Ohio micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Garfield Heights, Ohio
Direct answer
A Garfield Heights file is read against 207 local clinicians, 71.3 for every 10,000 of its 29,014 residents, 19 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 43 SBA healthcare approvals worth $7,768,200 already recorded in Cuyahoga County, 6 miles from Cleveland, OH.
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- Population: 29,014 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 207 across 26 fields2
- Median household income: $52,0063
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 39 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 5 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Cleveland, OH, 6 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
The NPPES file puts 207 enumerated clinicians inside Garfield Heights, spread over 26 fields at 71.3 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 39 | 13.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 29 | 10.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 23 | 7.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 18 | 6.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 15 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 12 | 4.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 10 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 9 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 9 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 8 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 5 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 5 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 39 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Loan activity in Cuyahoga County
The published file shows 43 healthcare approvals in Cuyahoga County, $7,768,200 in total, and that history is what an appraiser and a credit committee reach for
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 43 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Total approved capital | $7,768,200 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Mean deal size | $180,656 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 715 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
71.3 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. 43 approvals worth $7,768,200 in Cuyahoga County means the size you are asking for has a local precedent to point at. Household income of $52,006 in Garfield Heights 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
- Medical receivables factoring
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
Ranked from the 26 fields that actually practice in Garfield Heights, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Ohio and on the funding partner.
The first pages of a Garfield Heights file
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, home health, primary care and family medicine account for most of what is enumerated in Garfield Heights, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (39) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Home health (29) | Medicare certification first, Payer mix second, Days in accounts receivable third | Payroll between visit and remittance |
| Primary care and family medicine (23) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
The first column is Garfield Heights's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is Garfield Heights or anywhere else.
Garfield Heights against nearby Ohio markets
71.3 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Garfield Heights
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Heights (current) | 29,014 | 207 | 71.3 | |
| Maple Heights | 23,081 | 167 | 72.4 | 2 |
| Bedford | 12,834 | 178 | 138.7 | 4 |
| Warrensville Heights | 13,450 | 190 | 141.3 | 4 |
| Bedford Heights | 10,791 | 55 | 51.0 | 5 |
| Seven Hills | 11,560 | 48 | 41.5 | 5 |
| Shaker Heights | 28,689 | 233 | 81.2 | 5 |
What the geography does to a Garfield Heights projection
6 miles separate Garfield Heights from Cleveland, OH. Lease pricing follows Cleveland, OH, while revenue stays capped by the 29,014 residents here. At $52,006 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 29,014 resident town: where referrals originate, and what staff cost.
Nearby Ohio towns
- Maple Heights 23,081 residents
- Bedford 12,834 residents
- Warrensville Heights 13,450 residents
- Bedford Heights 10,791 residents
- Seven Hills 11,560 residents
- Shaker Heights 28,689 residents
What owners in Garfield Heights ask
01How many providers practice in Garfield Heights, and in what?
NPPES lists 207 providers at a Garfield Heights practice address, 71.3 per 10,000 residents across 26 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 39 of them, 19 percent of the total, with home health next at 29. Read that as clinicians: 207 enumerations, not 207 owners.
02What does Cuyahoga County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Cuyahoga County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Garfield Heights and evidences a staffing ramp in a 29,014 resident market.
03How does the hospital in Garfield Heights 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. 5 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 71.3 per 10,000 market.
04What does a $52,006 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Garfield Heights runs $52,006. 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.
05Which fields carry the volume in Garfield Heights?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 39 providers and home health at 29 lead the 26 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.
06What does SBA lending look like around Garfield Heights?
Healthcare borrowers in Cuyahoga County took 43 approvals worth $7,768,200 in the published fiscal year, averaging $180,656. That is the comparable set an appraiser near Garfield Heights reaches for first.
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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