For agencies running practice clients
Optimize on the consult that was booked, without sending anything about the patient.
This page is for paid media agencies whose clients are dental, med spa, aesthetic or chiropractic practices. The work is connecting the practice management or booking system back to Google Ads and Meta so campaigns optimize on booked consults, with a payload that carries no health information. It goes out under your agency's brand.
I don't claim HIPAA compliance. Details below.
What travels to the ad platform, and what never does
Travels
- That a consult was booked, and when
- Which click it came from
- A stage name the practice chose, written in neutral language
- A value, when the practice is willing to state one
Never travels
- The procedure, treatment or service the patient asked about
- Any condition, diagnosis or symptom
- Anything from a patient record, intake form or clinical note
- Conversion or audience names that imply a health condition
This is also where a lot of practice accounts are already exposed: a conversion action named after a procedure, or an audience built from a treatment page, puts the sensitive part into the ad platform without anyone deciding to. That is one of the first things a teardown looks for.
Why do practice campaigns drift toward the wrong patient?
Because the form is the only outcome the platform sees. A practice has a consult calendar, a show rate and a treatment plan, and none of those reach the ad account. The algorithm optimizes for people who fill in forms, and the front desk absorbs the difference: more calls, fewer of them worth calling back.
Sending back "consult booked" changes what the campaign is trying to produce, without telling the platform anything about the person.
Questions agencies ask
Is this HIPAA compliant?
So what actually goes to Google and Meta?
Can the practice still use value-based bidding?
What do the platforms themselves say?
Who signs what?
On compliance. Fiori Analytics does not claim HIPAA compliance and holds no such certification. Nothing on this page is legal advice. Every practice sits under obligations that depend on its jurisdiction, its services and its own agreements. Validate the approach on this page with your client's legal counsel before you implement it.
Platform policies
Read on September 23, 2026. These are the platforms' own rules, not a summary of anyone's legal obligations. Policies change, so check the source before you quote it to a client.
- Meta: Business Tools Terms (section 1.h, prohibited data categories)
- Google Ads: Personalized advertising policy (sensitive interest categories)
- Google Ads: About offline conversion imports
This is not legal advice.
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