Nevada micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Fernley, Nevada
Direct answer
A Fernley file is read against 68 local clinicians, 26.7 for every 10,000 of its 25,508 residents, 28 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 1 SBA healthcare approvals worth $864,000 already recorded in Lyon County, 35 miles from Reno, NV.
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- Population: 25,508 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 68 across 17 fields2
- Median household income: $87,9913
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 19 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: Reno, NV, 35 miles1
- SBA healthcare approvals in the county: 1 approvals totaling $864,0004
The provider census in Fernley
68 providers across 17 fields, 26.7 per 10,000 residents, counted at Fernley addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 19 | 7.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 10 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 8 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 6 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 4 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 3 | CMS [5] |
A single Fernley practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 28 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
Loan activity in Lyon County
1 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 1 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [4] |
| Total approved capital | $864,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [4] |
| Mean deal size | $864,000 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [4] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 15 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
26.7 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. A short county record of 1 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $87,991 in Fernley is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Fernley mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
The 17 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Nevada.
Underwriting by field in Fernley
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, optometry and ophthalmology, primary care and family medicine
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (19) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Optometry and ophthalmology (10) | Exam volume and optical capture, Vision plan mix, Inventory turns | Cold start or acquisition |
| Primary care and family medicine (8) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
The first column is Fernley's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is Fernley or anywhere else.
Fernley against nearby Nevada markets
Comparables travel. These are the Nevada towns whose density, at 26.7 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernley (current) | 25,508 | 68 | 26.7 | |
| Elko | 20,822 | 221 | 106.1 | 202 |
| Mesquite | 23,599 | 115 | 48.7 | 330 |
What the geography does to a Fernley projection
35 miles separate Fernley from Reno, NV. Rent comparables cross that gap; patients mostly do not. Households here carry $87,991 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed.
More of Nevada
What owners in Fernley ask
01How many providers practice in Fernley, and in what?
NPPES lists 68 providers at a Fernley practice address, 26.7 per 10,000 residents across 17 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 19 of them, 28 percent of the total, with optometry and ophthalmology next at 10. Read that as clinicians: 68 enumerations, not 68 owners.
02What does Lyon County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Lyon County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 25,508 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
03Why does Lyon County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 1 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Lyon County. That tracks how few Lyon County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 15 credit intermediation establishments operate in Lyon County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04Is Fernley underwritten as part of Reno, NV?
Reno, NV sits 35 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Reno, NV; the 25,508 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
05Which fields carry the volume in Fernley?
The 17 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 19, with optometry and ophthalmology at 10 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
06What does the underserved designation in Lyon County support?
Lyon County carries a medically underserved designation. It evidences unmet demand behind a capacity build, and it opens recruitment programs that make a staffing line in a projection easier to defend than local wage data alone would.
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
- 4U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 approvals
- 5CMS Care Compare provider datasets
- 6U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
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