Hazelden Betty Ford Recognized by Newsweek's "America's Best Addiction Treatment Centers 2025"

Addiction treatment and mental health system achieves top rankings in Minnesota, California and Oregon
Learn About Hazelden Betty Ford

CENTER CITY, Minn.; RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif., and NEWBERG, Ore. (October 8, 2025) – Hazelden Betty Ford has again been recognized by Newsweek's America's Best Addiction Treatment Centers in 2025, and is the largest, most frequently named national nonprofit provider on the 2025 listings. The annual rankings name the top treatment centers nationwide by state, based on quality of care, accreditation, reputation, and patient experience. 

The Hazelden Betty Ford sites ranked among the nation's best include:

  • Center City, Minnesota
  • Plymouth, Minnesota
  • The Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California
  • Newberg, Oregon 

"For more than 75 years, we have provided exceptional care and unrivaled expertise to patients and families struggling with addiction and mental health conditions," said Joseph Lee, M.D., president and CEO of Hazelden Betty Ford. "We are grateful to be recognized year after year as the gold standard of care in Minnesota, California and Oregon, and will continue to be a force of healing of hope and healing to those in need." 

Hazelden Betty Ford stands out as the most frequently named national nonprofit provider on the 2025 list. As the largest nonprofit system of its kind, the organization's presence across multiple states underscores the trust earned from patients, families, and professionals nationwide.

"The continued recognition shows our commitment to clinical excellence and evidence-based approaches for treating mental health and substance use disorders," said Alta DeRoo, M.D., chief medical officer, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. "Our work is fueled by trailblazing innovation since the inception of our organization, and of course an ongoing commitment to our mission and purpose."

Hazelden Betty Ford has treatment centers in nine states and telehealth services nationwide as well as a network of collaborators throughout health care. With charitable support and a commitment to innovation, the Foundation is able to continually enhance care, research, programs and services, and help more people with its unique, best-in-class resources that include patient and family care, the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School, the Butler Center for Research, and Hazelden Publishing.

The Newsweek survey evaluated facilities in the 25 states with the highest number of addiction treatment centers according to The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA). The list uses four data sources, including a national online survey from medical professionals and managers or administrators working in addiction treatment centers, accreditation and care services data provided by SAMHSA and Google reviews. Using this information, a quality score was calculated for each recommended facility.

For the full list of Newsweek's American's Best Addiction Treatment Centers 2025, visit: America's Best Addiction Treatment Centers 2025 - Newsweek

About the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is a force of healing and hope for individuals, families and communities affected by addiction to alcohol and other drugs. As the nation's leading nonprofit provider of comprehensive inpatient and outpatient addiction and mental health care for adults and youth, the Foundation has treatment centers and telehealth services nationwide as well as a network of collaborators throughout health care. Through charitable support and a commitment to innovation, the Foundation is able to continually enhance care, research, programs and services, and help more people. With a legacy that began in 1949 and includes the 1982 founding of the Betty Ford Center, the Foundation today is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in its services and throughout the organization, which also encompasses a graduate school of addiction studies, a publishing division, an addiction research center, recovery advocacy and thought leadership, professional and medical education programs, school-based prevention resources and a specialized program for children who grow up in families with addiction.