Could most traditional outpatient physical therapy eventually be replaced by home programs, AI, and lower-cost care models?
Dave Kittle and Tony break down reimbursement pressure, bundled payments, AI, premium cash-pay PT, and why the future of outpatient therapy may look completely different from the model clinicians know today.
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EPISODE BREAKDOWN
[00:00] — Should You Hire Skill or Develop It?
[02:03] — Who Fits a Premium PT Model?
[05:16] — New Grads, Culture Fit, and Hiring
[07:18] — Why We Stopped Hiring
[09:07] — What a 15-Year Employee Taught Us About Hiring
[12:21] — Interviewing for Core Values
[15:21] — Are Surgeons Referring Less Physical Therapy?
[16:51] — Why Insurance Is Squeezing Outpatient PT
[21:01] — Could AI Disrupt Outpatient Ortho?
[28:57] — Premium PT, Scale, and the Equinox Model
Tony says:
“80–90% of what outpatient ortho does could be wiped out tomorrow.”
Not because patients stop needing help.
But because some of that care could potentially be delivered through:
A) AI
B) Home exercise programs
C) Lower-cost remote care
D) All of the above
Do you think he’s right?
And if he is…
what does a physical therapy clinic look like 10 years from now?
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