Hands Heal : Communication, Documentation, and Insurance Billing for Manual Therapists

by Thompson, Diana L.

• ISBN13: 9780781726825
• ISBN10: 0781726824
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

Handbook for gaining knowledge about comprehensive communication and documentation competence. Provides information on how to take client histories, set functional goals, bill insurance companies, document outcomes, and more. Previous edition is not cited. Includes sidebars throughout the text. Softcover.

Table of Contents

SECTION A: COMMUNICATION	1	(68)
Communication and the Therapeutic Relationship	3	(30)
Communication and the Health Care Team	33	(16)
Communication and the Legal Team	49	(20)
SECTION B: DOCUMENTATION	69	(96)
Why Document?	71	(14)
Documentation-Intake Forms	85	(30)
Documentation-SOAP Charting	115	(34)
Alternative Documentation: HxTxC Charting for Energy Work, On-Site Message, and Relaxation and Spa Therapies	149	(16)
SECTION C: BILLING AND ETHICS	165	(50)
Insurance Billing	167	(34)
Ethics	201	(14)
APPENDICES	215	(108)
Glossary	217	(6)
Blank Forms	223	(38)
Case Studies	261	(50)
Personal Injury	263	(20)
Workers' Compensation	283	(20)
Wellness	303	(8)
Abbreviations	311	(6)
Contact Information	317	(6)
Offices of Insurance Commissioners	317	(6)
Workers' Compensation	323