Tennessee micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Winchester, Tennessee
Direct answer
A Winchester file is read against 136 local clinicians, 132.7 for every 10,000 of its 10,251 residents, 23 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0 already recorded in Franklin County, 47 miles from Huntsville, AL.
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- Population: 10,251 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 136 across 21 fields2
- Median household income: $59,4973
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 31 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Huntsville, AL, 47 miles1
Winchester clinicians, by field
The NPPES file puts 136 enumerated clinicians inside Winchester, spread over 21 fields at 132.7 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 31 | 30.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 23 | 22.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 18 | 17.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 11 | 10.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 9 | 8.8 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 6 | 5.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 6 | 5.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 5 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 5 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 4 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 3 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 2 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Winchester practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 23 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
The lending record behind Winchester
0 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 | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 28 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Winchester the way a credit committee does
Density of 132.7 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. A short county record of 0 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. With $59,497 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Winchester households actually spend.
Programs the Winchester mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Startup and de novo
- Equipment financing and leasing
Ranked from the 21 fields that actually practice in Winchester, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Tennessee and on the funding partner.
Underwriting by field in Winchester
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, specialty physician groups account for most of what is enumerated in Winchester, 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 (31) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (23) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Specialty physician groups (18) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
Column one counts Winchester clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Winchester file differently.
How Winchester prices against its neighbors
Set Winchester's 132.7 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester (current) | 10,251 | 136 | 132.7 | |
| Tullahoma | 21,035 | 289 | 137.4 | 14 |
| Manchester | 13,484 | 145 | 107.5 | 19 |
| Shelbyville | 25,792 | 175 | 67.9 | 29 |
| McMinnville | 14,032 | 146 | 104.0 | 39 |
| Lewisburg | 13,473 | 116 | 86.1 | 43 |
| Red Bank | 12,073 | 9 | 7.5 | 46 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Winchester
Huntsville, AL lies 47 miles from Winchester, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. Households here carry $59,497 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable. Winchester is the Franklin County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Tennessee towns
- Tullahoma 21,035 residents
- Manchester 13,484 residents
- Shelbyville 25,792 residents
- McMinnville 14,032 residents
- Lewisburg 13,473 residents
- Red Bank 12,073 residents
Questions from Winchester
01How many providers practice in Winchester, and in what?
136 enumerations sit at Winchester addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 132.7 for every 10,000 residents. 23 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and primary care and family medicine follows with 23. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 136 here cover fewer than 136 practices.
02What does Franklin County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Franklin 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.
03Why does Franklin County show so little SBA activity?
Only 0 healthcare approvals appear for Franklin County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Franklin County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 28 credit intermediation establishments.
04How does the hospital in Winchester 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. 3 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 132.7 per 10,000 market.
05What does a $59,497 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Winchester runs $59,497. 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.
06Which fields carry the volume in Winchester?
The 21 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 31, with primary care and family medicine at 23 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
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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