A couple of additional qualities to look for in an ideal referral partner for your massage business are:
E stands for Enthusiastic. They are enthusiastic about massage, about your services as well as for the partnership.
R stands for Respectful. There has to be mutual respect. They have to have respect both for you as a professional as well as for the massage profession as a whole.
One more essential quality to come…
It’s Earth Day…..
Did you know that Earth Day is the only event celebrated simultaneously around the globe by people of all backgrounds, faiths and nationalities. More than a half billion people participate in Earth Day Celebrations every year.
It’s great to see how many massage therapists have booths or volunteer their time and skills at various Earth Day celebrations around the world. What a wonderful way to give back while helping the massage profession by being so visible. It’s also a great way to get more massage clients!
And at least one therapist I read about gave a small potted plant to each client who had an appointment on Earth Day.
Did you do anything fun or unusual? If so, hit the comments link and let us know.
Julie of www.thebodyworker.com recently commented on a previous post on insurance billing for massage therapy. She has some free resources on her website that I wanted to share with you. You have to click around a bit to find the free manual, and be wiling to sort through a bunch of ads. If you want to bypass the ads you can make a donation and get the ad-free version.
Here’s what Julie has to say about insurance reimbursement.
The medical massage profession is in a big state of confusion. Here in WA State we are able to become contracted providers with companies such as Regence Blue Shield. But that is a mixed blessing. While we want to be a part of the medical profession, the insurance companies here are raking us through the coals and taking advantage of the fact that massage therapists are willing to work at such low rates. ($59 for one such company.)
They are also making it harder to collect money and are limiting benefits. Do we as a profession really want to be a part of such an organization?
My personal passion is teaching people how to bill insurance companies for massage services so that they can then see how it does not serve our profession.
I also have most of the information that one needs to know to bill insurances available online for free at
http://www.thebodyworker.com
Thanks Julie!
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