Indiana micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Goshen, Indiana
Direct answer
345 healthcare providers hold a Goshen practice address, 100.1 per 10,000 of its 34,458 residents, 18 percent of them in primary care and family medicine. Elkhart County recorded 2 SBA healthcare approvals worth $2,635,000, and Elkhart-Goshen, IN sits 11 miles out.
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- Population: 34,458 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 345 across 29 fields2
- Median household income: $55,4363
- Largest provider field: Primary care and family medicine: 62 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 4 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Elkhart-Goshen, IN, 11 miles1
What NPPES records at Goshen addresses
100.1 providers per 10,000 residents is what 345 enumerations across 29 fields works out to in a town of 34,458
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine | 62 | 18.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 56 | 16.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 41 | 11.9 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 29 | 8.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 28 | 8.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 17 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 16 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 16 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 10 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 10 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 9 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 7 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 7 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 6 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 5 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 5 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 3 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 11 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 62 primary care and family medicine enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
The lending record behind Goshen
The county file holds 2 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 2 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Approved dollars | $2,635,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Average approval | $1,317,500 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 97 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
A file from here opens on 100.1 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. Elkhart County has 2 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. Household income of $55,436 in Goshen 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
- Working capital term loan
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Goshen does not appear. Availability is still a Indiana question.
The first pages of a Goshen file
primary care and family medicine, behavioral and mental health group practices, physical, occupational, and speech therapy account for most of what is enumerated in Goshen, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine (62) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (56) | 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 (41) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
Counts in the first column are Goshen providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Goshen, not what any funder will do with your file.
Goshen against nearby Indiana markets
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Goshen has too few sales of its own
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen (current) | 34,458 | 345 | 100.1 | |
| Elkhart | 53,690 | 564 | 105.0 | 11 |
| Mishawaka | 51,020 | 588 | 115.2 | 19 |
| Warsaw | 16,111 | 245 | 152.1 | 23 |
| Plymouth | 11,042 | 131 | 118.6 | 30 |
| Kendallville | 10,326 | 82 | 79.4 | 31 |
| Auburn | 13,989 | 143 | 102.2 | 42 |
How Goshen sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Elkhart-Goshen, IN is 11 miles. Appraisers borrow Elkhart-Goshen, IN rents, and the 34,458 residents set the ceiling on collections. At $55,436 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. The hospital fixes two inputs a lender would otherwise estimate in a 34,458 resident town: where referrals originate, and what staff cost. A degree-granting institution here moves volume on the academic calendar. Goshen is the Elkhart County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Indiana
What owners in Goshen ask
01How many providers practice in Goshen, and in what?
Across 29 fields, Goshen carries 345 enumerated clinicians, 100.1 per 10,000 of the 34,458 people living here. The concentration is in primary care and family medicine, 62 of the total, then behavioral and mental health group practices at 56. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Elkhart County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Elkhart County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Goshen and evidences a staffing ramp in a 34,458 resident market.
03Why does Elkhart County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 2 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Elkhart County. That tracks how few Elkhart County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 97 credit intermediation establishments operate in Elkhart County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04How does the hospital in Goshen affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 4 Medicare-certified providers hold Goshen addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 100.1 per 10,000 market.
05Which fields carry the volume in Goshen?
The 29 enumerated fields are led by primary care and family medicine at 62, with behavioral and mental health group practices at 56 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
06Is there local lending capacity in Elkhart County?
County Business Patterns records 97 credit intermediation establishments in Elkhart County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Goshen rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
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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