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)
Valid for California Acupuncture Board Law and Ethics CEUs
2 Texas CAEs (2 ethics and safety)
2 CCHPBC 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 courses
Good, clear information with pertinent questions.
Great
helpful
straightforward, mostly a review
Standard and by the book.
Quick and easy. Good refresher.
This course is useful one for me, an Acupuncturist.
This was a straightforward course on basics relating to general privacy and clinical ethical issues.
Fantastic!
Good review
Quick, easy and informative
Good information about Ethics.
Informative and simple
Thorough and easy to follow. Reasonably priced!
The course is very good. Help me.
clear and simple to learn
Simple and clear
Good review
Important to stay up to date with regulations
informative
Covered all of the material in a quick and straight forward manner.
Great overview or Ethics
Good course. Clear and concise.
Nice reminder
concise information in easy to use format
Good
I was able to review the ethics of being an acupuncturist once again with well-prepared materials.
It was educational and informative.
Great review of ethics
Great course always from HealthCMI. Enjoyed the review.
Very accurate and applies to our profession.
This was a good review.
It was great!
very informative, thank you
I like this program, It sends my certificates directly to NCCAOM.
good
very clear
Great review
easy to understand and straight forward.
informative
Fantastic Course!!!
This course provided useful information for real-world acupuncture clinical practice.
concise review of the foundations and scope of ethics in current Acupuncture
Clear and concise
Well explained and straightforward.
Straight forward & to the point.
practical
Very helpful and workable
Good class of Ethics/Safety
Important information to review!
great information
Good class.
The CMI courses have all been good so far
Quick and groovy!
nice review
It was great!
Important
Great review!
Good design, make a sense
Straightforward
Review of ethics fundamentals on payment, HIPAA, insurance reimbursement and sexual contact
Very Good. Concise and straightforward covering all topics.
excellent
Quick and efficient
Educational
great info.
Good Review
A concise overview of the fundamental ethics expected of practitioners in the field of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicines.
Good information
Very straight forward and easy to follow
the course described patient referral sign and issue of Billing clearly . I learn more in this course
Good basic Acupuncture ethics,
useful information
good
GOOD
They have given useful information.
Clearly presented info regarding Ethics
Concise and relevant content
Simple and logical covering of basic ethical points for an acupuncture practice.
good
Great!
Ok
Informative and thorough
This basic course is more directed towards US practitioners and billing codes etc. I had thought it was a video learning, but it's entirely reading a document.
general ethics review
Great
Basic course on ethics.
basic foundation for ethics
Clear and concise information. Highly recommend.
good
Good information
Very applicable and essential
Basic, solid info every acu should know.
Excellent course. Thank you.
A good course and review of ethics, especially with regards to insurance companies.
Good information
Excellent, clear details on what ethics is and how it applies to critical moral guidelines and practical issues for running a practice and interacting with patients
Great!
This course is very convenient and I learned about Ethics
This course was an excellent review of Ethics for our profession
It is a good review of ethics issues.
Great course with clear concise information. Easy to get ethics credit.
excellent
useful, informative
Well constructed, easy to understand
Quick and concise
good
Good course
Good class.
Great Course!
Quick and useful review
Clear and concise!
Very clear, and to the point
Basic and easy to understand
Covers the information clearly and quickly.
great! cover all the information
Good
Short and sweet.
The insurance call prompts were informative and helpful.
Easy to use. Informational
Succinct
Good reminders
Excellent
good
great overview
Covered exactly what I needed. Happy to access it easily at any time.
Great Course and easy to use site.
great course
informative
Very informative
good class
Great review of topics..
Good course
good review
Nice
Great! Succinct and clear information.
Good Review of informaion
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
A+
Nice informative course. Easy to read and grasp.