MT 120B - Business for Massage Therapists

2 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s):

WR 115Q as required

Course Description: Focuses on business practices, marketing, record keeping, and insurance billing for your massage therapy practice.

Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO#1: Identify appropriate business principles to apply toward setting up a massage therapy practice. (ILO: Quantitative Literacy and Reasoning)
CLO#2: Construct a two-year business plan implementing appropriate business principles.
CLO#3: Analyze records to be kept for taxes (Revenue, expenses, cost of goods sold, utilities, rent, payroll…).
CLO#4: Identify and discuss rules and regulations for doing medical massage insurance billing.
CLO#5: Discuss CPT and ICD coding. Demonstrate how to complete a HCFA-1500 form.
CLO#6: Identify and compare computer programs for the massage office.

ACTI Code and Course Type
210 Career / Tech Preparatory

Length of Course:
A required state minimum of (20) and a standard RCC delivery of (22) lecture hours per term, not to exceed (24) hours per term.