Description
This class focuses on the preparation for massage therapy practice. Topics included but not limited to are business plans, billing procedures to first and third party payers, CMS forms, SOAP notes and documentation styles, liability, insurance, referrals, marketing and advertising, work habits, therapeutic rapport, and boundaries; ethical dilemmas; rules of massage therapy; and networking within the profession. Students will participate in group discussions and communicate both verbally and in written form with various assignments augmenting the business and practice of massage therapy. Prerequisites: MTS109, MTS110, MTS112; Co-requisite: MTS116.