Wann wird eine Akupunktmassage-Ausbildung von den Krankenkassen anerkannt?
When is acupuncture massage training recognized by health insurance companies?
In principle, you only need health insurance recognition if you intend to set up a professional practice in the field of complementary medicine. This is not important for anyone who only wants to practise acupuncture massage in their free time. In order for you to be able to bill your sessions professionally via the supplementary health insurance schemes, it is necessary that your training has been carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the Empirical Medicine Register (EMR) or the Swiss Foundation for Complementary Medicine (ASCA) and that you are registered there. These associations stipulate a minimum number of hours for the individual methods as well as some of the content. However, in order to register with the EMR, for example, you must also have completed at least 150 hours of basic training in conventional medicine and at least 250 hours of therapy sessions after completing your training. Further information can be obtained directly from the EMR or ASCA, as well as from the relevant acupuncture massage schools and health insurance companies.
