Oklahoma micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Claremore, Oklahoma
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Claremore runs 190.3 providers per 10,000 residents, 392 clinicians against 20,602 people, 34 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Rogers County lenders have approved 2 healthcare files worth $139,600 and the nearest metro is 21 miles out.
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- Population: 20,602 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 392 across 26 fields2
- Median household income: $57,1203
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 132 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Tulsa, OK, 21 miles1
What NPPES records at Claremore addresses
The NPPES file puts 392 enumerated clinicians inside Claremore, spread over 26 fields at 190.3 per 10,000 residents
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 132 | 64.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 59 | 28.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 34 | 16.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 32 | 15.5 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 27 | 13.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 26 | 12.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 15 | 7.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 10 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 10 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 9 | 4.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 6 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 4 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 3 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 3 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Claremore practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 34 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What Rogers County credit files already show
2 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 2 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $139,600 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Typical approval size | $69,800 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 43 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Claremore the way a credit committee does
At 190.3 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. A short county record of 2 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $57,120 in Claremore is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Claremore mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
The 26 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Oklahoma.
The first pages of a Claremore file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Claremore that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, behavioral and mental health group practices, chiropractic.
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (132) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (59) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Chiropractic (34) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
Counts in the first column are Claremore providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Claremore, not what any funder will do with your file.
Claremore against nearby Oklahoma markets
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 190.3 per 10,000 here
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremore (current) | 20,602 | 392 | 190.3 | |
| Owasso | 42,821 | 331 | 77.3 | 13 |
| Coweta | 11,093 | 74 | 66.7 | 24 |
| Bixby | 31,728 | 150 | 47.3 | 30 |
| Jenks | 27,869 | 219 | 78.6 | 30 |
| Sand Springs | 20,330 | 128 | 63.0 | 32 |
| Glenpool | 14,567 | 67 | 46.0 | 34 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Claremore
Tulsa, OK lies 21 miles from Claremore, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Tulsa, OK rents while 20,602 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $57,120 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. A Medicare-certified hospital operates here, so referral flow is verifiable and the clinical wage floor is already set. A college in Claremore puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections. Claremore is the Rogers County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Other Oklahoma markets
Claremore owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Claremore, and in what?
NPPES lists 392 providers at a Claremore practice address, 190.3 per 10,000 residents across 26 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 132 of them, 34 percent of the total, with behavioral and mental health group practices next at 59. Read that as clinicians: 392 enumerations, not 392 owners.
02Why does Rogers County show so little SBA activity?
Only 2 healthcare approvals appear for Rogers County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Rogers County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 43 credit intermediation establishments.
03What does Rogers County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Rogers 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.
04How does the hospital in Claremore affect a practice file?
Referral flow, coverage, and the local pay scale all trace back to it. The town carries 3 Medicare-certified providers in total. A Claremore projection that names the call arrangement reads better than one that assumes it.
05Which fields carry the volume in Claremore?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 132 providers and behavioral and mental health group practices at 59 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 a $57,120 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Claremore runs $57,120. 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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