Louisiana micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Bogalusa, Louisiana
Direct answer
Washington County carries 1 SBA healthcare approvals worth $1,000,000, and inside Bogalusa the census shows 158 enumerated clinicians against 10,367 residents, 152.4 per 10,000, 18 percent of them in primary care and family medicine. Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA lies 34 miles away.
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- Population: 10,367 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 158 across 24 fields2
- Median household income: $37,8463
- Largest provider field: Primary care and family medicine: 29 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA, 34 miles1
Bogalusa clinicians, by field
Counted at the town's own addresses: 158 providers, 24 fields, 152.4 clinicians per 10,000 of the 10,367 residents here
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine | 29 | 28.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 27 | 26.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 15 | 14.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 12 | 11.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 8 | 7.7 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 8 | 7.7 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 7 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 7 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 7 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 6 | 5.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 5 | 4.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 4 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 4 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 3 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 3 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 2 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 2 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 29 primary care and family medicine enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Washington County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
1 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 1 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Total approved capital | $1,000,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Mean deal size | $1,000,000 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 41 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
Underwriting starts with 152.4 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. Washington County has 1 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. Household income of $37,846 in Bogalusa 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
- Medical receivables factoring
Ranked from the 24 fields that actually practice in Bogalusa, weighted toward primary care and family medicine. Availability still depends on Louisiana and on the funding partner.
The first pages of a Bogalusa file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Bogalusa that means primary care and family medicine, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, behavioral and mental health group practices.
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine (29) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (27) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (15) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
NPPES supplies the Bogalusa counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Bogalusa file is bound by them.
How Bogalusa prices against its neighbors
152.4 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Bogalusa
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bogalusa (current) | 10,367 | 158 | 152.4 | |
| Covington | 11,686 | 840 | 718.8 | 25 |
| Mandeville | 12,973 | 563 | 434.0 | 31 |
| Slidell | 28,440 | 748 | 263.0 | 34 |
| Hammond | 23,426 | 632 | 269.8 | 40 |
| Kenner | 64,650 | 334 | 51.7 | 58 |
| Gretna | 17,185 | 352 | 204.8 | 61 |
What the geography does to a Bogalusa projection
34 miles separate Bogalusa from Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA. Rent comparables cross that gap; patients mostly do not. At $37,846 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 10,367 resident town: where referrals originate, and what staff cost.
More of Louisiana
What owners in Bogalusa ask
01How many providers practice in Bogalusa, and in what?
158 enumerations sit at Bogalusa addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 152.4 for every 10,000 residents. 18 percent of them are primary care and family medicine, and physical, occupational, and speech therapy follows with 27. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 158 here cover fewer than 158 practices.
02What does Washington County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Washington 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 Washington County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 1 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Washington County. That tracks how few Washington County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 41 credit intermediation establishments operate in Washington County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04How does the hospital in Bogalusa affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 1 Medicare-certified providers hold Bogalusa addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 152.4 per 10,000 market.
05What does a $37,846 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Bogalusa runs $37,846. 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 Bogalusa?
The 24 enumerated fields are led by primary care and family medicine at 29, with physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 27 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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