
Ethics for acupuncturists is presented in this online distance learning course. Distinctions between legal necessities and ethical conduct are explored. Ethical considerations in patient referrals, insurance billing, fee collection, medical privacy, and general conduct are covered. Considerations for patients regarding unpaid balances, checks misrouted to insurance companies, underpayments, and non-payments are included in the course material. Download the course, complete the online quiz and receive immediate acupuncture license credit.
To view a sample of course materials, click the following: Ethics Course Sample >
Purchase the course and it will be downloaded to your computer in PDF format. PDFs work on Apple Mac, Windows PC, iPad, iPhone, Android and other platforms. After reviewing the course, take the online quiz and a certificate of completion will be automatically generated for INSTANT credit. You may re-take the quiz as often as is needed and there is no time limit.
Continuing Education Credits
2 NCCAOM Diplomate PDAs (2 ethics category)
Fulfills the special NCCAOM Ethics PDA category requirement, Provider #602.
2 California Acupuncture Board CEUs (category 1)
2 Texas CAEs (2 ethics and safety)
2 CTCMA British Columbia acupuncture CEs
2 BCNA & CNPBC (British Columbia Naturopathic Assoc.) credits
2 CAAA Alberta CEUs
2 CTCMPAO (Ontario, Canada) continuing education credits
2 OAQ CEUs (Board of Acupuncturists of Quebec)
2 NZASA Ethics CPDs, Category 1 (New Zealand Acupuncture Standards Authority)
2 Acupuncture NZ (NZRA) New Zealand CEUs
2 NS-CMAAC Nova Scotia acupuncture CEUs
2 CMBA CPDs/CEUs (Chinese Medicine Board of Australia)
2 IVAS CEs (International Veterinary Acupuncture Society)
2 California Board of Registered Nursing contact hours
Florida does not allow courses with billing content, no Florida CEs available
(Massachusetts: applicable towards the acupuncture & herbs requirements)
Great review of topics..
Good course
good review
Nice
Great! Succinct and clear information.
This course was very comprehensive, easy to read and understand. It helped me refresh on ethical issues that can come us with patient care, how to handle payment, and insurance issues.
Good succinct course I am licensed NCCAOM and New Mexico. I am renewing NCCAOM this year, thank you
Fantastic!
Great
Clear and to the point.
Good
Pretty straight forward.
good
It's great
Great course
Clear and concise review.
Good course.
Thorough and appropriate.
Easy to understand, informative, and concise.
Relevant review of important information. Thank you!
informative and concise
nicely done
It was a good review for me.
Great!
Good Course. Clear and Concise.
Always helpful info/review to have
Relevent course
Good, efficient, well organized.
Focused on practitioners who use insurance. Course not appropriate for those use do not use insurance reimbursement
Easy to take and learn it
great info at a great price
A nice course on ethics
Great!
Nice course. Addresses many concerns
It was informative and helpful.
A good and clear information
very good
Nice
good
Always a good refresher when it comes to Ethics
easy and to the point
Great!
very good and useful
Fulfills NCCAOM requirements.
Straightforward and useful information that provides good use of the definitions of providers’ ethical and legal obligations
Was great to do this from my home.
Easy and clear and organized
it gets the job done
It is ok. This subject matter is not that exciting or interesting, but it is necessary for my profession.
Great class Thank you
great!
Good
Very detailed and easy to follow. Engaging and interesting.
This was an excellent well written and essential course.
It was great.
got to do it
met my needs
Straight forward ethics course.
Great refresher course
great inform
Clear and concise. Very helpful course!
Great Course! Good review of HIPPA and useful information.
Informative class.
it is very helpful.
Great review of concepts
Great course to learn and review all the laws and regulations for better protection.
very professional and educational
It was simple but informative
this course is very useful.
Good
Very useful to know about the relationship of patient and practitioner.
good
good for recert
Ease of use and time. Contains necessary information for practicing providers.
good overview
good
Good review
great
It is a good course.
Good refresher especially the insurance information.
detailed course
This was a good reminder of information I already knew and also had new information or advice that directly pertain to day-to-day concerns.
A good review
Professionally made! Thank you!
Informative, quick, and easy!
good basic information. also web design is easy and clear.
Great course!
written materials are well written and current reference info
Helpful! Information is presented usefully, tests are convenient.
Informative
GOOD
Excellent Course
I think it was easy to read. I liked how a question was written, then the answer was provided.
Great for CEU's!
quick and easy
good
great
Excellent course that covered all areas of ethics.
This was interesting and covered some basic information.
Very useful and a good review of ethics
Very informative and helpful course!
Applicable information that is affordable & accessible!
concise
simple, quick, straightfoward
relevant information and makes clear sense of your obligations
Accessible, affordable & educational!
well written and easy to follow
simple, straightforward
A thorough course on ethics
Well put together
Helpful information.
informative, and realistic.
Concise and to the point!
Good review
Excellent course succinct and relevant
informative
It was concise and informative.
Informative and to the point, reinforced understanding, and found helpful.
Good review!
Basic information on Ethics
Helpful It is good reminder
Helpful
great
Clear and concise content!
Good review
Great info! Straight forward.
Nice course
concise
Great ethics class, simply put!
good
Well stated information, also well presented.
Easy to understand. Great reminder of information.
An important course to take
It was clear and easy to understand
Good and convenient
Easy to follow and well organized
good basic overview
i learned a lot , helpful!
Good review
This is a basic ethics course.
useful!
Simple and concise.
good
It's is simply clear and logical.
Great introductory course and foundation of ethics and the health insurance world. Great read on terminology as well.
Great
Clear and concise.
dense with important information
Interesting
good basic review
Nice overview of some ethical guidelines around insurance and communication.
Excellent. Concise, clear and informative. Thank you.
this course is useful
helpful and to the point
This course is awesome.
Great course!
I have learned a lot of ethics issues while running the business for my clinic. Also I found the way to resolve or avoid any argument with the patients for their payment.
Great and to the point
Good
good
Great
Was good
informative
It was simple and easy to navigate.
Good basic info
great
concise and thorough.
Great review.
Good information
Fairly straight forward and understandable.
It is very informative course.
Excellent overview of the material. No unnecessary material.
A great course!
very good
Great, thank you!
Good
Good ethics course - covers up-to-date information.
Pleasant.
This course helped to identify and clarify issues we have in practice.
Good
This course concisely covers key points of ethics for acupuncture practice.
Clearly presented, thorough, good information.
good information.
Just fine.
Accesible and informative. Good review!
It is relevant and thorough
Great course - very informative
good refresher
Excellent course
awesome course!
good course
Good
Easily digestible information and to the point.
geared specifically for acupuncture
Is a very well put together course, very clear simple but straight to the main points to learn or review professional standars of practice .
would recommend
good course
Easy to use/manage courses and software.
Great!
good
great class
Nice, concise and easy to read
User friendly, strait and to the point!
Quick, easy, informative
good.
straightforward, great!
very well written and direct
comprehensive and clear
A concise ethics course
Good coverage...
good
Very concise, yet comprehensive. Covers all important areas of an ethical practice.
Quick and simple review
good reminder
Good
Great summary of ethics for acupuncturists.
Excellent review ethic code and good strategies of coping with medical insurance
good contents
Good basic overview.
Very clear and a good review.
I would prefer a video course and this is specific to US
relevant content
well done and thorough.
Easy to understand. Concise material. Meets it's objectives.
Straightforward and valuable information
It is straight forward and concise.
Good
Pertinent material
good for virtual CEU
good
Nice & concise.
Informative
very excellent and informative
great course!
Good course
Interesting topic
Good class.
clear and concise
well put together, informative and easy to understand
Informative and straight to the point. Great class to complete requirements for NCCAOM
Fulfills the requirements for CEUs
Straight and to the point
Excellent course!
Great!
Comprehensive
Excellent
It’s just what I needed!
There are lots of useful information.
great
good information about conduct with patients and working with insurance
Great!
This course was a lifesaver! I completely forgot I needed these units for recertification and this course was fast and easy.
Thorough and to the point
practically needed information.
Good.
Good
Beneficial
Good
Good
very good info
good review
Clear information
Very good!
Good
good
Worth it
Great!
A lovely course, and it was easy to remember and use the information. Another great CEU class from these amazing folks and they are such an asset to our field.
Informative, concise and well presented.
Clear and concise material.
good info
Really liked this course !
Very clear and straightforward.
Quality and concise information.
EXCELLENT
nice!
Clear and concise! Great!
Great course!
Great course
Good course! Very clear and concise
Good
Fair
good
Very straightforward and direct. Useful information
it is prepared in professional way and easy to understand
Good
Good refresher
very good materials and easy access
its brief and helpful
Very good, actually excellent
Good course
great
It's clear and easy to understand.
Good course
This was a succinct and helpful course to satisfy my Ethics CEU requirements
Great
Short, sweet, and surprisingly usefu!l
Great review
it was adequate
quick and to the point
ok
GOOD
Clear, concise, straightforward beginning course on ethics for the acupuncturist.
It is a basic course and does offer some basic helpful information
Great course
Helpful information.
it was ok
Great refresher course.
straightforward
Decent overview.
This course is awesome and efficient!
good
Succinct, concise, very good!
Clear, straight forward and easy to use. Liked it a lot.
Informative
Informative course.
This course is concise well structured and covers the points well
It was concise and made sense.
Good class. Relevant information, clearly presented.
Clear explantion
very good
Clear and concise information.
Very helpful
Consise and easy to follow!
Excellent information and well-organized
I found this course to be very informative and straight to the point.
Was clear and concise. Although I am 25+ years as LAc, learned new information relevant to my practice
Great!
This course was easy to access and provided good review of ethics.
Thank you. To the exact point and informative!
Enjoyable.
RESOURCEFUL
Course contains clearly stated pertinent information. I would recommend it.
good and concise
Important basic ethical and legal information. There is also some insurance billing help, though likely not enough on its own
Practically, procedures/steps made simple, easy and clear
excellent informative
Good concise review of pertinent ethical and legal considerations of practice
Simple, quick, and a great refresher!
Very thorough, concise and appropriate content
Insightful useful information, well organized
Outstanding
Very relevant information for Ethics in Insurance billing settings
Very good course!
Good basic outline of ethical issues in insurance and HIPAA.
quick and easy
All around good course. I do not accept insurance, so not all relevent to me, but still good information.
This was a good course, I recommend it to satisfy the NCCAOM ethics requirement
It was short and to the point.
Good
Solid guidance!
Concise coverage of important information
Liked it. Very straightforward and informative.
This is a good course to train for insurance protocols and the ethics of insurance protocols.
good summary, nice to have printable material
Was good.
easy to follow
Straightforward course. Good review of ethics.
Wonderful
Nice overview of ethics, insurance billing, HIPAA, and conduct. Easy to follow
PERTINENT, WELL PRESENTED
Good review. The course had some information I was unfamiliar.
precise and to the point.
very good
clear, concise
good brush up
This course is a great reminder of ethical and legal obligations while you are practicing!
great
good refresher
good
Clear and concise.
Nice...good reminder
A good course, heavily weighted towards insurance participation.
Good Refresher!
So great
Course was clear
Nice overview
Quick and concise...
A+
Nice informative course. Easy to read and grasp.
Easy way to review the ethical guidelines that govern acupuncturists and attain PDAs
Very helpful and informative
very good
I think it was straight forward and well set out.
Helpful overview of interfacing with insurance companies
Good, concise information
Good course
This is good course
good
great!!
very helpful
Good review
Pretty convenient
Good information
Great easy to follow course.
Good Overview!
Quick & easy.
Very useful course
Basic but nice overview.
Great. Very convenient also
Very informative and applicable
Good review
Great course. Well written.
Good basic course
Good
Ethics in Acupuncture is a good basic course. Simple to understand and clear in its purpose
Clear and concise, informative and straight-forward.
Efficient
It was not difficult to complete.
Very well thought out.
Learned a lot!
Good
Good
great
pretty good
this was an informative course.
Pleasant
good
Very informative
good course
good
Clear and concise review of ethics, regulations, and policies. Good source of recommendations for common problems that occur in billing and accounts receivable. Great material to save for future reference.
good
Excellent course about ethic in Acupuncture
Interesting
great
very good!
Great
thorough
good course
very good about the questions and service
Clear presentation, course covers everyday communications between patients and practitioners.
useful in how to handle insurance verification and hardships
great information
good
Short and concise course to meet NCCAOM Ethics requirement.
great!
I think this course does its job of providing 2 units of Ethics requirements.
Very to the point and easy to understand
good information
Good review of ethics and thorough knowledge for practices accepting insurance.
Course was a great review on simple things we should know as practitioners.
This course is an excellent guide for ethics. Very easy to understand and relate!
It covered many areas while being concise.
Good survery
Easy and informative!
Informative.
Excellent course.
good
nice
Very Good Course
Convenient for ethics CEU requirements.
good
Great
Great information for business in general.
Good course, easy to read, easy to take.
convenient
Great information and refresher course.
Clear, concise, and a good review.
Quick and easy
Excellent course, always great to return to the basics of our code of conduct and practice acts.
good review
Great course with lot of clear information but comprehensive
Great
Straightforward and informative
very good
very good
Clear and concise
Well laid out and excellent information.
good
Very good
Good
Good
Good course. Covers required subject matter.
Excellent and concise information.
refreshingly comprehensive
covers the base
Very good course
Very informative, presented in a very clear and concise format.
Excellent coverage of ethics in acupuncture. Thank you!!
Great
good
Good reminder of the ethics basics.
great
This course outlines the basics of running a clinic and the requirements that are needed.
Great
Very succinct course with valuable information. Well worth the time and energy.
Quick and to the point.
basic and straightforward.
I learned something new about medical ethics. It worked out well.
good
Valuable learning, especially around insurance!
very good
Convenient and informative!
good overview and refresher course
Clear reading materials
great
met my ethics requirements!
It provides very good informations.
excellent and helpful information for my ethical and legal practice. Thanks
Short but to the point
very informative and up-to-date information that is vital to both patient and practitioner.
Easy and efficient way to brush up on ethics and earn CEU’s
It was good
reminded me of the importance of respect for office details