Should you accept insurance?

Whether you are new to practice or have been in practice for quite a while, there is usually one question that pops up: should I accept insurance? It seems like more and more insurance plans are now paying for acupuncture. But, do they pay fairly? Is it worth the time, effort, and change, if you have them, to current procedures? In other words, what are the pros and cons to accepting insurance? This course is a quick, hopefully objective, overview of these pros and cons. And ultimately, it should give you some idea how to answer the “should I accept insurance?” question for yourself…

This course is part of an ongoing series of classes in our Mastering Business for Acupuncturists series which looks at business, practice, and marketing with an emphasis on helping acupuncturists become as successful as possible. When one of is more successful, we are all more successful and our profession benefits…

This course will be presented as a live webinar on Sunday, February 1 and September 6, 2026 from 1 to 2pm pst/pdt.

Hosted By

The course will be hosted on Net of Knowledge. You will be given access to the event on Net of Knowledge before the start date. Once your event access has been added you will receive an email letting you know. When you register here, we will pass on your name, email address and country to Net of Knowledge in order to register you for the event.

Course Goals

A participant in this course will be able to:

1. Understand some of the basics of insurance billing
2. Determine the positives of accepting insurance
3. Determine the negatives of accepting insurance

This is California Acupuncture Board (CAB) Category 2 live education course. For NCCAOM, this course is a Coursework in Professional Enhancement (CW-PE) PDA. This course is pending approval by the California Acupuncture Board and NCCAOM for 1 hour of continuing education and PDAs. For further information, please contact Integrative Medicine Council, CAB CEU Provider #1349, NCCAOM PDA Provider #166669, at DrGreg@integrativemedicinecouncil.org or (619) 881-0029.

Refund Policy: A refund request can be made up to seven days before the scheduled webinar and a full refund will be offered. Within a week of the seminar, cancellations will refund half the cost of the webinar.

Picture Attribution

Photo by Marek Studzinski on Unsplash