Georgia micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Tifton, Georgia
Direct answer
A Tifton file is read against 320 local clinicians, 184.1 for every 10,000 of its 17,385 residents, 21 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0 already recorded in Tift County, 39 miles from Albany, GA.
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- Population: 17,385 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 320 across 29 fields2
- Median household income: $44,3243
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 68 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 6 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Albany, GA, 39 miles1
Who is enumerated in Tifton
Counted at the town's own addresses: 320 providers, 29 fields, 184.1 clinicians per 10,000 of the 17,385 residents here
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 68 | 39.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 38 | 21.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 37 | 21.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 24 | 13.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 17 | 9.8 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 16 | 9.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 15 | 8.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 13 | 7.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 12 | 6.9 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 12 | 6.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 12 | 6.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 9 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 9 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 6 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 4 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 4 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 4 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 3 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 3 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 16 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 68 of the 320 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
The lending record behind Tifton
With 0 healthcare approvals recorded, Tift County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| What it measures | Value | How to read 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 | 41 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Tifton the way a credit committee does
The ratio that matters up front is 184.1 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. With 0 approvals on record in Tift County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. With $44,324 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Tifton households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The order comes from Tifton's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 21 percent. What a partner can actually place in Georgia is a separate question.
Underwriting by field in Tifton
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups, primary care and family medicine account for most of what is enumerated in Tifton, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (68) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (38) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| Primary care and family medicine (37) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | 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 Tifton prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 184.1 per 10,000 here
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tifton (current) | 17,385 | 320 | 184.1 | |
| Moultrie | 14,756 | 220 | 149.1 | 25 |
| Albany | 66,705 | 671 | 100.6 | 39 |
| Douglas | 11,828 | 214 | 180.9 | 39 |
| Valdosta | 55,667 | 893 | 160.4 | 45 |
| Thomasville | 18,604 | 356 | 191.4 | 51 |
| Cairo | 10,057 | 93 | 92.5 | 57 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Tifton
Albany, GA lies 39 miles from Tifton, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. Median household income runs $44,324, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Wages here are anchored by the Medicare-certified hospital in town, which is what a staffing line gets measured against. A college in Tifton puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections. Tifton is the Tift County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Georgia
Tifton owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Tifton, and in what?
NPPES lists 320 providers at a Tifton practice address, 184.1 per 10,000 residents across 29 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 68 of them, 21 percent of the total, with specialty physician groups next at 38. Read that as clinicians: 320 enumerations, not 320 owners.
02Why does Tift County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 0 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Tift County. That tracks how few Tift County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 41 credit intermediation establishments operate in Tift County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
03What does Tift County's shortage designation change?
Tift County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, mental health. A pro forma for Tifton can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
04Is Tifton underwritten as part of Albany, GA?
Partly. Albany, GA is 39 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 17,385 residents around Tifton. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
05How does the hospital in Tifton affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 6 Medicare-certified providers hold Tifton addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 184.1 per 10,000 market.
06What does a $44,324 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Tifton runs $44,324. 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.
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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