- Massage Websites- Creating
your online presence is the first thing you need to do. Creating a
website will also help you get clear about your goals and teach you
how to talk about what you do.
- Accounting, bookkeeping
- Scope of Practice
- Job Center - Job skills- hiring, interviewing, creating jobs
- Records
- Marketing
- Issues for Males -
Since Males are a minority in the massage profession they have
special challenges in starting and building a practice.
- Massage Business
Articles - Collection of online articles on business topics from
Massage and Bodywork, Massage Today, Massage Magazine, Massage
Therapy Journal
- Massage Business
Resources
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Setting up your Massage business
Independent
contractor vs. Employee Status- Short questionnaire to
help determine status.
Pros
and Cons of Self Employment vs. Working for an Employer
The Key to
Success
Suggestions
for Contract Agreements
Setting Fees
for services
Determining
your cost per client- this will help you decide if you want to become
an insurance provider
Gift Certificates - Information on
gift certificates and whether or not they can have an expiration date.
In some states it is illegal to have a gift certificate expire. |
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Business Plans - Creating a personal and professional mission
statement and informed consent statement is essential. You need to know
what is important to you so that your business can be an
accurate reflection of
who you are.
Mission Statements
Vision Statements
Informed Consent
Building A Practice
- Marketing ideas to help you jumpstart your practice
Customer
Service Guidelines
Marketing
with Chair Massage
Making a Website A website is an essential tool for every
practice. If you are serious about starting and building a practice, you
will need to have a website.
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Massage Insurance Billing
Issues
and Ethics in Billing Insurance Companies
(my challenge to the profession)-This
is a must read for anyone contemplating participating in a provider network or
wanting to bill insurance companies for massage therapy services. There
are many issues involved and no clear answer. I encourage everyone to get
engaged and start participating as a community to find some resolution of the
issues at hand.
SOAP
notes - Basic charting guidelines
What do we want to say
in soap notes
Functional outcomes
charting- If you are going to bill insurance companies for your services,
you will need to learn to play this game of charting in order to get paid!
General
guidelines for Insurance Reimbursement- Includes Personal Injury, Third
Party Reimbursement, and Labor and Industry.
Personal
Injury Common Legal Terms
CPT codes/ICD
codes- Basic codes to get you started.
Insurance Billing Manual |
