Florida micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Palm Springs, Florida
Direct answer
Palm Beach County carries 79 SBA healthcare approvals worth $50,689,700, and inside Palm Springs the census shows 305 enumerated clinicians against 28,548 residents, 106.8 per 10,000, 13 percent of them in aba and autism therapy. Port St. Lucie, FL lies 48 miles away.
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- Population: 28,548 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 305 across 27 fields2
- Median household income: $59,6023
- Largest provider field: ABA and autism therapy: 40 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Port St. Lucie, FL, 48 miles1
Palm Springs clinicians, by field
305 providers across 27 fields, 106.8 per 10,000 residents, counted at Palm Springs addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABA and autism therapy | 40 | 14.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 29 | 10.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 27 | 9.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 27 | 9.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 26 | 9.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 19 | 6.7 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 18 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 17 | 6.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 14 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 12 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 10 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 9 | 3.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 8 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 7 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 7 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 7 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 5 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 5 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Palm Springs practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 13 percent sit in aba and autism therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What Palm Beach County credit files already show
79 healthcare approvals averaging $641,642 set the deal shape lenders in Palm Beach County have already underwritten
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 79 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Total approved capital | $50,689,700 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Mean deal size | $641,642 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 1,002 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
Density of 106.8 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. Because Palm Beach County already carries $50,689,700 across 79 healthcare approvals, a request near that average moves faster than one well above it. With $59,602 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Palm Springs households actually spend.
Programs the Palm Springs mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Startup and de novo
- Equipment financing and leasing
Weighted by how often each of the 27 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Florida rules and the partner decide availability.
The first pages of a Palm Springs file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Palm Springs that means aba and autism therapy, primary care and family medicine, specialty physician groups.
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| ABA and autism therapy (40) | Authorized hours against delivered hours, Payer mix stability, Billing compliance history | Working capital against authorization and billing lag |
| Primary care and family medicine (29) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Specialty physician groups (27) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
Local counts come from NPPES. What a file turns on is drawn from how the field is generally reviewed, not from any decision about your practice.
How Palm Springs prices against its neighbors
106.8 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Palm Springs
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Springs (current) | 28,548 | 305 | 106.8 | |
| Greenacres | 45,197 | 471 | 104.2 | 2 |
| Lake Worth Beach | 44,417 | 37 | 8.3 | 3 |
| Lantana | 12,545 | 174 | 138.7 | 4 |
| Boynton Beach | 83,095 | 1,811 | 217.9 | 7 |
| Royal Palm Beach | 41,948 | 394 | 93.9 | 9 |
| Riviera Beach | 39,620 | 236 | 59.6 | 10 |
What the geography does to a Palm Springs projection
48 miles separate Palm Springs from Port St. Lucie, FL. Rent comparables cross that gap; patients mostly do not. Households here carry $59,602 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Referral flow comes from outside Palm Springs, which a projection needs to state plainly.
Other Florida markets
- Greenacres 45,197 residents
- Lake Worth Beach 44,417 residents
- Lantana 12,545 residents
- Boynton Beach 83,095 residents
- Royal Palm Beach 41,948 residents
- Riviera Beach 39,620 residents
Questions from Palm Springs
01How many providers practice in Palm Springs, and in what?
NPPES lists 305 providers at a Palm Springs practice address, 106.8 per 10,000 residents across 27 tracked fields. ABA and autism therapy accounts for 40 of them, 13 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 29. Read that as clinicians: 305 enumerations, not 305 owners.
02What does Palm Beach County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Palm Beach 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.
03What does SBA lending look like around Palm Springs?
Healthcare borrowers in Palm Beach County took 79 approvals worth $50,689,700 in the published fiscal year, averaging $641,642. That is the comparable set an appraiser near Palm Springs reaches for first.
04Is Palm Springs underwritten as part of Port St. Lucie, FL?
Comparables and demand split at 48 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Port St. Lucie, FL; the revenue line has to hold up against 28,548 local residents.
05Is there local lending capacity in Palm Beach County?
County Business Patterns records 1,002 credit intermediation establishments in Palm Beach County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Palm Springs rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06What does the underserved designation in Palm Beach County support?
Palm Beach 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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