How Clear Bed Recovery is funded— and why nobody can buy their way up
Paid placement can be difficult to distinguish on treatment websites. We explain our current funding status and the limits we place on any future model: programs cannot purchase directory rank.
The promise
- Directory inclusion does not require payment.Name, location, and contact information are never paywalled. A program doesn't have to pay us to be found by you.
- Our matching agent can't be bought. When you answer a few questions, the programs you see are selected using directory level, payer type, any supported commercial carrier you volunteer, coarse scope, and region — never on who paid us. This is not a clinical placement recommendation.
- We're a connector, not a provider.We don't run treatment or give medical advice; we help you review and contact addiction-treatment directory programs. Providers determine clinical suitability and admission.
What is the current model?
A facility can claim and fully represent itself for free — including photos, programs, staff credentials, reported payment details, and availability. The currently available analytics and workflow tools are also accessible without self-service payment. We have paused provider subscriptions while we evaluate how to fund the service sustainably. We do not sell patient leads or charge per referral or admission.
What money can't buy here
- ❌ A higher ranking or position in your matches.
- ❌ Any change to how the matching agent works or which directory options it displays.
- ❌ Access to your name, email, or phone — payment never buys it; contact details are made available only when you consent. The same limited, non-contact match summary is routed regardless of payment.
Payment cannot change the public-profile entitlement or match order.
Guardrails for any future revenue model
The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) restricts certain remuneration connected to referrals involving recovery homes, clinical treatment facilities, and laboratories, subject to statutory scope and exceptions. We will not turn treatment seekers into paid leads or allow payment to alter need-based matching. Any future paid offering would need its own clearly disclosed terms and legal review; a flat price by itself is not a legal safe harbor.
For treatment providers
If you run or do outreach for a program, here's what is available today.
What your free claim includes
You can't buy a better match ranking — and neither can your competitor. A free approved ownership claim already includes the complete profile: photos, programs, credentials, reported payment detail, and availability. Currently available analytics and lead-status tools are accessible without a subscription. Payment does not change directory inclusion or need-based matching.
Compliance-conscious structure
We do not charge per lead, referral, or admission. Any future commercial offering will be assessed against anti-kickback and ethical-directory concerns. This is not legal advice or a substitute for counsel's review of a specific arrangement.
Clear Bed Recoveryis a directory, not a treatment provider, and this page is not medical or legal advice. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 911, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or the Georgia Crisis & Access Line at 1-800-715-4225.