Louisiana micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Covington, Louisiana
Direct answer
St. Tammany County carries 10 SBA healthcare approvals worth $8,600,400, and inside Covington the census shows 840 enumerated clinicians against 11,686 residents, 718.8 per 10,000, 33 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Hammond, LA lies 21 miles away.
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- Population: 11,686 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 840 across 34 fields2
- Median household income: $73,8093
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 280 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 21 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Hammond, LA, 21 miles1
Fields practicing inside Covington
840 providers across 34 fields, 718.8 per 10,000 residents, counted at Covington addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 280 | 239.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 103 | 88.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 64 | 54.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 48 | 41.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 40 | 34.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 38 | 32.5 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 31 | 26.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 30 | 25.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 30 | 25.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 24 | 20.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 20 | 17.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 18 | 15.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 17 | 14.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 11 | 9.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 10 | 8.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 9 | 7.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 8 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 7 | 6.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 6 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 6 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 6 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 6 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 5 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 4 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 3 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 15 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 3 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 280 of the 840 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
St. Tammany County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
10 healthcare approvals averaging $860,040 set the deal shape lenders in St. Tammany County have already underwritten.
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 10 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Total approved capital | $8,600,400 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Mean deal size | $860,040 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 198 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
At 718.8 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. A request measured against 10 prior St. Tammany County approvals is priced on precedent, which shortens the questions about valuation. A $73,809 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
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
Ranked from the 34 fields that actually practice in Covington, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Louisiana and on the funding partner.
What a funder reads first in Covington
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups, primary care and family medicine account for most of what is enumerated in Covington, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (280) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (103) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| Primary care and family medicine (64) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
The first column is Covington's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is Covington or anywhere else.
Covington against nearby Louisiana markets
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Covington has too few sales of its own
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington (current) | 11,686 | 840 | 718.8 | |
| Mandeville | 12,973 | 563 | 434.0 | 7 |
| Hammond | 23,426 | 632 | 269.8 | 21 |
| Slidell | 28,440 | 748 | 263.0 | 24 |
| Bogalusa | 10,367 | 158 | 152.4 | 25 |
| Kenner | 64,650 | 334 | 51.7 | 34 |
| Gretna | 17,185 | 352 | 204.8 | 39 |
What the geography does to a Covington projection
21 miles separate Covington from Hammond, LA. Lease pricing follows Hammond, LA, while revenue stays capped by the 11,686 residents here. At $73,809 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. The Medicare-certified hospital in Covington sets the local wage floor before you hire against it. A degree-granting institution here moves volume on the academic calendar. Covington is the St. Tammany County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Louisiana
Covington owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Covington, and in what?
840 enumerations sit at Covington addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 718.8 for every 10,000 residents. 33 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and specialty physician groups follows with 103. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 840 here cover fewer than 840 practices.
02Which fields carry the volume in Covington?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 280 providers and specialty physician groups at 103 lead the 34 fields enumerated here. A funder reads that mix as the local competition set and the local hiring pool at once, before it reads a single line of your own numbers.
03How does the hospital in Covington affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 21 Medicare-certified providers hold Covington addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 718.8 per 10,000 market.
04What does St. Tammany County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, mental health, St. Tammany 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.
05How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Covington?
Care Compare lists 21 certified providers with a Covington address. That count is a proxy for how much of the local revenue arrives on a federal payment cycle rather than at the front desk.
06Is there local lending capacity in St. Tammany County?
County Business Patterns records 198 credit intermediation establishments in St. Tammany County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Covington 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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