HANDS HEAL
Diana L Thompson, LMP

Publications


Diana is the author of Hands Heal: Communication, Documentation and Insurance Billing for Manual Therapists. The 4th edition was released in July, 2011, from publisher LWW.


The new version contains:
• A chapter on research and writing case reports
• A new measurement tool: the Patient-Specific Functional and Pain Scale
• Easier-to-use insurance billing forms
• Updated HIPAA information, including how to apply for an NPI#

Somatic Research is Diana's bimonthly column in ABMP's Massage and Bodywork magazine. Her articles can be found on the magazine's archives database. Search for Diana's articles in the 2010 and 2011 issues of M&B.

Diana is also a contributor to research, consulting on projects at the Group Health Research Institute in Seattle, Wa. She is an author on the paper titled, Development of a taxonomy to describe massage treatment for musculoskeletal pain, published on BioMedCentral in 2006.