The Clinics directory is reserved for substantial treatment centers and destination institutions—not simply practices with more than one office. A provider-led practice remains a Provider listing regardless of how many locations it operates.
The distinction in one sentence
A Provider listing represents a practitioner or provider-led practice. A Clinic listing represents an institution with an identity, clinical operation, and patient experience that extend beyond any one practitioner.
Required characteristics
To be considered for the Clinics directory, an organization should meet both of these requirements:
- Institutional identity: Patients engage with a recognizable healthcare organization rather than primarily with one named practitioner.
- Team-based care: Care is delivered through a sizable or multidisciplinary clinical team with coordinated intake, treatment, and follow-up.
Additional indicators of a substantial clinic
The organization should also demonstrate at least two of the following:
- Dedicated treatment infrastructure, such as procedural facilities, laboratories, rehabilitation space, clean rooms, or specialized equipment.
- Coordinated programs involving multiple services, specialties, or stages of care.
- A regional, national, or international patient base.
- Centralized patient coordination, medical-record review, travel assistance, or concierge support.
- Institutional accreditation, quality-management credentials, research activity, or an established reputation.
- A substantial treatment center, campus, hospital affiliation, or comparable physical operation.
What does not qualify by itself
None of the following automatically makes an organization a Clinic:
- Operating two or more office locations
- Employing several practitioners
- Offering several regenerative treatments
- Using a shared practice or franchise name
- Having an extensive website or marketing presence
Practical examples
- A physician-owned practice with four offices is normally a Provider.
- A small group practice organized around two or three clinicians is normally a Provider.
- A medspa chain is normally a Provider unless it operates a genuinely institutional medical center.
- A hospital-based regenerative medicine institute is a Clinic.
- A major rehabilitation center with an integrated clinical team and regenerative programs is a Clinic.
- An international treatment destination with laboratory support and coordinated patient travel is a Clinic.
Clinics and individual providers may both be listed
A physician or other clinician may appear in the Provider directory while the institution where that person practices has a separate Clinic profile. The listings should be linked when possible, because they answer different questions: “Who provides my care?” and “What institution will coordinate my treatment?”
Featured Clinic designation
Featured Clinics are selected editorially from qualifying institutions. The designation reflects factors such as clinical scope, infrastructure, patient coordination, reputation, and the usefulness of the profile to readers. It is not automatically granted because a listing is new, operates multiple locations, or purchases advertising.
Review and corrections
Clinic classifications are reviewed individually and may change when an organization’s structure or services change. If you represent an organization and believe its classification or profile is inaccurate, please contact us.