Georgia micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Albany, Georgia
Direct answer
66,705 residents, 671 enumerated clinicians, 100.6 per 10,000, 13 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Albany market a funder prices. Dougherty County adds 0 healthcare approvals worth $0 and 0 miles of distance to Albany, GA.
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- Population: 66,705 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 671 across 33 fields2
- Median household income: $45,2013
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 89 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 20 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Albany, GA, 0 miles1
Albany clinicians, by field
Counted at the town's own addresses: 671 providers, 33 fields, 100.6 clinicians per 10,000 of the 66,705 residents here
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 89 | 13.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 76 | 11.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 72 | 10.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 53 | 7.9 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 44 | 6.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 37 | 5.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 31 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 31 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 29 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 29 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 28 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 27 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 17 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 12 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 11 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 10 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 9 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 8 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 8 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 7 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 6 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 5 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 5 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 5 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 4 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 3 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 3 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 3 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 24 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 3 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 89 of the 671 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
Loan activity in Dougherty County
With 0 healthcare approvals recorded, Dougherty County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Total approved capital | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Mean deal size | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 59 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Albany the way a credit committee does
Density of 100.6 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. With 0 approvals on record in Dougherty County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. With $45,201 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Albany households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Medical receivables factoring
Weighted by how often each of the 33 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Georgia rules and the partner decide availability.
The first pages of a Albany file
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, home health
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (89) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (76) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Home health (72) | Medicare certification first, Payer mix second, Days in accounts receivable third | Payroll between visit and remittance |
NPPES supplies the Albany counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Albany file is bound by them.
Density beside the neighboring Georgia towns
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Albany has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany (current) | 66,705 | 671 | 100.6 | |
| Americus | 15,742 | 139 | 88.3 | 34 |
| Moultrie | 14,756 | 220 | 149.1 | 36 |
| Tifton | 17,385 | 320 | 184.1 | 39 |
| Cairo | 10,057 | 93 | 92.5 | 48 |
| Bainbridge | 14,586 | 138 | 94.6 | 52 |
| Thomasville | 18,604 | 356 | 191.4 | 52 |
How Albany sits against the nearest metro
0 miles separate Albany from Albany, GA. Lease pricing follows Albany, GA, while revenue stays capped by the 66,705 residents here. Median household income runs $45,201, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable. Campus terms, not calendar quarters, set the busy months in Albany. Albany is the Dougherty County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Georgia
- Americus 15,742 residents
- Moultrie 14,756 residents
- Tifton 17,385 residents
- Cairo 10,057 residents
- Bainbridge 14,586 residents
- Thomasville 18,604 residents
What owners in Albany ask
01How many providers practice in Albany, and in what?
671 enumerations sit at Albany addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 100.6 for every 10,000 residents. 13 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and primary care and family medicine follows with 76. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 671 here cover fewer than 671 practices.
02What does Dougherty County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Dougherty County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Albany and evidences a staffing ramp in a 66,705 resident market.
03Why does Dougherty County show so little SBA activity?
Dougherty 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. 59 lending establishments operate locally.
04How does the hospital in Albany 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. 20 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 100.6 per 10,000 market.
05Is there local lending capacity in Dougherty County?
County Business Patterns records 59 credit intermediation establishments in Dougherty County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Albany rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Albany?
Care Compare lists 20 certified providers with a Albany address. That count is a proxy for how much of the local revenue arrives on a federal payment cycle rather than at the front desk.
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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