Good to know
What to know before you market an OB-GYN practice
An OB-GYN practice grows on two kinds of patients. Obstetric patients arrive with a deadline and decide within days, usually after checking which hospital you deliver at and whether you take their plan. Gynecology patients come back every year if the first visit went well. Marketing that only chases one of them leaves half the schedule to chance, so the plan covers both from the first month.
Ad policies for reproductive health
Google limits how ads can target people based on health, and reproductive health is one of the sensitive categories, so audience lists built from visits to pregnancy pages are off the table. Meta has removed many detailed health targeting options too. Your specialist builds campaigns around search intent and location instead, and keeps ad wording within the rules of each platform and your state medical board.
Tracking pixels and HIPAA
Analytics tags and ad pixels on appointment forms or condition pages can send protected health information to a third party, which federal regulators have flagged for medical practices. Before any tracking goes live, your team maps which pages carry it, keeps it off booking and intake forms, and documents the setup so your compliance officer can review it.
Insurance panels and hospital privileges
Patients filter OB-GYNs by the plans they accept and the hospital where they want to deliver. If your site and your Google profiles do not say this clearly, people who would be a good fit move on to the next practice. Your project manager collects the current list of plans and privileges in the first week and keeps it updated when your panels change.