Kentucky micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Georgetown, Kentucky
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Georgetown runs 85.4 providers per 10,000 residents, 346 clinicians against 40,518 people, 32 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Scott County lenders have approved 0 healthcare files worth $0 and the nearest metro is 16 miles out.
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- Population: 40,518 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 346 across 25 fields2
- Median household income: $78,3733
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 109 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Lexington-Fayette, KY, 16 miles1
What NPPES records at Georgetown addresses
The NPPES file puts 346 enumerated clinicians inside Georgetown, spread over 25 fields at 85.4 per 10,000 residents
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 109 | 26.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 40 | 9.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 30 | 7.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 28 | 6.9 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 27 | 6.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 18 | 4.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 14 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 10 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 10 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 9 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 9 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 6 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 5 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 5 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 5 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 109 of the 346 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What Scott County credit files already show
0 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 0 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Approved dollars | $0 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Average approval | No approvals recorded | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 34 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
85.4 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. Scott County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. With $78,373 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Georgetown households actually spend.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 25 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Kentucky.
The first pages of a Georgetown file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Georgetown that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, chiropractic.
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (109) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (40) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Chiropractic (30) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
The first column is Georgetown's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is Georgetown or anywhere else.
How Georgetown prices against its neighbors
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Georgetown has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown (current) | 40,518 | 346 | 85.4 | |
| Paris | 10,185 | 122 | 119.8 | 15 |
| Frankfort | 28,610 | 303 | 105.9 | 18 |
| Versailles | 10,656 | 133 | 124.8 | 18 |
| Lawrenceburg | 12,189 | 61 | 50.0 | 25 |
| Nicholasville | 33,458 | 307 | 91.8 | 25 |
| Winchester | 19,413 | 275 | 141.7 | 26 |
How Georgetown sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Lexington-Fayette, KY is 16 miles. Appraisers borrow Lexington-Fayette, KY rents, and the 40,518 residents set the ceiling on collections. At $78,373 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. A college in Georgetown puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections. Georgetown is the Scott County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Kentucky towns
- Paris 10,185 residents
- Frankfort 28,610 residents
- Versailles 10,656 residents
- Lawrenceburg 12,189 residents
- Nicholasville 33,458 residents
- Winchester 19,413 residents
Georgetown owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Georgetown, and in what?
346 enumerations sit at Georgetown addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 85.4 for every 10,000 residents. 32 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and primary care and family medicine follows with 40. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 346 here cover fewer than 346 practices.
02What does Scott County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Scott 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.
03Why does Scott County show so little SBA activity?
Only 0 healthcare approvals appear for Scott County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Scott County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 34 credit intermediation establishments.
04Is Georgetown underwritten as part of Lexington-Fayette, KY?
Comparables and demand split at 16 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Lexington-Fayette, KY; the revenue line has to hold up against 40,518 local residents.
05How does the hospital in Georgetown affect a practice file?
Referral flow, coverage, and the local pay scale all trace back to it. The town carries 1 Medicare-certified providers in total. A Georgetown projection that names the call arrangement reads better than one that assumes it.
06Does being the Scott County seat change anything?
Georgetown is the Scott County seat, so county payroll steadies the payer mix and courthouse traffic keeps the daytime population above the 40,518 residents on the census. Both show up as a flatter seasonal curve in a collections history.
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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