Your Trusted Partner in Medical Practice for Sale in Georgia

Concierge practices are valued on membership retention and recurring revenue rather than volume alone, so buyers should expect a different evaluation approach focused on patient loyalty and service model.

The most active buyers right now are hospitals and health systems, physician groups backed by private equity, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and individual physicians who want to own a practice.

Georgia has 35 federally funded health center organizations (HRSA, 2025), and about 55% of people on Medicare in the state are in Medicare Advantage or other private plans (KFF, 2024). That makes groups focused on value-based care especially interested in primary care practices with many senior patients. Georgia does not bar non-physicians from owning a practice the way stricter states do, so investor-backed groups can often buy more directly.

We can tell you which buyer types are most active for your specialty and location.

Often, yes. Georgia has never written a corporate practice of medicine ban into law, and the medical board has not disciplined anyone for it, so it is treated as a gray area rather than a strict rule. Fee-splitting and professional entity ownership rules still apply. Physicians commonly use a professional corporation, professional LLC or professional association.

What changed recently: we are not aware of any new Georgia law from 2023 to 2026 on practice ownership, private equity deals or physician non-competes. Rules like these change often, so have a health care attorney review the deal structure.

Most practices are valued on their adjusted yearly profit, often called EBITDA or seller's discretionary earnings, times a multiple. The multiple goes up with steady revenue, a loyal patient base, providers and staff who will stay, clean financial records and a practice that does not depend only on you. It goes down with heavy reliance on one payer, falling patient numbers or a short lease.

In Georgia, Medicaid runs mostly through Georgia Families managed care plans, so your mix of Medicaid, Medicare and commercial patients and the plans you contract with weigh heavily in the price. The state has 233 primary care shortage areas, and practices that serve these communities often draw strong buyer interest because patients have few other options.

A confidential valuation is the best way to see where your practice stands.

All three can work, and the right choice depends on your goals and the buyer. Selling the building with the practice gives you one clean exit and more cash at closing, but some buyers cannot finance both. Leasing it to the buyer gives you steady income and often makes the practice easier to sell, as long as the rent and terms are at market rate and the lease is long enough for the buyer's lender. Keeping the building and leasing it to someone else is also an option if you want to hold it as an investment.

Georgia's income tax rate for 2026 is a flat 4.99%, and capital gains are taxed as ordinary income. We help you compare the options with your CPA before the practice goes to market.

Usually yes. Georgia's Restrictive Covenants Act covers physicians, and courts can narrow terms that go too far.

For the sale of a business or ownership interest, a non-compete lasting the longer of 5 years or the payment period is presumed reasonable. Your attorney should review the time and area before you sign.

Georgia requires records to be kept at least 10 years.

A retiring or selling physician should mail notice to active patients, publish a notice in the newspaper with the largest circulation in each county where they practice, and post a sign in the office 30 days before, all offering to transfer or give patients their records. In a sale, the buyer usually becomes the custodian of the records, and we make sure this is written into the purchase agreement.