules, attribution tracked to actual admissions, readiness for AI search, and transparent, ethical reporting. This guide ranks eight rehab marketing agencies against those criteria so you can match a marketing partner to your center, not a slogan.

Editorial disclosure

This ranking is published by Addiction Marketing Agency

Every agency here, including AMA, is listed on merit, not payment. **No agency paid to appear, and none can pay to be removed or reordered.** We describe competitors fairly and from their own public information. This is opinion and editorial analysis, not an independent audit or endorsement. Do your own diligence, talk to references, and read our neutral, agency-agnostic guide on [how to choose a behavioral health marketing agency](https://addictionmarketingagency.com/choose-behavioral-health-marketing-agency/) before you sign anything.

Last reviewed: July 7, 2026 · Written by Addiction Marketing Agency · See our full methodology below

## How should you choose an addiction treatment marketing agency?

Choose an agency the way you would hire a clinical director: on specialization, compliance fluency, and provable outcomes, not on a flashy pitch. Marketing a treatment center is not the same as marketing a dental practice. The rules are stricter, the searcher is often in crisis, and a single compliance mistake can cost a license or a federal penalty. The right marketing strategies in the addiction treatment industry start with compliance, not creative. Specialized marketing for addiction treatment facilities is a discipline of its own. Strong SEO strategies, paid marketing campaigns, and honest marketing practices all have to clear the same compliance bar.

In 2024, an estimated 48.4 million Americans aged 12 and older had a substance use disorder, and most did not receive specialized treatment, according to [SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health](https://www.samhsa.gov/data/data-we-collect/nsduh-national-survey-drug-use-and-health/national-releases/2024). The people behind that number are searching for addiction recovery right now. Reaching that target audience ethically, and turning searchers into potential clients without cutting corners, is the whole job.

Use these criteria to compare any rehab marketing agency:

- **Vertical specialization:** Behavioral health has its own vocabulary (ASAM levels, dual diagnosis, MAT, verification of benefits) and its own constraints. An agency that lives in this space will understand the difference between a PHP admission and an IOP referral. Depth in drug rehab marketing across residential and outpatient treatment facilities usually matters more than broad healthcare breadth. Recovery centers that provide drug and alcohol addiction treatment, from boutique drug rehabs to larger addiction recovery centers, need partners fluent in that clinical reality.
- **[LegitScript certification](/legitscript-certification-guide/) experience:** Since 2018, Google, Meta, and Microsoft Ads have required [LegitScript addiction treatment certification](https://www.legitscript.com/certification/addiction-treatment-certification/) before a facility can run paid advertising. Without it, your paid campaigns will not run. An agency that has guided centers through the 16 standards knows the pitfalls.
- **EKRA-compliant compensation:** The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, enacted in 2018, prohibits paying or receiving remuneration to induce patient referrals and removed the safe harbor for commission-based marketing pay. Violations can carry fines up to $200,000 and up to ten years in prison per occurrence ([Chapman Law Group](https://www.chapmanlawgroup.com/practice_areas/ekra-law-eliminating-kickbacks-in-recovery-act/)). Any agency that charges a fee tied to the number or value of admissions may be creating liability for you.
- **HIPAA-safe tracking:** Standard Meta and Google pixels are not automatically HIPAA-aligned. The HHS Office for Civil Rights has warned that tracking technology on patient-facing pages can create HIPAA exposure, and the FTC fined Monument $2.5 million in 2024 for sharing user health data with advertisers ([FTC](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/alcohol-addiction-treatment-firm-will-be-banned-disclosing-health-data-advertising-settle-ftc)). Ask how the agency configures server-side or HIPAA-aligned tracking.
- **Admission-level attribution:** Clicks and form fills do not fill beds. Strong agencies track every lead from first click through verification of benefits to admission, so you can see true cost per admit by channel and optimize spend across search engine, paid, and AI sources.
- **AI search readiness:** By December 2025, 89% of healthcare queries triggered Google AI Overviews, and treatment and procedure queries reached near-total coverage, according to [BrightEdge](https://www.brightedge.com/resources/weekly-ai-search-insights/healthcare-ai-evolution-google-2023-2025). Behavioral health queries specifically still show lower coverage, so the shift is uneven, but families now ask ChatGPT and Perplexity for recommendations before they click. Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) are how content earns those citations, and agencies that optimize for these engines early tend to gain an edge.
- **Asset ownership and exclusivity:** Confirm you will own your domain, website, Google Ads account, and analytics when the contract ends. In competitive markets, also ask whether the agency works with a rival center nearby, since shared keyword and local strategies work against each other. If they rebuild your site, the migration should preserve both your rankings and your user experience.

## How we ranked these agencies

We compared each agency on the same criteria we describe above, weighted toward the things that specifically protect and grow a treatment center:

- **Behavioral health specialization** over general healthcare breadth, because addiction marketing has its own clinical vocabulary, searcher, and rules.
- **Compliance fluency** across LegitScript certification, HIPAA-safe tracking, and EKRA-aware compensation, since a single misstep here can cost a license or trigger a federal penalty.
- **Admission-level attribution**, not just clicks, leads, or traffic.
- **AI-search readiness** (AEO and GEO), because families increasingly ask AI assistants for recommendations before they ever click a link.
- **Transparency and a public track record**, including whether outcomes are shown with real baselines, whether content is clinically reviewed, and whether the agency will avoid conflicts by not also serving a direct competitor.

**How we handled facts.** Agency descriptions below are drawn from each company's own website and reputable public directories, current as of the review date. We deliberately do not repeat competitors' self-reported results (percentage lifts, admit counts, client totals) as if they were verified, because we cannot independently confirm them. Where a detail such as a founding year is not clearly stated by the company, we describe it qualitatively or leave it out rather than guess.

**Putting the criteria to work.** For a single-market center, we believe the combination of addiction-only focus, in-house clinical review, named AI-search optimization, one-client-per-area exclusivity, and a documented organic case study is a genuinely strong fit. Compare every agency on your shortlist against the criteria above, ask them the same hard questions, and use our guide on [how to choose a behavioral health marketing agency](https://addictionmarketingagency.com/choose-behavioral-health-marketing-agency/) to run your own scorecard. This article was last reviewed on July 7, 2026.

## Addiction treatment marketing agencies compared at a glance

The table below lists eight of the digital marketing agencies most often shortlisted by treatment centers, with their stated specialization and the services they provide. Entries reflect publicly available information as of 2026. The sections that follow add detail in the same order.

| Agency | Specialization | Scope | Core services |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Addiction Marketing Agency** | Addiction and behavioral health only | US and international, one client per area | SEO, AI search (AEO/GEO), paid search, paid social, web design, CRO, content, link building, [call tracking](/how-call-tracking-works-for-treatment-centers/) and attribution, with in-house clinical review |
| Digital Admits | Addiction and behavioral health | Orange County, CA | Full-service digital marketing |
| Behavioral Health Partners | Addiction treatment | Denver, CO | Digital marketing and center consulting |
| Lead to Recovery | Behavioral health | Florida | Full-service digital marketing |
| Healthcare Success | Broad healthcare | Irvine, CA | Full-service healthcare marketing |
| Cardinal Digital Marketing | Broad healthcare | Atlanta, GA | Paid media and SEO |
| Dreamscape Marketing | Broad healthcare (now part of Unlock Health) | Columbia, MD | Enterprise healthcare marketing |
| ProDigital Healthcare | Behavioral health | Park City, UT | Full-service digital marketing |

## 1. Addiction Marketing Agency (AMA)

Addiction Marketing Agency works exclusively with addiction treatment and behavioral health centers. It is the strongest fit for operators who want rehab-only specialization, in-house clinical review, AI-search visibility, and a partner who will not also work for the competitor down the road.

Three things define its model. First, AMA runs a one-client-per-area policy, so it does not take a competing center in the same market. Second, its team includes in-house clinical psychologists, doctors, and neuroscientists who review content for medical accuracy and ethical alignment, which matters when Google weighs experience, expertise, authoritativeness, and trust on health topics. Third, it is genuinely full-service: [drug rehab SEO](https://addictionmarketingagency.com/seo/drug-rehab-seo/), content marketing, link building, web design, conversion rate optimization, paid search, paid social, lead generation, and call tracking and attribution, with named [AI search optimization (AEO and GEO)](https://addictionmarketingagency.com/ai-search/ai-search-aeo-rehab-centers/) built to get centers cited by ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Compliance work across LegitScript, HIPAA, and EKRA is handled in-house.

On proof, AMA was a finalist at the Global Search Awards 2024. Its published [Luxe Recovery LA case study](https://addictionmarketingagency.com/case-studies/luxury-la-rehab-seo/) reports growing a luxury Los Angeles center from 4 to 109 page-one keywords, a 2,625% increase, while qualified admissions inquiries rose from roughly 20 to 80 per month over the campaign period.

**Best for:** single-market addiction treatment and behavioral health centers that want rehab-only specialization, clinical accuracy, AI-search visibility, market exclusivity, and a documented organic track record.

Why we place AMA first

### The differences that actually matter, and how to check them

**A real in-house clinical team, not just writers who have read about addiction**

Licensed clinical psychologists and addiction specialists review AMA's campaigns and content in-house for medical accuracy and ethics, the experience-and-expertise signal Google and AI engines weigh most heavily on health topics. Most marketing agencies write about addiction; few have clinicians on staff who sign off on the work.

**Ask any agency:** do licensed clinicians review your work in-house?

**Recovery professionals, not just people who care about recovery**

There is a difference between employing a person in recovery and having recovery professionals. AMA's writers bring a genuine addiction and recovery background, and founder Manuel Muñoz del Río is an MBA, a certified recovery specialist, and a multicultural family interventionist, lived experience paired with professional credentials.

**Ask any agency:** does your team pair recovery lived-experience with clinical or intervention credentials?

**Hands-on experience from inside a treatment center**

Before founding AMA, Manuel was Marketing Director at one of Asia's most reputable treatment centers and Digital Marketing Director at Recovery.com. He has run a treatment center's marketing from the inside, not just advised one from the outside.

**Ask any agency:** has anyone on your team actually worked inside a treatment center?

**More than 10 years in the rehab industry, and nothing else**

AMA has focused on addiction and behavioral health for over ten years, not general marketing with a healthcare page bolted on. Paired with a one-client-per-area policy, that means deep pattern-knowledge of admissions funnels, insurance verification, and the field's rules, and no conflict with a competitor down the road.

**Ask any agency:** how many years specifically in rehab, and what share of your clients are treatment centers?

**Built to prove admissions and stay compliant**

Call tracking connected to your CRM (Kipu, Sunwave) ties spend to booked admissions, and LegitScript, HIPAA, and EKRA work is handled in-house, alongside AI-search optimization to get your center cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews.

**Ask any agency:** can you trace our spend to admissions, and keep us compliant while you do it?

## 2. Digital Admits

Digital Admits is a specialist addiction and behavioral health marketing agency based in Orange County, California. It describes itself as built specifically to deliver admissions for treatment centers, and it names the levels of care it serves directly: detox and withdrawal management, residential treatment, PHP and IOP outpatient programs, virtual and telehealth services, and psychiatric hospitals. That is a clear signal it lives in the same clinical reality its clients do rather than treating rehab as one healthcare vertical among many.

Its stated services cover the core growth stack: SEO, paid search, high-converting website development, attribution and lead tracking, call-center consulting, and reputation management. The website frames conversions around verification of benefits (VOB) rather than raw form fills, which suggests attention to the part of the funnel that actually precedes an admission. Members of the team also state personal recovery experience and hands-on treatment-center operating experience, which they position as a market-understanding advantage.

On compliance, the site references familiarity with the bodies and standards that govern the space, including LegitScript, SAMHSA, [The Joint Commission](/joint-commission-accreditation-rehab/), and state licensing. The agency advertises month-to-month agreements with upfront pricing. As with most agencies in this category, the specific growth figures and admission counts it publishes are self-reported case-study claims, so treat them as marketing claims rather than independently verified results.

**Best for:** addiction and behavioral health centers that want an admissions-focused specialist with recovery-industry insiders on the team and flexible, month-to-month terms.

## 3. Behavioral Health Partners

Behavioral Health Partners is a Denver, Colorado agency focused exclusively on addiction treatment and behavioral health. What sets it apart from a pure marketing shop is that it pairs digital marketing with treatment-center business consulting: alongside SEO, Google Ads, web design, social media, content, video, photography, and conversion optimization, it offers licensing and accreditation preparation, feasibility studies, financial proformas, and startup consultation for operators opening new centers or sober living homes.

That dual model means it serves both established inpatient and outpatient providers looking to grow and founders trying to launch a program from scratch. The agency frames its work around the life-saving urgency of connecting people to care and positions itself as a partner rather than a traditional vendor. It is one of the newer entrants in this roundup, and its team publicly includes people with recovery backgrounds and multi-year digital marketing leadership.

On compliance, Behavioral Health Partners displays a LegitScript certification seal, which is a prerequisite for running addiction-treatment paid ads on the major platforms, and it prepares clients for Joint Commission and [CARF accreditation](/carf-accreditation/) as part of its consulting work. As always, the specific growth numbers it publishes are self-reported and should be read as claims.

**Best for:** operators who want marketing and treatment-center consulting under one roof, especially newer or expanding centers that also need help with licensing, accreditation, and launch planning.

## 4. Lead to Recovery

Lead to Recovery is a behavioral health and addiction treatment marketing agency based in Pompano Beach, Florida. According to the agency, it began working with clients in early 2019, and it positions itself around a single outcome: filling census with profitable admissions. It describes itself as a specialist in recovery marketing rather than a general agency, and it serves a broad slice of the field, including detox, residential and outpatient addiction programs, mental health and psychiatry practices, eating disorder clinics, MAT providers, sober living, and ABA therapy.

Its service menu is unusually wide. Beyond SEO, paid search, content marketing, web design, CRO, and link building, it also lists offline and direct-response channels such as DRTV, audio, print, and direct mail, which most rehab-specialist agencies do not offer. It has a particularly strong self-positioning around pay-per-click and lead generation, calling itself a pioneer in the rehab lead-generation space.

Notably, Lead to Recovery has already added Answer Engine Optimization and Generative Engine Optimization to its offering, putting AI search on its service list at a time when many competitors have not named it explicitly. Its leadership team is publicly listed, and the agency cites decades of combined experience without quantifying it. One thing worth clarifying directly with any lead-generation-led agency is whether you will own the leads and assets, and how fees are structured, given EKRA's constraints on referral-based compensation.

**Best for:** centers that want an admissions-and-census focus with an especially broad channel mix, including traditional direct-response media and AI search, from a Florida-based recovery specialist.

## 5. Healthcare Success

Healthcare Success is a full-service healthcare marketing and advertising agency in Irvine, California, co-founded in 2006 by CEO Stewart Gandolf. It is a broad, multi-vertical healthcare agency rather than an addiction-only specialist: its clients span hospitals and health systems, multi-location and dental practices, telehealth, senior care, medical devices, and pharma, among others.

Within that breadth, addiction treatment is a dedicated, named vertical with its own practice page and an explicitly ethical, admissions-first positioning that covers detox, residential, IOP, continuing care, and telehealth. The agency is a member of the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP), which signals engagement with the treatment industry beyond a generic service page. Its service set includes SEO and local SEO, paid search, content, web design, branding, PR, traditional advertising, and reputation management, and its more recent messaging emphasizes AI-enabled patient acquisition.

Healthcare Success leans heavily on thought leadership as a differentiator: its team speaks at healthcare conferences and has contributed to outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Becker's Hospital Review, and Medical Economics. The tradeoff to weigh is depth versus breadth. A general healthcare agency brings wide cross-industry experience and mature process, but it may not live in behavioral health day to day the way a rehab-only shop does, so it is worth probing how current their LegitScript, EKRA, and HIPAA-tracking practices are for treatment specifically.

**Best for:** larger or multi-service healthcare organizations, and treatment centers that value a long-established, broad healthcare agency with strong brand, PR, and thought-leadership capabilities.

## 6. Cardinal Digital Marketing

Cardinal Digital Marketing is an Atlanta-based healthcare performance marketing agency that specializes in patient acquisition at scale for multi-location provider groups. It is a broad healthcare agency whose named verticals include behavioral health, addiction treatment, dental support organizations, health systems, primary care, dermatology, and veterinary, with a distinct dedicated page for addiction treatment.

Its emphasis is performance media and measurement. Services span Google Ads, Meta, display and video, and TikTok advertising, plus SEO (which it markets as AI-optimized "AISO"), conversion rate optimization, and web design. It also promotes a proprietary business-intelligence tool, RevRx, aimed at building a channel mix that lowers cost of acquisition while driving patient growth. For its addiction-treatment vertical it positions itself as a growth partner for larger rehabilitation facilities.

Cardinal has verifiable external markers of scale and credibility: it is a Google Premier Partner, has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fast-growing companies across multiple years, and its founder and CEO, Alex Membrillo, is an active industry voice. Because its sweet spot is data-driven paid acquisition for multi-location groups, a single-location center should confirm how its LegitScript and HIPAA-safe tracking practices apply to a smaller footprint, and how attribution is carried through to admissions rather than stopping at cost per lead.

**Best for:** multi-location and enterprise treatment groups that want a data-driven, performance-media agency with proprietary reporting and proven scale across healthcare.

## 7. Dreamscape Marketing

Dreamscape Marketing is a healthcare digital marketing agency founded in 2005 by Dan Gemp and based in Columbia, Maryland. It is one of the longer-established names in the category and has maintained a dedicated addiction-treatment practice for years, with distinct service pages for both addiction treatment and mental health, alongside verticals such as dental, senior care, and autism care.

Its services follow a conversion-first, SEO-led model: mobile-friendly website design, SEO, PPC, content marketing, social media, marketing automation, and attribution technology. The agency frames itself as a true business partner to healthcare executives in new-patient growth and emphasizes ethical marketing that connects online researchers with providers.

The important structural change to understand is corporate. Dreamscape joined the SPM Group in 2021, and in late 2023 SPM was acquired by Unlock Health, an enterprise healthcare growth platform formed in 2023; Dreamscape now operates under the Unlock Health brand. That gives it enterprise-scale resources and an omnichannel platform, but it also means a treatment center is buying into a large, multi-agency organization rather than a boutique. It is listed in the NAATP affiliate directory. For centers, the questions worth asking are how hands-on the account team is post-merger and how behavioral-health-specific the compliance and attribution work remains at platform scale.

**Best for:** organizations that want an established, enterprise-scale healthcare marketing partner with deep resources and a long-standing behavioral health practice, now backed by a larger platform.

## 8. ProDigital Healthcare

ProDigital Healthcare is a Park City, Utah agency focused on addiction treatment, substance use disorder, and behavioral and mental health providers. Its tagline, "Your care changes lives. Your marketing should help people reach it," reflects a mission-driven, ethics-forward positioning that runs through its site. It serves addiction treatment centers and drug rehab programs, behavioral health providers, sober living and recovery housing, and individual clinicians such as psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists.

Its services include SEO, Google Ads, Meta advertising, website design, content marketing, brand positioning, and reputation management, all framed specifically for treatment centers rather than healthcare generally. The agency emphasizes qualified calls, trust signals, and clear conversion paths as the outcomes it optimizes for, and it stresses principled strategy and long-term partnerships over short-term tactics.

On compliance, ProDigital publishes a HIPAA policy stating its commitment to protecting patient health information, which is a good baseline signal for an agency handling patient-facing tracking. It is a smaller, focused shop; its founding year is not stated publicly, and it does not publish a full team roster, so a center evaluating it should ask directly about capacity, LegitScript experience, and how it configures HIPAA-safe tracking.

**Best for:** centers and individual behavioral health clinicians who want a small, ethics-focused specialist emphasizing qualified calls, trust, and long-term partnership.

**Comparing agencies for your own center?** A short, compliance-aware audit will show where your current marketing services leak admissions and what a realistic marketing plan looks like. [Request a free strategy audit](https://addictionmarketingagency.com/contact/).

## The Bottom Line

There is no single best agency for every treatment center, so weigh fit against your own priorities rather than reputation alone. Most of the agencies above offer a broadly similar menu of digital marketing services, which makes the differences that do exist the deciding factors: whether the agency works in addiction treatment exclusively, whether content is reviewed by clinicians, whether AI search is handled as a named capability, how results are tracked to admissions rather than clicks, and whether the agency will agree not to also work for your competitor. Ask every agency on your shortlist those questions before you commit, and read our full guide on [how to choose a behavioral health marketing agency](https://addictionmarketingagency.com/choose-behavioral-health-marketing-agency/) for the scorecard.

On those criteria, Addiction Marketing Agency is the reasoned pick for most single-market centers. It is addiction and behavioral health only, its content is reviewed by an in-house clinical team, it offers AI-search optimization (AEO and GEO) as a named service, and it runs a one-client-per-area policy so it will not also work for your competitor. Its published Luxe Recovery LA case study reports a move from 4 to 109 page-one keywords and qualified inquiries rising from about 20 to 80 per month, and the campaign was a Global Search Awards 2024 finalist.

Whichever way you lean, start with a free, compliance-aware [rehab marketing audit](https://addictionmarketingagency.com/contact/) and ask every agency how they track results to admissions, not just clicks. If you are still building the center itself, our guide on [how to start a rehab center](https://addictionmarketingagency.com/how-to-start-a-rehab-center/) covers the groundwork first.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### What is the best addiction treatment marketing agency?

There is no single best agency. The right partner depends on your priorities: rehab-only specialization, compliance fluency in LegitScript, EKRA, and HIPAA, attribution to admissions, AI-search readiness, and transparent reporting. Match those criteria to your market and stage. A single-market center wants different strengths than an enterprise multi-brand system.

### Should I hire a behavioral health specialist or a general healthcare agency?

For most treatment centers, a behavioral health specialist outperforms a general healthcare agency. Specialists understand LegitScript requirements, EKRA-compliant compensation, the lead-to-VOB-to-admit funnel, and clinical vocabulary like ASAM levels and dual diagnosis. A general agency may not know what verification of benefits is or how to configure a HIPAA-aligned pixel. Breadth rarely beats vertical depth here.

### What is LegitScript certification and do I need it for Google Ads?

LegitScript certification is a third-party vetting process that Google, Meta, and Microsoft Ads have required since 2018 before an addiction treatment center can run paid ads ([LegitScript](https://www.legitscript.com/certification/addiction-treatment-certification/)). Without it, paid campaigns are disapproved. Certification requires demonstrating valid licensure, qualified staff, honest advertising, and HIPAA compliance, and it takes several weeks. If you plan to run any paid media, it is mandatory, not optional.

### How does EKRA affect how I pay a marketing agency?

The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act prohibits compensation that varies with the number or value of referrals or admissions an agency generates ([Chapman Law Group](https://www.chapmanlawgroup.com/practice_areas/ekra-law-eliminating-kickbacks-in-recovery-act/)). That means a per-admit fee or a percentage-of-revenue arrangement tied to your leads can create criminal liability, with penalties up to $200,000 and ten years per occurrence. Use flat or service-based fees and review any contract with healthcare counsel.

### What are AEO and GEO, and does my center need AI-search optimization?

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) structure content so AI tools cite your center when families ask for treatment recommendations. By December 2025, 89% of healthcare queries triggered Google AI Overviews, with treatment queries near full coverage, though behavioral health queries lag, according to [BrightEdge](https://www.brightedge.com/resources/weekly-ai-search-insights/healthcare-ai-evolution-google-2023-2025). The channel is growing fast, so it is worth addressing even if it is not your largest source today. You can read more about [AI search and AEO for rehab centers](https://addictionmarketingagency.com/ai-search/ai-search-aeo-rehab-centers/).

### How do I evaluate an agency's case study?

Look for baseline and endpoint numbers, not just percentages. A 500% increase from 2 to 12 calls is very different from 2,000 to 12,000. Confirm the time period, check whether results reach the admission level rather than stopping at traffic or leads, and ask whether the outcome is typical or exceptional. A reference you can call is the strongest signal of all.

## Sources

1. [SAMHSA - 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Releases](https://www.samhsa.gov/data/data-we-collect/nsduh-national-survey-drug-use-and-health/national-releases/2024)
2. [BrightEdge - Healthcare AI Search Evolution on Google (2023-2025)](https://www.brightedge.com/resources/weekly-ai-search-insights/healthcare-ai-evolution-google-2023-2025)
3. [LegitScript - Addiction Treatment Certification](https://www.legitscript.com/certification/addiction-treatment-certification/)
4. [Chapman Law Group - EKRA: Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act](https://www.chapmanlawgroup.com/practice_areas/ekra-law-eliminating-kickbacks-in-recovery-act/)
5. [Federal Trade Commission - Alcohol addiction treatment firm Monument banned from disclosing health data for advertising](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/alcohol-addiction-treatment-firm-will-be-banned-disclosing-health-data-advertising-settle-ftc)
6. [HIPAA Journal - One-Third of Healthcare Websites Still Use Meta Pixel Tracking Code](https://www.hipaajournal.com/one-third-healthcare-websites-meta-pixel-tracking-code-2024/)
7. [Addiction Marketing Agency - Luxe Recovery LA Case Study](https://addictionmarketingagency.com/case-studies/luxury-la-rehab-seo/)

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