Alabama micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Scottsboro, Alabama
Direct answer
A Scottsboro file is read against 200 local clinicians, 125.3 for every 10,000 of its 15,957 residents, 24 percent of them in primary care and family medicine, plus the 1 SBA healthcare approvals worth $50,000 already recorded in Jackson County, 36 miles from Huntsville, AL.
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- Population: 15,957 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 200 across 22 fields2
- Median household income: $52,9493
- Largest provider field: Primary care and family medicine: 47 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 5 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Huntsville, AL, 36 miles1
What NPPES records at Scottsboro addresses
The NPPES file puts 200 enumerated clinicians inside Scottsboro, spread over 22 fields at 125.3 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine | 47 | 29.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 46 | 28.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 14 | 8.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 12 | 7.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 12 | 7.5 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 11 | 6.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 11 | 6.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 10 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 10 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 6 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 3 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 3 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 3 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Primary care and family medicine carries 47 of the 200 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What Jackson County credit files already show
1 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 1 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $50,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Typical approval size | $50,000 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 40 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
Underwriting starts with 125.3 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. With 1 approvals on record in Jackson County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. With $52,949 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Scottsboro households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Scottsboro does not appear. Availability is still a Alabama question.
The first pages of a Scottsboro file
primary care and family medicine, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic account for most of what is enumerated in Scottsboro, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine (47) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (46) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (14) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
Column one counts Scottsboro clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Scottsboro file differently.
How Scottsboro prices against its neighbors
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Scottsboro has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottsboro (current) | 15,957 | 200 | 125.3 | |
| Fort Payne | 15,017 | 157 | 104.5 | 24 |
| Albertville | 23,392 | 156 | 66.7 | 28 |
| Boaz | 10,473 | 92 | 87.8 | 31 |
| Madison | 64,029 | 662 | 103.4 | 41 |
| Gadsden | 33,086 | 439 | 132.7 | 44 |
| Athens | 32,587 | 313 | 96.1 | 52 |
What the geography does to a Scottsboro projection
Huntsville, AL lies 36 miles from Scottsboro, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. Median household income runs $52,949, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Wages here are anchored by the Medicare-certified hospital in town, which is what a staffing line gets measured against. Scottsboro is the Jackson County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Alabama
- Fort Payne 15,017 residents
- Albertville 23,392 residents
- Boaz 10,473 residents
- Madison 64,029 residents
- Gadsden 33,086 residents
- Athens 32,587 residents
What owners in Scottsboro ask
01How many providers practice in Scottsboro, and in what?
200 enumerations sit at Scottsboro addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 125.3 for every 10,000 residents. 24 percent of them are primary care and family medicine, and physical, occupational, and speech therapy follows with 46. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 200 here cover fewer than 200 practices.
02What does Jackson County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Jackson County qualifies its clinicians for federal repayment support. On a file that turns on adding staff, that is the difference between a hiring assumption and a hiring plan.
03Why does Jackson County show so little SBA activity?
Jackson County shows 1 approvals in the SBA healthcare file, which means an appraiser reaches outside the county for comparables. Few sales, not weak credit, is the usual reason. 40 lending establishments operate locally.
04How does the hospital in Scottsboro affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 5 Medicare-certified providers hold Scottsboro addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 125.3 per 10,000 market.
05Is Scottsboro underwritten as part of Huntsville, AL?
Huntsville, AL sits 36 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Huntsville, AL; the 15,957 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
06What does the underserved designation in Jackson County support?
Jackson County carries a medically underserved designation. It evidences unmet demand behind a capacity build, and it opens recruitment programs that make a staffing line in a projection easier to defend than local wage data alone would.
Sources
- 1U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates, vintage 2024
- 2CMS NPPES, monthly full replacement file
- 3U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year 2023, table B19013
- 4CMS Care Compare provider datasets
- 5U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 approvals
- 6U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
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