The third edition of this widely used text provides manual therapists with much-needed guidance on taking client histories, setting functional goals, communicating with health care and legal professionals, documenting outcomes, and billing insurance companies. This edition includes crucial information on HIPAA regulations, new and updated blank forms, and lists of codes for self-referred patients and for insurance verification forms. Reader-friendly features include sidebars, case studies, chapter summaries, and useful appendices. A front-of-book CD-ROM includes the blank forms for use in practice, a quick-reference abbreviation list, and a quiz tool to review key concepts. Faculty ancillaries are available upon adoption. SOAP charting system specific for manual therapists; completed sample forms provide examples of correct documentation procedures; information on documentation for Energy Work, On-site Massage, and Relaxation and Spa Therapies; three sidebars: Bone Game, exercises that help students retain the material they just read, Story Teller, light-hearted stories related to chapter material, Wise One Speaks, quotes from professionals that add insight and sum up key points; three case studies: Personal Injury, Workers' Compensation, and Wellness Care, offer examples of communication and applications of charting techniques. This book also features: five Appendices: Case Studies, New and Updated Blank Forms, Abbreviations, ICD-9 Coding for Self-Referred Patients, and Contact Information for Workers' Compensation and for Insurance Commissioners; knowledge of legal expert, Richard H. Adler, JD.

This well-known lawyer reviewed the legal aspects of the insurance information and verified that the forms were in compliance with insurance laws; and end of chapter summaries.