Join us June 27 – July 1, 2012 for the 2012 FSMTA Annual Convention & Trade Show.

Our theme is BELIEVE* INVEST* GROW. Believe in yourself, Invest in your future and Grow in your profession. We will be back at the beautiful Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate and have a FABULOUS line-up of classes from which you can choose and earn up to 19 CE credits towards license renewal.

Not familiar with our convention? CLICK HERE to watch a short video clip and learn more about the FSMTA Convention and Trade Show.

2012 FSMTA Convention Program CLICK HERE

Early Bird Member Price has been extended to May 5th and several classes are full so don’t delay! For online Convention Registration CLICK HERE

Successful Start Program ~ Massage Students, Instructors and Massage Therapist who have been licensed two years or less are invited to attend this unique program at no charge. Less than 130 spots left as of 5/09/12, so if you are interested in attending don’t hesitate to contact the central office at 407-786-3307 or email info [at] fsmta [dot] org for more information CLICK HERE

Educators for Full Day Massage Therapy Educator Summit information CLICK HERE

Mears Transportation
Mears Transportation has been solely focused on airport shuttle business since 1983. Mears has became synonymous with outstanding service and a leader in the ground transportation industry. Click on the image below to download a transportation coupon and instructions on how to use it.

Mears Transportation Coupon

Entertainment
This year FSMTA has teamed up with Orlando Convention to help you make the most of your time in Orlando. Available discounts include restaurants, golf, attractions, nightlife, shopping and much more. Each listing offers detailed information and discount coupons that can be printed. They can also make your dinner reservation, book your group dinner party or event. This web site will help you plan your time during your stay in Orlando.
Just click on the golden ticket to:
· Purchase, discounted attraction tickets!
· Receive, discounts to fantastic restaurants and make dinner reservations!
· Enjoy complimentary cocktails at some of Orlando’s best nightlife!
· Play great golf at a discount!
· Shop at Orlando’s most exclusive stores and outlets with discounts!
· Rent cars and make use of other great services all with fantastic discounts!
This web site will help you plan your time in Orlando and SAVE MONEY!

HOTEL INFORMATION: Reservations may be made at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate by calling 800-843-6664 and asking for the FSMTA room block. You may also make reservations online by CLICKING HERE Reservations must be made by 5:00pm on June 6, 2012 to guarantee our rate of $130 per night. The resort fee is WAIVED for our rooms.

EXHIBITORS: We have expanded exhibit hall hours, adding a 2-hour slot Thursday afternoon, to allow the Successful Start Program attendees access to the hall. The SSP has moved from Wednesday evening to Thursday morning which will allow you the opportunity to promote your products/services to those attendees. The Exhibit Hall will sell out FAST…don’t miss out on this great opportunity. CLICK HERE to download the exhibitor prospectus

Only (0) 8×8 booths and (20) 8×10 booths left CLICK HERE for an updated floor plan (5/16/12).

At only $99 the FSMTA policy is the most affordable coverage available anywhere, and will meet your basic practice needs. You can also affordably expand this coverage to include additional general liability coverage, or business property coverage. Whether you select our comprehensive member policy or choose one of the available coverage options, the FSMTA program offers an overall insurance package which is unbeatable.

How to Enroll
To get started, just complete a separate coverage application, and select the features which fit you best. If you are a current FSMTA member, you may log in to your membership profile to apply for a new insurance policy online or print the insurance application to mail in with your check. If you are new to the FSMTA, you are welcome to apply for membership and insurance at the same time and can include both applications in the same envelope, but please enclose separate checks for accounting purposes. Please continue reading for more detailed information about pricing and coverage.

Coverage Highlights

History of the FSMTA Malpractice Insurance Program:
FSMTA is the only state massage association in the country offering a malpractice insurance program for its members.  Unlike national groups, FSMTA is able to customize its coverage program to meet the unique needs of Florida massage therapists.  Since the program’s inception in 1997, FSMTA has worked tirelessly to ensure our coverage program is responsive to the evolving needs of our members.  The coverage program we offer today is the result of that initiative – the broadest choice of professional coverage options available anywhere, at a price affordable for everyone.

The Insurance Company:
The FSMTA has the most established program for massage insurance in the nation. The FSMTA professional liability coverage program is underwritten through Allied Professionals Insurance Company, a Risk Retention Group, Inc.—the nation’s largest alternative health Risk Retention Group. Allied’s programs have been serving alternative healthcare since 1986, and the program is rated A- (Excellent) by AM Best and A Prime (Unsurpassed) by Demotech.  All coverage is reinsured through Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest and most prestigious insurance underwriter.  Lloyd’s is also the underwriter for the FSMTA’s optional property coverage.

Comprehensive Professional and Premises Liability Package:
The FSMTA has negotiated a unique, members-only package policy combining both Professional Liability and Premises Liability (including Property Damage Liability) into a simple package policy. This ensures that you are protected for both acts of professional misconduct as well as from a simple slip and fall incident that could occur on your premises. The pricing is ideal for the massage therapist. Combined $1,000,000/$1,000,000 basic coverage is only $99, while coverage for the $1,000,000/$3,000,000 basic package is just $115. You pick the coverage that suits your unique needs.

Supplemental General Liability Insurance:
One of the great things about the FSMTA insurance program is that it provides you what you need, but has options for you to select more coverage if you want.  An example of this is the General Liability insurance enhancement for $40.  While our package program of professional and premises liability satisfies most of our FSMTA member needs, you may wish to carry expanded general liability coverage.  The FSMTA General Liability enhancement includes Personal and Advertising Injury, such as claims of libel, Products
Liability for products used in your practice, and $5,000 of supplemental coverage for Medical Expenses resulting from any accidental injury.

Business Personal Property Insurance:
If you are looking for coverage for your practice-related personal property, FSMTA now offers Business Personal Property insurance.  This optional coverage is underwritten by Lloyd’s of London, and provides $10,000 in coverage for your equipment, supplies, and other contents used in your practice. The cost for this coverage is only $100 per year ($500 deductible).  If your needs for property coverage are greater, higher supplemental limits are also available.

Special Coverage Extensions:
FSMTA has worked with our carrier to provide a variety of coverage extensions to meet the needs of those members with diverse practices that include specialized services.  Coverage is available through the FSMTA for a variety of modalities including the following:

• Hot Stone Addendum
• Skin Care Application
• Nutritional Specialist
• Colon Hydro Therapy
• Personal Trainer

To request coverage for these professional services, please download and complete the application addendum by clicking on the link provided.  Additional charges may apply.

National Coverage-Free Occurrences Conversion
The American Massage Council uses an approved claims-made Master Policy for providing coverage. Each massage therapist receives their own individual limits of coverage for a full twelve months. By utilizing a Master Policy issued through a federally chartered Risk Purchasing Group, you receive national coverage, protecting you anywhere you go within the United States (subject only to licensure laws). Your policy also includes a unique claims feature. At the end of five years, coverage automatically becomes permanent (called occurrences). This means you are covered even if a claim is made against you years after you retire from practice. This feature is free. And should you need to access this feature sooner than five years, an affordable schedule is available for early conversion.

Your Full Policy – Free of Charge
At FSMTA we think it is important that you understand fully what you are getting with our coverage program.  That is why, unlike other insurance programs, we have always provided our members with a full copy of their policy, free of charge.  Be sure to review your policy, in particular Article V, Insuring Agreements, which details what is covered, and Article X, Exclusions, which specifies what isn’t covered. We are very happy with our coverage program, and when you read your policy, we think you will be too.

Additional Insured Information:
An additional insured can be any establishment where you work, or property that you rent. Many landlords and employers prefer you add them to your policy to protect them in the event of an incident. To add an additional insured to your policy, it costs $10 for each of the first 4 businesses, any additional are FREE! Simply fill out the form below and fax or mail to our office.

Additional Insured Request Form

Certificate Holders
A certificate holder (example; landlords or employers) will be notified of any changes made to the policy or if there is a lapse in the policy. The certificate holder cannot make any changes to the policy.

Certificate Holder Request Form

Additional Premises Information:
An additional premises is your second, third, or fourth (etc) establishment; one where you hold an establishment license. A phenomenal perk of having your liability insurance through FSMTA is that we give you one FREE premises coverage with your comprehensive member policy. If you have more than one establishment simply fill out the additional premises form and send in with payment of $50 per additional premises. If you have any questions please contact central office at 1-877-FSMTA-4-U (1-877-376-8248).  We look forward to serving you.

Additional Premises Request Form

As of April 16, 2012, our Convention sponsors are:

Big Bend Chapter

Brevard Chapter

Broward Chapter

Central Florida Chapter

Dade Chapter

Emerald Coast Chapter

First Coast Chapter

Flagler/Volusia Chapter

Gulf Coast Chapter

Heart of Florida Chapter

Keys Chapter

North Central Florida Chapter

Palm Beach Chapter

Sarasota/Manatee Chapter

Southwest Florida Chapter

Sugar Dunes Chapter

Suwannee Valley Chapter

Tampa Bay Chapter

Treasure Coast Chapter

Our new address is:

978 Douglas Ave, Suite 104, Altamonte Springs FL 32714

Our new telephone number is 407-786-3307 and new fax number is 407-786-3306.

Our tollfree number remains the same 877-376-8248

FSMTA appreciates VacuPractor’s generosity as the FSMTA Board works to serve LMTs in Florida!

Chapter meetings are open to all LMTs in Florida but if you are an FSMTA member, you will receive the CE credits for FREE or very low cost! This is a huge member benefit when you consider the cost of continuing education courses you need to take for licensure renewal.

If you start attending your chapter meetings NOW, you should have all of your CE hours well before the next deadline of August 31, 2013. Most chapters also offer the required classes during this time. Click HERE to access chapter meeting and contact information.

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January 26-27, 2012
Agenda Deadline: December 27, 2011
Holiday Inn & Suites – Sawgrass Mills
3003 N. University Dr. | Sunrise, FL 33332 (City – Ft. Lauderdale)
(954) 315-2169

April 19-20, 2012
Agenda Deadline: March 21, 2012
Double Tree by Hilton
Tampa Airport Westshore
4500 W. Cypress St. | Tampa, FL 33607
(813) 998-2211

July 25-27, 2012
Agenda Deadline: June 26, 2012
Florida Hotel & Conf Center
1500 Sand Lake Rd. | Orlando, FL 32809
(407) 816-5071

October 25-26, 2012
Hilton Naples
5111 Tamiami Trl. N. | Naples, FL 34103
(239) 659-3132

Florida Department of Health Board of Massage Therapy Website

Access Consciousness 708
Access Consciousness 710
Acucups Cupping Therapy 718
Alliance For Massage Therapy Education 112
Asteeza – Natural Body Wonder 619
American Massage Council 300
American 3B Scientific 705
Asteeza 619
Aura Visions 320
The Avalon Effect 713
The Avalon Effect 715
Bamboo-Fusion 314
Biomatworks 707
BIOTONE 409
BIOTONE 508
Body Support Systems, Inc 210
Bon Vital 400
Broady Health Sciences 711
Ceramic Wonder 810
Comfort Crafts, Inc 316
Comfort Crafts, Inc 318
Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation 113
Core Products International 200
Core Products International 202
Corestones, Inc 813
CranioCradle 609
Cranial Release Technique 800
CRYODERM 515
CRYODERM 513
CRYODERM 511
CRYODERM 509
Custom Craftworks 311
Custom Craftworks 410
doTERRA Essential Oils 211
Earthlite Massage Tables Inc 809
Empath Yoga 617
Evolution Enterprises 215
Fifth Third Bank 814
Florida Board of Massage Therapy 114
Florida State Massage Therapy Association 300
Frequency Specific Seminars 209
Full Circle School, Inc 221
Guidry Health Services 219
Hancock CranioSomatic Institute 611
Hancock CranioSomatic Institute 613
Himalayan Salt Stone Massage 108
Holsters For Healers 615
I-Surance, LLC 616
Jojoba Company, The 701
Kent Health Systems 703
Light and Sound Therapy 716
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 620
Manna 360 519
Massage Docs 310
Massage Envy 621
Massage Envy 720
Massage Magazine 612
Massage Magazine 610
Massage Magazine 608
Massage Therapy Foundation 110
Massage Today/MPA Media 700
Massage Warehouse 719
Massage Warehouse 717
Massage Warehouse 818
Massage Warehouse 816
MPA Media / Massage Today 700
Nature Creation 618
NCBTMB 411
Nussentials Wake Fit 517
OPTP 614
Other Worlds Massage Services 812
Planning Partners Financial Group 712
Performance Health 500
Sacro Wedgy® / B&B Marketing 521
Sanctuary – presented by Massage Warehouse 821
Sanctuary – presented by Massage Warehouse 819
Sanctuary – presented by Massage Warehouse 817
Sassi Stones 806
Scenar Health USA 214
Sensory Connections 107
Serola Biomechanics, Inc. 510
Soothing Touch 309
Soothing Touch 408
Stronglite Inc 811
Structural Energetic Therapy, Inc 204
Structural Energetic Therapy, Inc 206
Thumper Massager Inc.312
Topical BioMedics 308
Upledger Institute/Barral Institute 600

CLICK HERE for an updated floor plan (5/16/12).

Interested in exhibiting at the 2012 FSMTA Annual Convention?
Click Here to Download the 2012 Exhibitor Prospectus.

For additional information, please contact Wilda at wilda [dot] pickett [at] fsmta [dot] org

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FSMTA’s Professional Liability Insurance Program for Massage Therapy also recently expanded to include loss of earnings and medical expenses.  Now, your policy will pay up to $500 per day for loss of earnings if you miss work due to a pending lawsuit.  The insurance company will also pay up to $5,000 for medical expenses related to an accident for which you become liable.

To learn more details about the FSMTA Professional Liability Insurance Policy, please visit this page.