Georgia micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Douglas, Georgia
Direct answer
A Douglas file is read against 214 local clinicians, 180.9 for every 10,000 of its 11,828 residents, 22 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0 already recorded in Coffee County, 52 miles from Valdosta, GA.
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- Population: 11,828 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 214 across 27 fields2
- Median household income: $37,9793
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 48 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 5 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Valdosta, GA, 52 miles1
Douglas clinicians, by field
180.9 providers per 10,000 residents is what 214 enumerations across 27 fields works out to in a town of 11,828
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 48 | 40.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 30 | 25.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 24 | 20.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 19 | 16.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 16 | 13.5 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 11 | 9.3 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 9 | 7.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 9 | 7.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 6 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 5 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 5 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 4 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 4 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 3 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 3 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 11 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 48 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Loan activity in Coffee County
0 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 0 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Approved dollars | $0 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Average approval | No approvals recorded | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 24 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
Density of 180.9 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. Coffee County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. Household income of $37,979 in Douglas is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
The order comes from Douglas's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 22 percent. What a partner can actually place in Georgia is a separate question.
The first pages of a Douglas file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Douglas that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, chiropractic.
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (48) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (30) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Chiropractic (24) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
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 Douglas prices against its neighbors
Comparables travel. These are the Georgia towns whose density, at 180.9 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas (current) | 11,828 | 214 | 180.9 | |
| Waycross | 13,671 | 290 | 212.1 | 36 |
| Tifton | 17,385 | 320 | 184.1 | 39 |
| Valdosta | 55,667 | 893 | 160.4 | 52 |
| Vidalia | 10,853 | 174 | 160.3 | 56 |
| Jesup | 10,235 | 131 | 128.0 | 57 |
| Moultrie | 14,756 | 220 | 149.1 | 60 |
How Douglas sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Valdosta, GA is 52 miles. That is close enough for rent in Douglas to be compared against the metro and far enough that patient draw is not. At $37,979 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. Wages here are anchored by the Medicare-certified hospital in town, which is what a staffing line gets measured against. Higher education here explains why summer looks unlike the rest of the year. Douglas is the Coffee County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Georgia
Questions from Douglas
01How many providers practice in Douglas, and in what?
NPPES lists 214 providers at a Douglas practice address, 180.9 per 10,000 residents across 27 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 48 of them, 22 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 30. Read that as clinicians: 214 enumerations, not 214 owners.
02Why does Coffee County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 0 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Coffee County. That tracks how few Coffee County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 24 credit intermediation establishments operate in Coffee County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
03What does Coffee County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Coffee County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Douglas and evidences a staffing ramp in a 11,828 resident market.
04How does the hospital in Douglas affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 5 Medicare-certified providers hold Douglas addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 180.9 per 10,000 market.
05What does a $37,979 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Douglas runs $37,979. 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 Douglas?
The 27 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 48, with primary care and family medicine at 30 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
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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