Arkansas micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in West Memphis, Arkansas
Direct answer
261 healthcare providers hold a West Memphis practice address, 110.9 per 10,000 of its 23,538 residents, 30 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Crittenden County recorded 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0, and Memphis, TN-MS-AR sits 13 miles out.
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- Population: 23,538 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 261 across 28 fields2
- Median household income: $41,8603
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 77 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Memphis, TN-MS-AR, 13 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
The NPPES file puts 261 enumerated clinicians inside West Memphis, spread over 28 fields at 110.9 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 77 | 32.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 24 | 10.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 20 | 8.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 20 | 8.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 17 | 7.2 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 15 | 6.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 12 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 12 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 9 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 7 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 6 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 6 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 6 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 4 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 4 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 3 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 3 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 77 of the 261 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What lenders have already approved in Crittenden County
The county file holds 0 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Approved dollars | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Average approval | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 26 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading West Memphis the way a credit committee does
The ratio that matters up front is 110.9 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. Crittenden County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. Household income of $41,860 in West Memphis is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Medical receivables factoring
Ranked from the 28 fields that actually practice in West Memphis, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Arkansas and on the funding partner.
Underwriting by field in West Memphis
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, home health, primary care and family medicine account for most of what is enumerated in West Memphis, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (77) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Home health (24) | Medicare certification first, Payer mix second, Days in accounts receivable third | Payroll between visit and remittance |
| Primary care and family medicine (20) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
The first column is West Memphis's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is West Memphis or anywhere else.
West Memphis against nearby Arkansas markets
110.9 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices West Memphis
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Memphis (current) | 23,538 | 261 | 110.9 | |
| Marion | 13,524 | 123 | 90.9 | 4 |
| Jonesboro | 82,384 | 1,443 | 175.2 | 54 |
| Blytheville | 12,359 | 132 | 106.8 | 57 |
| Paragould | 30,680 | 339 | 110.5 | 65 |
| Searcy | 23,997 | 511 | 212.9 | 87 |
| Batesville | 11,539 | 327 | 283.4 | 91 |
How West Memphis sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Memphis, TN-MS-AR is 13 miles. Appraisers borrow Memphis, TN-MS-AR rents, and the 23,538 residents set the ceiling on collections. At $41,860 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. A Medicare-certified hospital operates here, so referral flow is verifiable and the clinical wage floor is already set. Campus terms, not calendar quarters, set the busy months in West Memphis.
Nearby Arkansas towns
- Marion 13,524 residents
- Jonesboro 82,384 residents
- Blytheville 12,359 residents
- Paragould 30,680 residents
- Searcy 23,997 residents
- Batesville 11,539 residents
West Memphis owners, answered
01How many providers practice in West Memphis, and in what?
261 enumerations sit at West Memphis addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 110.9 for every 10,000 residents. 30 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and home health follows with 24. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 261 here cover fewer than 261 practices.
02What does Crittenden County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Crittenden County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into West Memphis and evidences a staffing ramp in a 23,538 resident market.
03Why does Crittenden County show so little SBA activity?
Crittenden County shows 0 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. 26 lending establishments operate locally.
04How does the hospital in West Memphis affect a practice file?
A Medicare-certified hospital operates in the town, which gives referral flow, a call schedule, and a clinical labor pool a funder can verify. 1 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 110.9 per 10,000 market.
05Is West Memphis underwritten as part of Memphis, TN-MS-AR?
Partly. Memphis, TN-MS-AR is 13 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 23,538 residents around West Memphis. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
06What does the underserved designation in Crittenden County support?
Crittenden 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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