The Footbridge Integrative Reflexology

05/26/2025

05/11/2025

To all you hard working mothers, we thank you for all you do.
Take today and rest . Happy Mothers Day.

04/27/2025

How is your reflexology business doing? Are you having to make changes?

04/24/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT: The American Reflexology Certification Board has launched it's new National Exam.
If you will be practicing in more than 1 state or if you are moving from 1 state to another, it is recommended that you sit for the National Exam through ARCB.
Their standards and guidelines are available on their website.

Reflexologists who are involved in the national certification process promote a higher standard of education, ensure public safety, and demonstrate their commitment to the profession through self-improvement.

04/09/2025

What would you do if you had a client come in with a swollen spleen? What reflexes would you work? Would you work anything? Tell me what you would do.

04/04/2025

Tip: If you have a client that suffers with Plantar Fasciitis, be sure to stretch the Soleus.
Reflexology Works!!

03/24/2025

Due to the international response of offering an online course/class, we are considering how to go about going internationally at the same time as staying in the U.S. We thank you for your response and we will post more information as soon as we decide when and how. Have a blessed day.

03/17/2025

If you are interested in a one day workshop introducing different techniques for practicing reflexology beyond the Eunice Ingham method, PLEASE COMMENT BELOW.

03/11/2025

Just wanted to thank Amy Petersen for teaching a great class on Plantar Fasciitis and Neuropathy this weekend!! So much good information!!
Can’t wait to implement these protocols into my Reflexology practice ❤️Kris Anderegg.

02/18/2025

The Who, What, When, Why & How of NPI:
Information for Health Care Providers

Who? All Individuals and Organizations “including researchers” who meet the definition of health care provider are eligible to obtain a National Provider Identifier, or NPI. If you are a HIPAA covered provider or if you are a health care provider/supplier who bills Medicare for your services, you need an NPI.
What? The NPI is a 10-digit number that will be used to identify you to your health care partners, including all payers, in all HIPAA standard transactions. The NPI will replace the identifiers you currently use in HIPAA standard transactions that you conduct with Medicare and with other health plans. You will need an NPI prior to enrolling with Medicare. There are two types of health care providers in terms of NPIs:
Type 1 — Health care providers who are individuals, including physicians, dentists, researchers and all sole proprietors. An individual is eligible for only one NPI
Type 2 — Health care providers who are organizations, including physician groups, hospitals, nursing homes, or research groups and the corporation formed when an individual incorporates him/herself. Organizations must determine if they have “subparts” that need to be uniquely identified in HIPAA standard transactions with their own NPIs. A subpart is a component of an organization health care provider that furnishes health care and is not itself a separate legal entity.
If you are an individual who is a health care provider and who is incorporated, you may need to obtain an NPI for yourself (Type 1) and an NPI for your corporation or LLC (Type 2).
When? It is important that you obtain your NPI. Once you obtain your NPI and share it with your health care partners (including payers, clearing houses, vendors, and other health care providers), your partners must integrate the NPI into their systems and processes. Also, testing transactions using your NPI with your health care partners may take some time and cannot even begin until after you obtain your NPI. If you delay applying for your NPI, you risk your ability to meet the NPI compliance date and jeopardize that of your health care partners as well.
Why? The NPI is an Administrative Simplification mandate of HIPAA.
How? There are three ways that you can obtain your NPI.
A. You can: Complete the on-line application at the NPPES web site; https://NPPES.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/Welcome.do; Download the paper application form at www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/ and mail it to the address on the form; or, after asking you for your permission, authorize an employer or other trusted organization to obtain an NPI for you through bulk enumeration, or Electronic File Interchange (EFI).
Regardless of how you obtain your NPI, it is important that you retain the notification document that NPPES sends to you that contains your NPI. And remember it is an Opportunity for one that wants to follow up.

02/06/2025

Taxonomy Code: Taxonomy not only is for medical billing but Research, Grant writing, Specialized treatments, etc. In this article I will describe and explain the history, purpose, and use of Taxonomy in the way of research.

The Medical Provider Classification System - DOC Taxonomy -
began in 1996 when the American National Standards Institute Accredited Standards Committee X12 (ANSI ASC X12); (critical in standardizing electronic data interchange (EDI)) and the National Provider System Workgroup from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) combined their medical providers lists into one list that both CMS and members of X12N found meaningful, easy to use, and functional for electronic transactions.
In 2001, X12N asked the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC)
(https://www.nucc.org/) to manage the Health Care Provider Taxonomy
code set.

The NUCC is made up of a diverse group of health care industry stakeholders representing providers, payers, designated standards maintenance organizations, public health organizations, and vendors.
In general, Taxonomy codes have three levels:
● Level I: Practitioner type
● Level II: Classification
● Level III: Area of specialization