Cost clarity
Evaluation, care, medication, labs, delivery, and actual cash due.
Version 1.0 · source checked September 4th, 2026
A score should make provider disclosure legible.
The boundary
We score disclosure, not medicine.
The Evidence score answers one narrow question: how completely does a provider's current public record explain the offer a reader is considering? It cannot establish care quality, drug safety, clinical appropriateness, or likely results.
A licensed clinician determines whether treatment is appropriate. Our role is to preserve the price, care path, pharmacy path, support, terms, source, and date in a form readers can audit.
State-ranking model
Local rankings start with stricter eligibility.
A state page ranks only clinics with a verifiable in-state practice, an active state-authorized clinician, statewide telehealth, GLP-1 prescribing evaluation, and ongoing management. National programs that merely serve the state remain in the national comparison.
Care continuity
Named clinical accountability, visits, follow-up, messaging, titration, and refills.
Medication and pharmacy
Product status, formulation, dispensing path, and destination-state authority.
Commercial terms
Commitment, renewal, cancellation, pauses, and refunds.
State usefulness
In-state presence, statewide reach, active credential evidence, and optional local care.
Evidence freshness
Current primary sources with material conflicts resolved before publication.
Client, affiliate, and advertising relationships are stored outside the score and sort function. A state provider can rank first only when the same public-evidence calculation places it first.
Fixed weights
The 100-point evidence model
Points are awarded only for information visible in sources we link. Each subscore reflects the breadth, specificity, and currency of the public documentation; it is an editorial assessment, not a certification.
0125points
Cost clarity
Can a reader reconstruct the first bill, ongoing bill, and required commitment?
Membership or consult, medication, dose changes, labs, shipping, supplies, promotions, exclusions, and prepayment are separated.
0220points
Clinical accountability
Does the public record identify who makes and supports the medical decision?
The medical entity or clinician role, visit format, eligibility review, escalation path, and ongoing clinician access are explained.
0320points
Medication and pharmacy disclosure
Can a reader understand what may be prescribed and how it may be filled?
Drug and formulation status, pharmacy identity or selection process, fulfillment route, and compounded-drug disclosure are clear.
0415points
Ongoing support detail
What remains after intake and a first prescription?
Follow-up cadence, messaging, dose review, labs, refill workflow, side-effect contact, coaching, and included tools are specified.
0510points
Terms and state availability
Can a reader see where the offer applies and how it renews or ends?
State and pharmacy limits, insurance scope, billing term, renewal, cancellation, and refund language are findable before enrollment.
0610points
Evidence freshness
How old is the stalest source used in the score?
10 points at 0–30 days, 8 at 31–60, 6 at 61–90, 3 at 91–180, and 0 after 180 days. An expired time-limited offer sets freshness to 0 until it is rechecked.
Publication standard
What every evidence record must contain
Current source set
We locate provider-controlled pages for price, care, medication, pharmacy or fulfillment, support, availability, and terms.
Fact-by-fact dates
Every public fact carries a source-check date and source links. A time-limited offer also carries its published end date.
Material caveats retained
Prepayment, separate medication charges, state gaps, compounded status, and unclear terms stay beside the favorable evidence.
Editorial quality control
The record is published only after its claims, citations, dates, score inputs, and decision-useful tradeoffs pass review.
Source policy
“Source checked” is not “independently validated.”
Provider-controlled pages are primary sources for what a provider publishes about its own price, service, and terms. We attribute those claims and preserve the check date. We do not turn a provider statement into an independent certification.
Government sources provide regulatory context. Customer-review platforms, complaint records, Reddit discussions, testimonials, and popularity metrics do not contribute points.
Commercial independence
Money is disclosed. It is never scored.
A commercial relationship cannot add points, improve a rank, or prevent a provider's removal. Client relationships are disclosed on the relevant ranking record. When a link can earn us money, we label it Paid link beside the link. Affiliate status and compensation remain outside the score and sort function.
If an official page changes, the record can lose points, change rank, or be removed regardless of any commercial relationship.
Read the affiliate disclosureUpdates and corrections
Freshness decays. Sources stay visible.
We calculate freshness from the oldest source in a provider record. If a published offer end date has passed, freshness falls to zero until the offer is rechecked. Material price or policy changes trigger a new source check and updated copy; they do not erase the old check date from the audit trail. Ranking ties are resolved alphabetically.
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