Institute for Professional Care Education

What Institute for Professional Care Education does

Relias LLC, doing business as Relias Academy, is a U.S. healthcare continuing education platform headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, founded in 2003 and operating with 51-100 employees. The company delivers a web-based learning management system offering 2,500+ accredited online courses across acute care, post-acute care, intellectual and developmental disability services, behavioral health, health and human services, non-licensed direct care, and public safety sectors. Its content is accepted by eight major national accreditation bodies (ANCC, AOTA, NAB, CCMC, NBCC, ASHA, ACE, and NAADAC), covering nurses, physical and occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, social workers, counselors, behavior analysts (BCBAs/RBTs), case managers, addiction professionals, medical coders, and Texas HCSSA administrators, plus adjacent roles in corrections and law enforcement. Core products include the Academy All Access subscription at $249/year (1,500+ courses), pay-per-course individual purchases, curated professional packages (ABA, RBT, TX HCSSA), the CMAC certification program, and medical coding courses; free physician courses are distributed via a partnership with FreeCE as a top-of-funnel acquisition channel.

Revenue is generated through three streams: recurring subscription (Academy All Access), one-time individual course purchases, and bundled package sales. Distribution is exclusively direct-to-consumer through the reliasacademy.com e-commerce storefront on a self-serve, product-led model. Customer segments are predominantly individual licensed practitioners and small healthcare organizations pursuing state-mandated CE for license renewal, segmented horizontally across disciplines rather than vertically by enterprise account. Leadership consists of co-founders Roger Jorgensen and Sharon Brothers (CEO). The company is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, parent company, or institutional investors.

Name

Institute for Professional Care Education

Legal name

Relias LLC

Website

https://ipced.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Relias Academy (Relias LLC) is a U.S. online continuing education platform serving licensed healthcare professionals with 2,500+ accredited courses, sold via $249/year subscription or per-course purchase across nursing, therapy, behavioral health, and public safety disciplines.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Continuing Education

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC), Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD)

Keywords

• Healthcare continuing education
• Online learning platform
• Accredited CE courses
• Nursing CE credits
• Professional development courses

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Academy All Access Subscription: Subscription-based model offering unlimited access to 2,500+ courses for a monthly or annual fee. The subscription model provides recurring revenue and encourages ongoing platform engagement.
2. Individual Course Sales: One-time purchase of individual courses for professionals who need specific continuing education credits. Appeals to users with limited or sporadic training needs.
3. Course Packages: Bundled course packages (e.g., ABA Packages, RBT Packages, TX HCSSA Packages) targeting specific professional certifications or state requirements, sold as curated bundles.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Institute for Professional Care Education (dba Relias Academy) operates a subscription-based online learning platform that delivers accredited continuing education (CE) courses to individual healthcare professionals. The catalog spans 2,500+ courses across nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, social work, speech-language pathology, behavior analysis, Texas HCSSA administration, medical coding, and healthcare administration, with certificates accepted by multiple national licensing boards. Customers access content either via an annual Academy All Access pass ($249) covering 1,500+ courses or through individual course purchases and curated professional packages.

Product overview

Relias Academy is a comprehensive online continuing education platform offering a subscription-based model with multiple course categories. The core product is Academy All Access, which provides access to over 1,500+ online CE courses for a monthly subscription fee. The platform offers specialized course tracks including Applied Behavior Analysis, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Social Work & Behavioral Health, Speech-Language Pathology, and Texas HCSSA administrator training. Additional offerings include the CMAC Certification program and Medical Coding Courses. The platform serves healthcare professionals across acute care, post-acute care, intellectual and developmental disability services, health and human services, non-licensed direct care, and public safety sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Academy All Access Annual subscription offering unlimited access to 1,500+ online accredited continuing education courses for healthcare professionals across multiple disciplines, available 24/7 for a single annual fee of $249.
• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Courses Online continuing education courses and packages for Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) and Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs), including ABA Packages and RBT Packages covering supervision training and competency assessments.
• Nurses Online Courses Online continuing education courses offering ANCC-accredited contact hours for nursing professionals including Registered Nurses (RN), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN).
• Physical Therapist Courses Online continuing competency courses for Physical Therapists (PTs) and Physical Therapist Assistants (PTAs) covering state CE requirements and APTA certification maintenance.
• Occupational Therapist Courses Online continuing education courses for Occupational Therapists (OTs) and Occupational Therapy Assistants (OTAs), accepted for AOTA certification requirements and state license renewal.
• Social Work & Behavioral Health Courses Online continuing education courses for licensed social workers, professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, and behavioral health specialists, accepted for state licensing board requirements.
• Speech-Language Pathologist Courses Online continuing education for Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) and Audiologists, recognized for ASHA certification maintenance and state licensing requirements.
• Texas HCSSA Courses Training packages for Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) requirements including administrator pre-requisite, initial, and annual training for HCSSA administrators, sold as TX HCSSA Packages.
• CMAC Certification Industry-recognized certification program demonstrating proficiency in RAI (Resident Assessment Instrument) assessment tools and care planning for healthcare administrators and nursing home managers.
• Medical Coding Courses Online medical coding courses for Certified Professional Coders and related healthcare billing professionals.
• Administrator Professional Courses Courses and continuing education for administrator professionals working in healthcare settings, including nursing home and assisted living administrator CE.
• Free Physician Courses Complimentary continuing education courses for physicians offered through FreeCE, serving as a freemium entry point to the Relias Academy platform.

Named customers4 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Relias: Relias is the broader healthcare workforce solutions platform that shares the Relias LLC legal entity and brand with IPCed. It offers enterprise-scale training, compliance, and analytics for healthcare organizations, providing a much wider portfolio than IPCed's consumer CE marketplace and serving as both a brand umbrella and a potential enterprise channel.

Direct peers

• PESI: PESI provides continuing education for behavioral health, counseling, social work, and healthcare professionals via live, online, and self-study formats. It directly overlaps with IPCed's behavioral health, social work, and counseling CE categories and competes for the same licensed practitioner audience.
• NetCE: NetCE provides accredited online CE courses for healthcare professionals across nursing, behavioral health, and allied health disciplines. It mirrors IPCed's online self-serve delivery model, accredited course catalog, and per-course or subscription pricing approach for individual licensees.
• FreeCE: FreeCE offers free and low-cost accredited continuing education for pharmacists, nurses, and allied health professionals. It is referenced in IPCed's own data as a 'Free Physician Courses with FreeCE' partner, and competes on price-led, accredited CE delivery to overlapping professional segments.
• Western Schools: Western Schools offers accredited online continuing education for nurses and allied health professionals with a long-established catalog and self-study model. It targets the same license-renewal-driven demand as IPCed and is frequently cited alongside NetCE and CE Direct as a primary CE marketplace alternative.
• Wild Iris Medical Education: Wild Iris Medical Education offers accredited online CE for nurses and allied health professionals, with a course library and self-serve purchasing comparable to IPCed. It competes directly for the same nursing, PT, and OT license-renewal audience with similarly accredited content.
• Elite Healthcare: Elite Healthcare provides online continuing education for nurses and healthcare professionals with accreditation across multiple state boards. Its online, self-paced course model and CE-focused catalog position it as a direct competitor to IPCed's consumer CE platform.
• CE Direct: CE Direct is a direct competitor offering accredited online continuing education for nurses, therapists, and allied health professionals with subscription and individual course models. It overlaps closely with IPCed's target customer base and product structure, competing on catalog breadth and multi-board accreditations.

Emerging players

• CEU Academy: CEU Academy is a smaller online continuing education platform offering courses for behavioral health and allied health professionals. It is an emerging peer with narrower catalog depth but overlapping professional segments (counseling, social work) where IPCed also offers accredited content.
• CMEList: CMEList aggregates accredited continuing medical education activities and is a useful comparator for IPCed's free physician CE category. It represents a different distribution model (aggregation versus direct content) but serves overlapping physicians and clinician audiences searching for state-compliant credits.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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