Rise in Malibu

Assessed 2026-10-01

Headline basis: Public evidenceThe headline number is the public score, not the extended score., LROAS 1.0.0, edition 2026-10-01

Public-evidence total: 37

The sum of the ten criterion scores, from 10 to 100, using evidence anyone can check, including the clinic's own pages as self-declared statements. For the licence element of C2 only, it can also use an authority ruling held in our sealed evidence room. It is the only number used for the rank.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium. ProvisionalA check was still open when the edition closed, for example a register lookup or a video not yet received, or evidence under embargo.: C10.

C1 Client separation and occupancy · 4

The clinic runs one licensed house at 26901 Sea Vista Drive, the only licensed Malibu address on the state register, with private rooms and en-suite bathrooms. Clients share pools, hot tubs, gym, yoga studio, cinema and lounges, and group therapy is part of the daily programme, which places the small shared-house model at band 4. Band 5 needs a confidentiality measure beyond statute: the FAQ restates statutory confidentiality, grants full device access after 72 hours and accepts commercial insurance, so it is not met. No statement of the clinic contradicts another about the model, so no deduction applies.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Sources (3 cited items):

• data.chhs.ca.gov: State register record 190004AP, RISE LUXURY REHAB, LLC, 26901 Sea Vista Drive, Malibu, residential detoxification, licensed. A query of every licensed Malibu record returns this one address.
• Rise in Malibu: The experience page lists private rooms with en-suite bathrooms, in-ground pools and hot tubs, a fitness centre, a yoga studio, massage and sauna, an on-site movie theater and lounges, with beach trips and hiking.
• Rise in Malibu: The FAQ limits electronics for the first 72 hours and then grants full access, states that treatment is confidential with document access limited to the client, and states that most commercial PPO and POS insurance plans are accepted.

C2 Clinical governance and medical cover · 5

The California DHCS register lists licence 190004AP for RISE LUXURY REHAB, LLC at the site, program code residential detoxification with incidental medical services, expiring 30 November 2028. On-site medically supervised withdrawal is offered and an internist and a psychiatrist are named for the site. The only governance lead published is a Chief Clinical Officer who is not a physician, so no physician medical lead is established, and a licensed site without that lead is capped at band 5. The clinic states 24-hour nursing but no night physician or psychiatrist cover, and publishes no named hospital escalation route.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• A Joint Commission accreditation for the operator is not among the linked evidence items; it would not change the band without a physician medical lead.

Sources (3 cited items):

• data.chhs.ca.gov: Register record 190004AP: type of application Licensed, program code RES-DETOX, incidental medical services Yes, licence expiry 30 November 2028.
• Rise in Malibu: The team page lists a Chief Clinical Officer who is not a physician, a Detox Specialist and Internist, a Psychiatrist and Addiction Specialist, a Head Nurse and a nurse. No medical director or lead physician role is stated.
• Rise in Malibu: The residential inpatient page states that the medical team provides round-the-clock care and supervision, and the homepage states 24-hour nursing. Neither states physician or psychiatrist cover at night.

C3 Diagnostic depth on admission · 5

The integrative medicine page publishes in-depth physical assessments, extensive laboratory work including toxicology and metabolic panels, genetics testing and brain imaging including MRI and PET, and the detoxification page describes medication management with a named internist and psychiatrist. This supports band 5. Psychiatric assessment by a psychiatrist on admission and a written formulation to the client are not published, so band 6 is not reached; no on-site laboratory or imaging suite is described.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Sources (3 cited items):

• Rise in Malibu: The integrative medicine page describes in-depth physical assessments, extensive lab work including blood tests, toxicology screening and metabolic panels, genetics testing, and brain imaging including MRI and PET scans.
• Rise in Malibu: On arrival the clinic performs an initial evaluation to begin creating the individualised treatment plan, and the FAQ states that clients are assessed by its doctorate-level clinicians.
• Rise in Malibu: Detoxification includes the administration of medication to manage withdrawal symptoms, and the team page names an internist and a psychiatrist for this site.

C4 Clinical intensity · 3

The only published figure is at least two one-to-one counselling sessions a week with doctorate-level clinicians, with no session length. Group therapy is described as a cornerstone, one roster of seventeen people serves the single house so the team is pooled, and 24-hour presence is nursing only. Nothing reaches band 4.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: low

Sources (3 cited items):

• Rise in Malibu: The clinic offers at least two one-on-one counselling sessions per week throughout the stay, conducted by doctorate-level clinicians. No session length is published.
• Rise in Malibu: The day includes afternoon individual counselling and specialty therapies with evening group sessions and journaling. Group therapy is described as a cornerstone of the treatment philosophy.
• Rise in Malibu: One team page carries a single roster of seventeen named people serving the single house, so every clinician works across all clients in residence. No staff-to-client ratio is published.

C5 Continuity and aftercare · 3

The treatment page promises a continuation plan for the exit from treatment and continued access to services and staff, which meets two elements and gives band 3. The aftercare page describes long-term plans, outpatient care, community groups and sober living planning, but states no duration, schedule, price, provider, psychiatric follow-up or operator-run step-down.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Sources (2 cited items):

• Rise in Malibu: The treatment page promises continued access to services and staff after treatment and states that the clinic will put together an entire continuation plan for the exit from treatment.
• Rise in Malibu: The aftercare page describes personalised long-term recovery plans, outpatient care, encouragement to join community recovery groups and sober living or supportive housing planning. It states no duration, schedule, price or provider.

C6 Admission integrity and commercial conduct · 4

A sweep of the clinic's domain found no ranking of other clinics: three blog posts with best or luxury-guide headlines promote only this clinic and list no other. No paid recognition presented as independent and no text addressed to AI systems was found. No residential price, referral-fee position, admissions policy or voluntary-admission policy is published, and the commercial route is insurance verification, so no positive signal counts and the clean-sweep score is band 4.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: low

Sources (4 cited items):

• Rise in Malibu: Three blog posts with best or luxury-guide headlines are selection guides that promote only this clinic and name no other clinic, so they are not a ranking or list.
• Rise in Malibu: The insurance verification page states that health insurance can help cover up to 100 percent of the cost. No price, deposit or referral-fee statement appears anywhere on the site.
• Rise in Malibu: The promises page lists promises on tailored care, evidence-based therapy, confidentiality and support, with no admissions, referral-fee or voluntary-admission policy.
• clinic and group domains, web search: Search of clinic and group domains, web search. Scope: domains checked: riseinmalibu.com (homepage, who-we-are, team, faqs, experience, treatment, residential-inpatient, detoxification, aftercare-program, approaches/individual-therapy-counseling, approaches/group-therapy, approaches/integrative-medicine, approaches/health-wellness, promises.... Result: sweep recorded; outcome per the C6 V elements.

C7 Transparency toward the client · 2

The clinic displays its licence number with the licensing authority, and the privacy notice routes complaints to the federal Office for Civil Rights and links the accreditor, which meets two elements and gives band 3. One point is deducted because the privacy notice describes the operator as a corporation while the state register records RISE LUXURY REHAB, LLC as the licensee, giving band 2. No fee, payment, refund or early-departure terms, no entity number, no ownership link, no inspection results and no record retention period are published.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• The licence expiry shown on the clinic's pages (12/01/2026) differs from the register (30 November 2028).

Sources (3 cited items):

• Rise in Malibu: The clinic displays its licence number on many pages with an expiry of 12/01/2026, while the state register records the same licence as expiring 30 November 2028.
• Rise in Malibu: The privacy notice names the operator as a corporation headquartered in Malibu, routes privacy complaints to the federal Office for Civil Rights and links the accreditor for safety and quality concerns. It gives no record retention period and no effective date.
• data.chhs.ca.gov: The register records the legal entity name as RISE LUXURY REHAB, LLC. That name appears on the clinic's own site only inside a licence verification link, not as page text.

C8 Track record and regulator standing · 5

Licence 190004AP is current to 30 November 2028 and the register shows no licensing action. Federal court record and open web searches found no final judgment, settlement, citation or regulator finding against the licensee. No statutory inspection record is published, there is no first-hand bylined reporting from inside the facility, and only one thin review platform (Birdeye, five reviews) could be read, so the standing elements are absent and the score is band 5.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Sources (8 cited items):

• data.chhs.ca.gov: Register record 190004AP is licensed with expiry 30 November 2028 and shows no licensing action.
• reviews.birdeye.com: Birdeye shows 4.4 from five reviews on a profile the business owner has not claimed, with no owner responses and no visible negative review.
• Rise in Malibu: The who we are page states 35 or more years of experience as a team figure. No founding year is published anywhere on the clinic's site.
• CourtListener RECAP API v4: Search of CourtListener RECAP API v4. Scope: "Rise Luxury Rehab" OR "Rise in Malibu" (type=r). Result: no record found.
• general web search: Search of a general web search engine. Scope: "Rise in Malibu" rehab lawsuit OR settlement OR license OR citation. Result: no record found.
• general web search: Search of a general web search engine. Scope: "Rise Luxury Rehab" LLC. Result: no record found.
• press and news search: Search of press and news search. Scope: first-hand bylined reporting from inside the facility, last 5 years. Result: no record found.
• statutory regulator records: Search of statutory regulator records. Scope: inspection history and grades of this site. Result: no record found.

C9 Environment, safety and nutrition · 4

The experience page lists pools, hot tubs, a patio lounge, a fitness centre and yoga studio on site, the FAQ publishes weekly visiting hours, and the licensed address matches the clinic's own; the house component is band 4. The nearest verified emergency department, Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center, is about 32 minutes by road, above the 30-minute threshold, so the emergency route element is not met. Nutrition counselling and chef-prepared meals for dietary needs are published but no nutrition professional is named, so the nutrition component is also band 4, and the mean is band 4.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Sources (3 cited items):

• Rise in Malibu: The experience page lists in-ground pools, hot tubs, an outdoor patio lounge, an on-site fitness centre, a yoga studio and laundry services provided by staff.
• Rise in Malibu: The health and wellness page states that certified nutritionists offer personalised nutrition counselling, that gourmet chefs collaborate with the nutritionists to prepare meals, and that menus take various dietary requirements into consideration. No nutrition professional is named on the team page.
• Rise in Malibu: The FAQ states that visitors are encouraged and that the clinic has weekly visiting hours. No emergency department, travel time, emergency equipment, medication policy or self-harm risk measure is published.

C10 Clinical seniority and academic standing · 2

The team page names seventeen people, ten in clinical or clinical-support roles, led by a Chief Clinical Officer with a doctorate and a marriage and family therapy licence who is not a physician. The homepage claims a triple board-certified physician and a psychiatrist without naming the boards, and no board certification or university appointment is published. Eight register lookups could not be completed without a browser, and no physician holds a stated case or lead role, so the score stays at band 2 with no entry gate met.

ProvisionalA check was still open when the edition closed, for example a register lookup or a video not yet received, or evidence under embargo.: Clinician register lookups for this criterion were still open at the edition cut-off (see known_gaps). The points count as assessed on the evidence available; the band may change when the lookups are completed, which is resolved in a later edition.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• Eight register lookups were not complete at publication; the C10 band may change when they are completed.
• An archived team page from May 2026 names a different Chief Clinical Officer; the later live page was used.

Sources (3 cited items):

• Rise in Malibu: The team page names seventeen people, ten of them in clinical or clinical-support roles: a Chief Clinical Officer with a doctorate and a marriage and family therapy licence, an internist, a psychiatrist, an emeritus doctorate holder, a certified recovery counsellor, a licensed vocational nurse, two licensed therapists, a head nurse and a holistic practitioner.
• search.dca.ca.gov: Eight register lookups on 2026-09-15 all require a browser: the state licence search returns only an empty form to a plain request, the psychiatry board's verification service returns an application shell, and the counsellor certification registry returned HTTP 403. None is resolved.
• Rise in Malibu: The homepage claims a triple board-certified medical doctor and a psychiatrist without naming either or naming any board, and no board certification, university appointment or publication record is published for any named clinician.