About RehabAnalytics

RehabAnalytics is an addiction-treatment directory built around a question most directories avoid: when a program is listed, what evidence does the listing actually rest on? We believe the data deserves to be in front of the reader — outcome studies, accreditation records, payment-data analyses — not buried behind admissions-team rhetoric. Every facility entry on this site cites its sources.

The premise

The American addiction-treatment industry produces an unusual amount of marketing per actual outcome data. Programs publish brochures full of testimonials and amenity photographs; few publish completion rates, follow-up outcomes, or third-party audit findings. As a research literature, this matters: the federal Surgeon General's 2016 report on addiction noted that "the recovery system in the United States lacks a culture of measurement comparable to that of comparable medical specialties." Eight years later, that gap is somewhat narrower, but not by much. We started this directory because the family looking for a program at 2 a.m. on a Saturday should be able to see what's measurable about each option in less than thirty seconds.

Where the data comes from

Every facility record on RehabAnalytics has six layers of sourcing, each visible to the reader:

1. SAMHSA Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator — the federal database of certified treatment programs. This is our base layer. The 21,568 facilities in our directory are sourced directly from SAMHSA's quarterly N-SSATS survey.
2. State licensure boards — each program's license number is verified against the issuing state's regulator database. License status changes flag listings for review within fourteen days of state-board update.
3. Accreditation registries — Joint Commission and CARF accreditation are cross-checked against accreditor public records.
4. Insurance acceptance — facility-reported acceptance is reconciled against state Medicaid directories and (where available) commercial in-network databases. When the two disagree, we flag "verification needed" rather than guess.
5. Outcome data — where a facility publishes its own outcome statistics, those are cited with a link to the source document. Where they do not, we say so.
6. Cost data — pricing references are anchored to the federal Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, HCUP inpatient statistics, and post-2024-parity-rule plan-design analyses. Our cost calculator uses these public sources only.

What we measure on every page

Each facility entry on this site shows: SAMHSA verification status, accreditation status (Joint Commission or CARF or neither), state license number with link to verifier, levels of care offered (mapped to ASAM Criteria 4th edition), accepted insurance plans (with verification-needed flags where applicable), MAT availability for opioid use disorder, and date of last data refresh. When a field is unknown, the page says "not reported" rather than leaving the field blank. The distinction matters: "not reported" means the source data is silent; "no" means the program disclosed an absence.

Editorial standards

Articles and explainers on this site cite peer-reviewed research (NEJM, JSAT, Addiction journal), federal agency publications (SAMHSA, NIDA, CMS, ASAM), and state-level regulatory filings. Where evidence between treatment modalities is contested in the clinical literature, we report the disagreement rather than pick a side. We don't run machine-generated clinical content. We don't accept payment from any listed provider to influence placement, ranking, or review framing. When a fact changes — a program closes, a license lapses, an accreditation is added — we update the listing and timestamp the change.

What we do not do

• We do not publish "best of" rankings without a published methodology — and we don't publish ranking content at all, because the data on outcome-comparable rankings in this industry is too sparse to support them honestly.
• We do not pay for inclusion or accept paid inclusion fees in exchange for listing or improved positioning.
• We do not publish anonymous testimonials we can't verify with the named subject.
• We do not collect personally identifying information from readers using this site for research; the analytics that runs here is same-origin, aggregate, and contains no third-party trackers.

How to reach us

Listing corrections, source disputes, and editorial questions: use the contact form — we read every message and reply within one business day. Verification requests from facilities (license updates, new accreditation, level-of-care additions) are handled through the same channel. For an emergency requiring immediate help, call 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP. See our editorial methodology for the full sourcing-tier explanation.