Links to Other Sites of Interest

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Business Related

mtj® (Massage Therapy Journal®) - Fundamentals New Client Intake, Fall 2007 (PDF)

IRS Definitions of Independent Contractor vs. Employee

Small Business Administration

The Business of Massage, AMTA

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Massage Therapist Wage Statistics

Sohnen-Moe Associates

Trademark a Modality – U.S. Trademark and Patent Office

Complementary & Alternative Medicine Related

CAM Courses at leading medical schools (list from Columbia University)

Consumer Guide to Internet Resources in CAM - University of Maryland Medical School (PDF)

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

The White House Commission on CAM Policy, Executive Summary, March 2000

General Sites

A to Z Index of Government Agencies

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

Alternative Medicine Foundation

American Chiropractic Association

American Dietetic Association - Nutrition & diet information

American Holistic Health Association

American Medical Association

Canadian Medical Association

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Cochrane Collaboration Research Center for Healthcare

Grateful Med

HealthFinder - Federal consumer health Website

HerbMed - herbal database

Hospital Based Massage Network

mtj® (Massage Therapy Journal®) Master Index of Articles

MEDLINE/PubMed (accessible free through the National Library of Medicine)

National Cancer Institute

National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM)

National Center for Health Statistics (by State)

National Council Against Health Fraud

National Health Information Center

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders

National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine

National Wellness Institute

National Women’s Health Information Center

State & Territorial Governments

State Insurance Regulations -  George Washington University

Touch Research Institute, University of Miami

US Dept. of Health & Human Services

Insurance Billing

CPT Codes- Codes were created by the American Medical Association

Massage Insurance Billing - Vivian Madison-Mahoney

National Provider Information Number

Insurance – Massage Therapist Health and Personal

Insurance – Massage Therapist Health and Personal

Insurance – Professional Liability Insurance

Insurance – Professional Liability Insurance

Starting a Massage School

For information regarding the requirements and guidelines for starting an accredited massage therapy school, please contact the following programmatic or institutional accrediting organizations.

Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) – www.abhes.org

Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training (ACCET) - http://www.accet.org

Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT) - http://www.accsct.org

Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation (COMTA) - www.comta.org

National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences (NACCAS) - www.naccas.org