Continuing Education

As the premier provider of continuing education for the health law profession, AHLA is uniquely positioned to provide you with all the Continuing Legal Education (CLE), Compliance Certification Board (CCB), and Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits you need through our events, trainings, and educational offerings. Please see below for more information on the different ways AHLA offers continuing education credits.

Types of Credit

CLE: Credit hours are determined by dividing the running time of instructional programs by either 60 or 50 minutes. For example, a 60-minute program may earn 1.0 hours of CLE credit in a state that bases its credit on a 60-minute credit hour, and 1.2 hours in a state that bases its credit on a 50-minute credit hour. The AHLA Education Team works with ABA CLE to apply for CLE credits in most state jurisdictions.

CCB: Compliance credits are calculated based on a 50-minute hour. Compliance professionals are required to self-report their credits to HCCA using the certificate and course approval code provided by AHLA.

CPE: Professional/Accounting credits are calculated based on a 50-minute hour. AHLA is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37219-2417, www.nasba.org. Participants wishing to obtain CPE credits for their attendance must sign in and out of each session they attend when programs are in-person, as well as completing and submitting a Continuing Education Request Form to comply with the NASBA certification procedures.

Ways to Obtain Continuing Education Credits

Live In-Person Conferences

AHLA holds 10 live in-person conferences each year. For each conference, we will apply for three types of credit: CLE, CCB, and CPE. To meet an attendee's level of expertise, sessions are offered at various levels (introductory, intermediate, or advanced) tailored to their professional development. Apart from the Fundamentals of Health Law conference (a basic conference), all of our in-person conferences are considered as updates on the topic area being addressed. While there are no pre-requisites or advanced preparations required to attend in-person conferences, those seeking credits should be familiar with the basic concepts of law associated with the topic of the conference to obtain the full educational benefit. The majority of our live in-person conferences offer sessions qualifying for Legal Ethics/Professionalism credits to help attendees fulfill their state's requirements. For more information concerning how many credits a specific program offers, please visit the individual conference's website.

AHLA must track attendance for those desiring credits. Attendees will be provided a bar code on their name badge. Use it to scan in to each of the sessions attended. Following the conference, those needing CLE credits will receive an email from [email protected]. Watch for this email within 7-10 business days. If you do not receive it, please check your spam or junk folders, as these emails often end up there. Please note you will fill out one affidavit for the full event. Once you complete the affidavit, you can download your certificate(s) of attendance, which will be emailed to you as well from [email protected]. For those needing CPE or CCB credits, we will calculate the minutes attended from the data scanned at the conference. You will receive an email from AHLA when your CPE or CCB credits are ready.

Live Virtual Programs

AHLA will occasionally hold a program virtually. See a list of our upcoming live virtual programs. To track credits during a live virtual event, participants must note the attendance verification code for each session that will randomly appear on the screen during the presentation. These codes are then noted on the Continuing Education Request Form submitted online. Attendees must input the correct code and number of minutes to be awarded credit.

Following the conference, those needing CLE credits, you will receive an email from [email protected]. Watch for this email within 7-10 business days. If you do not receive it, please check your spam or junk folders, as these emails often end up there. Please note you will fill out one affidavit for the full event. Once you complete the affidavit, you can download your certificate(s) of attendance, which will be emailed to you as well from [email protected]. For those needing CPE or CCB credits, we will calculate the minutes attended from the online Request form you submit. You will receive an email from AHLA when your CPE or CCB credits are ready.

Live Webinars

AHLA offers numerous live webinars throughout the year. All of our live webinars are eligible for CLE and CPE credits. There are some webinars that are also eligible for CCB credits. We will apply in advance for CCB credits for webinars that cover the area of compliance. Check the webinar website to see if it is approved for compliance credits. For more information, see our list of all upcoming live webinars.

To earn credits during a live webinar, attendees must be logged into the webinar for at least 75 minutes (of a 90-minute webinar) or 60 minutes (of a 60-minute webinar). Once the webinar is complete, click on the Evaluation tab. Once the evaluation is completed, click and complete the Attendance tab by entering the verification code from the live webinar. You will receive an email from [email protected]. Watch for this email within 7-10 business days. If you do not receive it, please check your spam or junk folders, as these emails often end up there. Please note you will fill out one affidavit for the full event. Once you complete the affidavit, you can download your certificate(s) of attendance, which will be emailed to you as well from [email protected].

For those needing CPE or CCB credits, your certificates can be accessed by clicking on the CEU tab.

On-Demand Education

AHLA offers several ways to obtain credits through self-study. Self-study includes ePrograms, which are on-demand versions of our in-person and virtual conferences, on-demand webinars, and 101 online courses. Many states will designate a certain number of credits each year that may be obtained through self-study. Please visit your state bar website for the number credits allowed. For a list of our self-study offerings, see a list of our ePrograms, on-demand webinars, or 101 courses.

Obtaining a Certificate of Completion

For conferences, webinars, or on-demand education that took place PRIOR TO May 18, 2024:

State and Bar license information is necessary to generate certificates of completion. This information is located in your “My AHLA” account. Your license information must be updated prior to the start of an event. If you update your license information, please be sure to log out and log back into your AHLA account prior to claiming credit.

To obtain a Certificate of Completion for a live in-person program, regardless of license type (e.g. CLE, CPE, CCB), simply do the following:

Log into our Education Center. Please note: You do not need to be a member to log into our website and access your certificates.
Under Course Overview, you’ll see the Program Name. Click into the course.
You will see the Program Information. Click ‘Next >’.
You should see your CEU Certificates. The certificates are based on the license information we have for you in your AHLA profile.

For conferences, webinars, or on-demand education that took place AFTER May 18, 2024:

AHLA has developed a new process for accreditation. After you complete a program, you will receive a personalized CLE affidavit from the email address [email protected]. Keep an eye out for this email after you complete the program. Please check your spam or junk folders as these emails sometimes end up there. You will need to complete one affidavit for the entire event. After completing the affidavit, you will be able to download your certificate(s) of attendance, which will also be emailed to you from [email protected].

Those needing CPE or CCB credit may follow the steps above under "PRIOR TO May 18, 2024" to retrieve your certificate in the Education Center. (Note that CPE credit may only be earned from attending live conferences; it is not available for webinars or on-demand education.)

Obtaining Speaker/Instructor Credits

For conferences or webinars PRIOR TO May 18, 2024:

Faculty interested in earning Speaker/Faculty credit must complete this form in its entirety (any submissions that are missing information will not receive credit). Certificates will be e-mailed from our Continuing Education Team. Please save these document(s) when you receive them for your records. Please Note: Faculty Certificates will not be available in your AHLA speaker portal and/or the Education Center, and the amount of credit hours faculty can earn varies based on licensure type and governing bodies.

For conferences or webinars AFTER May 18, 2024:

Faculty interested in earning Speaker/Faculty credit must select “Faculty” from the Attendee menu and complete the additional fields on the CLE affidavit from [email protected]. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Continuing Education Team at [email protected].

If you are unclear how speaker credits are issued and reported, please refer to our Faculty Credit Information Guide for more help.

Credit Reporting

AHLA is required by some states to report CLE credit hours. Following an event, ABA CLE will report the attendee's hours on our behalf, along with any specialty credits obtained. In some states, participants can self-report their hours with the Certificate of Completion generated after an event. If you are unclear on how credits are reported for your state, refer to our  Continuing Education Credit Reporting Information.

CCB and CPE credits are self-reported. AHLA will provide a Certificate of Completion along with any approval codes required.

Questions

For any questions regarding AHLA's Continuing Education, please email [email protected]