PPractice Growth Co
Telemedicine & DTC Healthcare Marketing

Telemedicine marketing built around enrolled patients and lasting value.

Practice Growth Co helps telemedicine and direct-to-consumer healthcare providers turn discovery into appropriate patient enrollment. We connect positioning, search, advertising, landing pages, and measurement around your programs, service availability, and growth model. For new practices, established teams, and practices adding providers, services, or locations.

DTC healthcare growth system

Five operational layers · designed for scale and compliance

Compounding

  • 01

    Acquisition channels

    Search · paid social · CTV · content, built for the program mix

  • 02

    Compliance layer

    FDA · FTC · platform policy alignment built into creative and routing

  • 03

    Consult booking

    Verification · physician oversight · clear program enrollment

  • 04

    Retention & subscription

    Adherence · refills · patient communication · churn reduction

  • 05

    Patient LTV

    Compounding subscription revenue per enrolled patient

Compliant infrastructure · scalable patient LTV

The work in practice

See the work and results behind our approach.

Explore the engagement below to see what changed, what was measured, and how the work supported the practice's goals.

GLP-1 Telehealth · Google Ads

United States

How a national GLP-1 telehealth practice generated 200+ new patients at $22 CPL in 60 days.

New Patients
200+
Cost Per Lead
$22
Return on Ad Spend
8:1

Google Ads over 60 days, with LegitScript certification secured before launch; the $22 is cost per lead, not per patient, against the $80 to $150 the case cites for unstructured campaigns in the category.

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Patient Choice

Explain why patients should choose your program and stay with it.

Online healthcare makes comparison easy. Patients need to understand who provides the care, how the program works, what it costs, and what support continues after enrollment. A low entry price alone does not explain that relationship.

We build the message around your actual clinical model and connect acquisition with the information available about enrollment and retention. Growth should make sense beyond the first click or first payment.

What the Work Focuses On

A plan around the opportunities that matter to your practice.

Program positioning

Make the care team, service process, pricing, and ongoing support clear for each offered program.

Available-market acquisition

Align reach with the locations and patient populations the program can actually serve.

Enrollment experience

Connect campaigns with a clear explanation of eligibility review, appointment or enrollment steps, and what happens next.

Subscription economics

Evaluate acquisition cost alongside active patients, retention, and revenue where the program's records support those measures.

DTC Program Map

Where in DTC healthcare does your brand live?

GLP-1, HRT, TRT, men's health, peptides, concierge, specialist telehealth, each category requires distinct acquisition channels, compliance posture, and LTV math.

DTC market positioning

Six DTC categories · four operational dimensions

Operational view

  • Subscription telehealth

    Highly competitive, wins on retention

    High
    High
    Med
    High
  • GLP-1 / weight loss

    Compliance-heavy, high-CAC category

    High
    Med
    High
    High
  • HRT / TRT

    Strong LTV · motivated patients

    Med
    High
    Med
    Med
  • Peptide programs

    Compliance navigation defines the program

    Med
    Med
    High
    Low
  • Concierge

    Premium positioning · long retention

    Low
    High
    Low
    Low
  • Specialist telehealth

    Niche depth wins over generalist platforms

    Med
    Med
    Med
    Med
Where the brand lives decides where the budget goes

Programs We Support

Patient acquisition for the full DTC healthcare spectrum.

GLP-1 & medical weight loss

Compliant acquisition built around medical supervision and physician oversight, not the medication itself. Operates inside FDA and FTC guidelines.

Hormone replacement (HRT / TRT)

Highly motivated patients frustrated with conventional dismissal. Acquisition built around clinical depth and the alternative your program represents.

Men's health programs

Compete with Hims/Ro on what platforms can't deliver: real physician relationships, personalized protocols, and clinical depth.

Peptide therapy

Careful navigation of evolving FDA/FTC guidance. Marketing focuses on the supervised program, not specific peptide claims.

Across programs, the recurring revenue model changes the math. We track cost per enrolled subscriber, not cost per lead.

Telehealth Economics

Why acquisition cost looks different for telehealth.

Subscription LTV changes everything about what's a rational CAC. The brands that misjudge this either underspend on the right programs or overspend on the wrong ones.

Telehealth unit economics

Subscription LTV changes acquisition math entirely

Recurring

CAC

$150-$400

Per enrolled patient

Retention

12 mo

Median tenure on compliant programs

Patient LTV

$2,400+

Per enrolled subscriber

Payback

2-3 mo

Subscription revenue covers CAC

Acquisition cost is rational only against LTV

Our priority: appropriate patient enrollment and sustainable program growth. Intermediate measures explain the path; they do not replace the business outcome.

One strategy for your practice. Room to do the work.

We work month to month on a flat retainer, with one strategy built around your practice. When a campaign needs a new message, a landing page needs another test, or the offer needs to change, that is part of improving the work, not another hourly invoice.

Your advertising accounts stay in your name. Your proposal explains the agency retainer and advertising spend separately, along with the priorities we are taking responsibility for.

FAQs

Questions about Telemedicine & DTC Healthcare Marketing.

We start with the services the provider actually offers and the requirements of the relevant channels. The marketing explains the clinical program and patient experience rather than assuming every program can use the same campaign approach. For a national GLP-1 telehealth practice, Google Ads built after LegitScript certification produced 200+ new patients in 60 days at a $22 cost per lead.

The objective is appropriate patient enrollment and sustainable growth. We distinguish inquiries, enrollment, active subscriptions, retention, and acquisition cost so the economics are clearer. Our 2026 benchmark report found that telehealth and DTC funnels collapse lead and patient into one quiz or onboarding flow, so the meaningful number for the category is cost per acquired patient ($100 to $250), not cost per lead.

Yes. We begin with the care model, service availability, market position, and enrollment experience, then connect those foundations with the launch channels. For prescription programs we sequence compliance first: in the GLP-1 telehealth case, the LegitScript application went in at week 0 and campaigns went live in week 5, after certification, a landing page rebuild, and campaign structure.

We make the actual differences visible: clinician relationships, service process, patient support, or a specific focus. The story should give patients concrete reasons to evaluate the program rather than rely on generic claims. Against national platforms such as Hims or Ro, independent practices can offer genuine physician oversight, personalized protocols, and the kind of proactive clinical management that a platform optimized for scale can't match.

Yes. We can start with positioning and launch priorities or improve an existing program around new services, providers, or locations. An established advertising account or years of data are not prerequisites for the conversation.

With important restrictions. Meta prohibits the promotion of prescription weight loss drugs, and Google requires certification for prescription drug advertising. Compounded GLP-1 advertising has faced additional FTC scrutiny. We build GLP-1 acquisition strategies that work within these constraints, focusing on the medically supervised program and physician relationship rather than the medication itself, and using compliant landing page structures that satisfy platform policies.

Dramatically. A patient who enrolls in a $250/month hormone program is worth $3,000/year in revenue. This allows acquisition costs of $150 to $400 per enrolled patient that would be unsustainable for single-appointment practices. We build acquisition strategies with LTV in mind, willing to invest more per enrolled patient and tracking cost per enrolled subscriber rather than cost per inquiry.

Peptide therapy marketing requires careful navigation of the evolving FDA and FTC guidance on research compounds used in clinical settings. We build peptide marketing that describes the program, the physician oversight, the monitoring, the patient selection, rather than making efficacy claims for specific peptides. We stay current on regulatory developments in this space and adjust strategy as guidance evolves.

It depends on the program. Google Ads works well for programs where patients are actively searching (GLP-1, TRT, menopause, ED). Meta and Instagram work well for visual programs with strong before/after outcomes where social proof can be presented compliantly. YouTube and connected TV are increasingly effective for education-heavy programs where patients need to understand the treatment before they're ready to book. We assess channel fit for each specific program.

Your next stage of growth

Grow the telemedicine program patients can understand and choose.

Tell us what you want to grow, what is already in place, and where you need help. We'll discuss the priorities and whether Practice Growth Co is the right team for the work.

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