Mississippi micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Greenwood, Mississippi
Direct answer
13,627 residents, 167 enumerated clinicians, 122.6 per 10,000, 17 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Greenwood market a funder prices. Leflore County adds 0 healthcare approvals worth $0 and 83 miles of distance to Jackson, MS.
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- Population: 13,627 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 167 across 24 fields2
- Median household income: $34,6593
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 28 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 4 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Jackson, MS, 83 miles1
Fields practicing inside Greenwood
167 providers across 24 fields, 122.6 per 10,000 residents, counted at Greenwood addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 28 | 20.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 21 | 15.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 17 | 12.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 11 | 8.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 11 | 8.1 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 10 | 7.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 10 | 7.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 9 | 6.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 7 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 7 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 7 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 5 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 4 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 4 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 3 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 28 of the 167 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What lenders have already approved in Leflore County
With 0 healthcare approvals recorded, Leflore County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Approved dollars | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Average approval | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 33 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
Underwriting starts with 122.6 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. With 0 approvals on record in Leflore County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. A $34,659 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
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Startup and de novo
- Equipment financing and leasing
Ranked from the 24 fields that actually practice in Greenwood, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Mississippi and on the funding partner.
The first pages of a Greenwood file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Greenwood that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, behavioral and mental health group practices, specialty physician groups.
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (28) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (21) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Specialty physician groups (17) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
Counts in the first column are Greenwood providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Greenwood, not what any funder will do with your file.
Density beside the neighboring Mississippi towns
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Greenwood has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood (current) | 13,627 | 167 | 122.6 | |
| Grenada | 12,138 | 127 | 104.6 | 29 |
| Cleveland | 10,183 | 177 | 173.8 | 34 |
| Greenville | 27,015 | 256 | 94.8 | 50 |
| Clarksdale | 13,861 | 136 | 98.1 | 52 |
| Canton | 10,777 | 128 | 118.8 | 64 |
| Oxford | 26,801 | 450 | 167.9 | 69 |
How Greenwood sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Jackson, MS is 83 miles. Resale for used clinical equipment is effectively absent, which is why collateral gets marked down. Median household income runs $34,659, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Hospital coverage inside Greenwood means a call schedule can be evidenced rather than described. Greenwood is the Leflore County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Mississippi towns
- Grenada 12,138 residents
- Cleveland 10,183 residents
- Greenville 27,015 residents
- Clarksdale 13,861 residents
- Canton 10,777 residents
- Oxford 26,801 residents
Questions from Greenwood
01How many providers practice in Greenwood, and in what?
NPPES lists 167 providers at a Greenwood practice address, 122.6 per 10,000 residents across 24 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 28 of them, 17 percent of the total, with behavioral and mental health group practices next at 21. Read that as clinicians: 167 enumerations, not 167 owners.
02Does being 83 miles out change the underwriting?
Jackson, MS is 83 miles away, far enough that rent and equipment resale comparables get pulled from Leflore County rather than a metro market. At 83 miles the appraisal window runs longer and equipment resale gets discounted.
03What does Leflore County's shortage designation change?
Leflore County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Greenwood can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
04Why does Leflore County show so little SBA activity?
Only 0 healthcare approvals appear for Leflore County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Leflore County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 33 credit intermediation establishments.
05How does the hospital in Greenwood affect a practice file?
A Medicare-certified hospital operates in the town, which gives referral flow, a call schedule, and a clinical labor pool a funder can verify. 4 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 122.6 per 10,000 market.
06What does a $34,659 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Greenwood runs $34,659. 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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