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Paying a third party for patient referrals is treated differently from paying for advertising. Federal anti-kickback law restricts payments tied to referrals of patients whose care is billed to Medicare or Medicaid, and many dermatology schedules include those patients for skin cancer checks, biopsies and Mohs surgery. States also have their own fee-splitting, patient-brokering and advertising rules, and medical boards publish expectations for how a practice may describe itself. We are not lawyers and we will not tell you where the lines sit for your state. We will tell you to find out before you sign.
Not all dermatologist leads are sold the same way. Some arrangements are plainly advertising, such as paying a platform for clicks. Others look like advertising but are priced by the patient who books, or involve a vendor who talks to the patient on your behalf. Those need a lawyer's eyes. Ask counsel whether a per-lead or per-appointment fee is acceptable for your kind of visits, how any health details collected on a form must be handled, and what the vendor may and may not say about you.
GetPhound does not buy, sell or arrange patient leads or referrals, and no marketplace sits behind this page. Our work is helping practices build visibility they own: a clear website, a well-kept map listing, local pages for the treatments you offer, reviews gathered the way your board allows and managed ads. Everything below should be read through that lens.
Side by side
| Question | Buying leads | Building your own sources |
|---|---|---|
| Who owns the patient relationship? | Usually the vendor holds the data and sells access | Your practice, from the first search or call |
| How fast can it start? | Often within days of signing | Weeks to months before steady results appear |
| Legal review needed? | Yes, particularly for per-patient or per-appointment pricing | Yes for advertising claims and reviews, but fewer fee questions |
| Which visits does it suit? | Cosmetic consults sometimes, medical visits rarely | Both medical and cosmetic, if the pages and listing are specific |
| Main risk | Referral-payment rules, duplicate or unreachable contacts, vague consent | Slow start and a need for patient reviews and accurate pages |
| What stops when you stop paying? | The flow of inquiries | Paid ads stop, but pages, listings and reviews remain |
| How do you judge it? | Cost per patient who actually attended | Cost per attended visit across each source |
What a patient inquiry looks like
A person with a changing mole, a rash that has not cleared or a child's eczema usually starts with a symptom, searches for a dermatologist who takes their insurance and wants a date soon. A person asking about injectables, laser treatments or scar revision is closer to a retail shopper, comparing practices on photos, reviews and the person they will see. These two inquiries almost never come from the same source and should never be counted the same way.
Anyone who offers to sell dermatologist leads should tell you which of the two they mean, which insurance the patient says they have, and what the patient was told before they were passed to you. A cosmetic consult that arrives from a promotion with a rock-bottom offer can leave your coordinator spending the afternoon on people who wanted a coupon. A medical inquiry that arrives with no insurance information can mean a call that goes nowhere.
Whichever you pursue, your front desk matters as much as the source. Even well-sourced dermatologist leads can be lost to a voicemail box, and a quiet month can be improved by returning every call the same day.
Hybrid approaches
Controlled, measurable
Run ads for specific treatments in your area, so you rely less on dermatologist leads from a vendor. Land people on a page about that treatment and track booked consults. You pay the platform for attention, not a vendor for a patient, which is simpler to review with counsel.
Slow, durable
Keep your Google Business Profile accurate, add the treatments and conditions you handle and build a page for each. These are among the first places new patients look for a dermatologist near them.
Trust you keep
Invite satisfied patients to share their experience, follow your board's guidance on testimonials and never offer anything in return for a review or a good one.
Narrow and temporary
If your attorney approves a specific arrangement for dermatologist leads, test it on one service and one location, with a spending cap and no commitment beyond the test period.
Cheap, high trust
Sunscreen reminders and annual skin check recalls go to people who already know you. They are not leads, but they often fill more of the calendar than purchased inquiries do.
A 60-day test
Ask counsel and your medical board what applies to advertising, referral fees and patient data. Save the answer where your office manager can find it.
Pick either cosmetic consults or a single medical service, not both. Mixed results hide what is working.
Name a monthly maximum and a stop date. Anything that cannot be capped is not a fair test.
Use a distinct phone number or form for each source so your front desk can tell who came from where without asking patients to guess.
A booked appointment is not a patient. Record who showed up, who was a good fit and who needed referral elsewhere.
Ask the front desk and the physicians which inquiries were worth the time. Compare cost per attended visit across everything you tried before choosing where to put the next month.
What building looks like
Questions practices ask
It depends on how the payment is structured, which patients are involved and where you practice, so we cannot answer it for you. Ask a healthcare attorney and your state medical board, and have them look at the actual contract before you sign it.
Federal and state rules restrict certain payments connected to patient referrals, particularly where government health programs pay for care. Advertising is generally treated differently from a fee for each patient sent, which is why the contract wording matters.
A lead is a name and a number, and dermatologist leads are no exception. A booked patient has an appointment, and an attended patient has actually come in. Measure each step, because the gap between them is where money disappears.
Costs vary by vendor and the structure of the deal, so ask for the full monthly picture, including minimums. Our own fees, for reference: RankGuarantee™ pages are $495 a month, managed ads begin at $895 a month, and Organic Growth begins at $1,495 a month. Platform ad spend is billed separately and nothing requires a contract.
Rules on patient consent, privacy and testimonials differ by state and by board. Do not use anything without written permission, and check with counsel before you publish before-and-after images.
Ask what the form collects, where it is stored, who sees it and whether it is shared. If any of it describes a health condition, have your privacy officer or attorney review the arrangement.
Sometimes, if your response is quick and the offer is honest. Shared dermatologist leads tend to disappoint on speed. They tend to work worse when the patient has asked several practices at once and picks whoever is cheapest.
It shows you speed, quality and your own phone handling. It will not show the full effect of slower sources such as pages and reviews, which usually keep working long after a paid test ends.
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Get in Touch
Tell us about your practice, the mix of medical and cosmetic visits and the area you serve, and we will talk through building your own sources within the rules that apply to you. Call 610-825-4363 or email hello@getphound.com.