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When EBITDA Becomes the Mission

An episode of the PT Pintcast - Physical Therapy podcast, hosted by Jimmy McKay, PT, DPT | Physical Therapy Podcast, titled "When EBITDA Becomes the Mission" was published on March 11, 2026 and runs 18 minutes.

March 11, 2026 ·18m · PT Pintcast - Physical Therapy

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If you've worked inside a healthcare organization you've probably heard the question:

“What's the EBITDA impact?”


But what happens when a financial reporting metric slowly becomes the mission of the entire organization?


In this conversation, Jimmy McKay and Larry Benz unpack:

• What EBITDA actually measures

• How "Adjusted EBITDA" becomes a fiction contest

• Why chasing the metric can distort clinical care

• The Soviet nail factory problem in healthcare

• What a healthier dashboard for PT organizations should look like


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