Colorado micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Fort Morgan, Colorado
Direct answer
A Fort Morgan file is read against 122 local clinicians, 103.1 for every 10,000 of its 11,835 residents, 19 percent of them in primary care and family medicine, plus the 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0 already recorded in Morgan County, 53 miles from Greeley, CO.
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- Population: 11,835 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 122 across 22 fields2
- Median household income: $59,1213
- Largest provider field: Primary care and family medicine: 23 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Greeley, CO, 53 miles1
Fort Morgan clinicians, by field
Counted at the town's own addresses: 122 providers, 22 fields, 103.1 clinicians per 10,000 of the 11,835 residents here
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine | 23 | 19.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 14 | 11.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 13 | 11.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 11 | 9.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 8 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 6 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 6 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 5 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 5 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 4 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 4 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 4 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 3 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 3 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 3 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Fort Morgan practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 19 percent sit in primary care and family medicine, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
The lending record behind Fort Morgan
With 0 healthcare approvals recorded, Morgan County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 0 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $0 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Typical approval size | No approvals recorded | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 15 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Fort Morgan the way a credit committee does
Density of 103.1 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. A short county record of 0 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. With $59,121 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Fort Morgan households actually spend.
Programs the Fort Morgan mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Startup and de novo
- Equipment financing and leasing
Ranked from the 22 fields that actually practice in Fort Morgan, weighted toward primary care and family medicine. Availability still depends on Colorado and on the funding partner.
Underwriting by field in Fort Morgan
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: primary care and family medicine, behavioral and mental health group practices, physical, occupational, and speech therapy
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine (23) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (14) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (13) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
NPPES supplies the Fort Morgan counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Fort Morgan file is bound by them.
Density beside the neighboring Colorado towns
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Fort Morgan has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Morgan (current) | 11,835 | 122 | 103.1 | |
| Sterling | 13,114 | 178 | 135.7 | 40 |
| Evans | 22,394 | 53 | 23.7 | 51 |
| Brighton | 43,473 | 374 | 86.0 | 57 |
| Johnstown | 20,639 | 97 | 47.0 | 59 |
| Severance | 11,554 | 18 | 15.6 | 59 |
| Firestone | 19,396 | 104 | 53.6 | 61 |
What the geography does to a Fort Morgan projection
Greeley, CO lies 53 miles from Fort Morgan, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. Households here carry $59,121 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable. Fort Morgan is the Morgan County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Colorado
Questions from Fort Morgan
01How many providers practice in Fort Morgan, and in what?
122 enumerations sit at Fort Morgan addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 103.1 for every 10,000 residents. 19 percent of them are primary care and family medicine, and behavioral and mental health group practices follows with 14. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 122 here cover fewer than 122 practices.
02What does Morgan County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Morgan 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 Morgan County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 0 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Morgan County. That tracks how few Morgan County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 15 credit intermediation establishments operate in Morgan County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04How does the hospital in Fort Morgan affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 1 Medicare-certified providers hold Fort Morgan addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 103.1 per 10,000 market.
05What does a $59,121 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Fort Morgan runs $59,121. On elective and cash-pay work that is the number a funder converts into case acceptance, and it sets how much of a treatment plan a projection can assume gets started rather than deferred.
06Which fields carry the volume in Fort Morgan?
Primary care and family medicine at 23 providers and behavioral and mental health group practices at 14 lead the 22 fields enumerated here. A funder reads that mix as the local competition set and the local hiring pool at once, before it reads a single line of your own numbers.
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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