113 expert-written modules across 7 tracks and 12 ancillary courses — built for HR leaders, CFOs, and benefits consultants who want to take control of their health plan.
Employer Learning
Practical, decision-focused education for HR leaders, CFOs, and employer benefits teams. Learn how to evaluate plan options, ask stronger questions, and take the next right step for your organization.
Advisor Learning
Client-ready education and shareable resources for independent benefits advisors, brokers, and consultants. Use the tools, frameworks, and explainers to support better employer conversations.
Start with your role
Choose the perspective you bring to benefits decisions. We’ll point you to a focused learning path before you explore the full Academy.
Build financial fluency for better benefits decisions.
Estimated completion: 3.5 hours
Strengthen plan oversight, employee communication, and compliance readiness.
Estimated completion: 3 hours
Develop practical expertise across plan operations and vendor management.
Estimated completion: 4 hours
Focus on the decisions that shape cost, risk, and workforce value.
Estimated completion: 2.5 hours
Expand your advisory toolkit with employer-ready strategy and analysis.
Estimated completion: 4.5 hours
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Step 1 — the essential foundation before advancing to level-funded and self-funded plans
Master every dimension of small group fully insured plans — ACA rating rules, carrier markets, network types, underwriting, compliance, renewals, and strategy. Built for HR leaders, brokers, and benefits consultants.
What you'll master
Step 2 — the natural bridge between fully insured and self-funded; a complete interactive course with tools, quizzes, and a certificate
Master every dimension of level-funded plans — from financial anatomy and stop-loss mechanics to underwriting, compliance, renewals, and proposal evaluation. Built for HR leaders, CFOs, and benefits consultants.
What you'll master
Step 3 — the capstone course and a comprehensive employer-focused self-funding curriculum
Master every dimension of self-funded health plans — stop-loss mechanics, TPA selection, PBM contracts, ERISA compliance, cost containment, captives, and long-term financial strategy. A comprehensive employer-focused self-funding curriculum.
What you'll master
Core concepts for benefits advisors — 15 modules, 50-question final exam, certificate of completion
Build a rock-solid foundation in employer-sponsored health benefits — plan types, funding models, ERISA compliance, pharmacy benefits, stop-loss insurance, and the employer-led healthcare reform movement.
What you'll master
Master every major cost management lever — from self-funding to PBM reform and advanced analytics
Master every major cost management lever — self-funding, PBM reform, Direct Primary Care, Centers of Excellence, population health analytics, and advanced strategies.
What you'll master
Decode drug pricing, audit PBM contracts, and build a differentiated pharmacy advisory practice
Decode the drug pricing system, audit PBM contracts, implement biosimilar adoption, and build a differentiated PBM advisory practice.
What you'll master
Master ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, MHPAEA, and every major federal compliance obligation
Master ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, MHPAEA, the No Surprises Act, and every major federal compliance obligation for employer health plans.
What you'll master
Master HDHP+HSA, VBID, Direct Primary Care, and advanced plan design strategies
Master HDHP+HSA, Value-Based Insurance Design, Direct Primary Care, Centers of Excellence, behavioral economics, and advanced plan design strategies.
What you'll master
Master population health, mental health programs, and wellbeing ROI measurement
Master population health management, mental health programs, obesity management, sleep health, workplace safety, and wellbeing ROI measurement.
What you'll master
Master direct contracting, group captives, AI analytics, and cutting-edge employer strategies
Master direct contracting, group captives, AI analytics, international drug sourcing, pharmacogenomics, employer coalitions, and gene therapy risk management.
What you'll master
Life, disability, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, GAP, and lifestyle spending accounts
Core Benefits
7 lessons · 1.0 certificate hours · ~0.9h
Start Course11 lessons · 1.5 certificate hours · ~1.2h
Start Course8 lessons · 1.0 certificate hours · ~0.9h
Start CourseVoluntary Benefits
7 lessons · 1.0 certificate hours · ~0.8h
Start Course6 lessons · 1.0 certificate hours · ~0.7h
Start Course7 lessons · 1.0 certificate hours · ~0.8h
Start CourseWorkforce Benefits
7 lessons · 1.0 certificate hours · ~0.8h
Start CourseComplete all 8 topic courses to unlock · 1.0 certificate hours
Start Capstone18 modules · 9.0 certificate hours · ~9h · PBM reform, fiduciary duties, MHPAEA, enforcement
Start CourseScore your current plan across 12 performance domains and get a personalized action plan — no obligation.
Certificate hours are EBIQ educational certificate hours awarded upon course completion. They represent estimated instructional time and are issued as a certificate of completion. EBIQ certificate hours are not approved insurance continuing education (CE) credits unless specifically stated for a given course. Consult your state's CE requirements for approved credit sources.
