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The Certification in Healthcare Revenue Integrity
Product Code:
NACHRI
The CHRI credential is designed to recognize revenue integrity professionals who have mastered essential competencies, including compliance, revenue management, internal reporting strategies, and regulatory knowledge. Whether you're an experienced professional or new to the field, earning your CHRI certification proves your dedication to excellence and ongoing professional growth. NAHRI members can access our online application with their NAHRI | username and password. If you do not have a NAHRI | username and password, select the "Register" option on chri.simplifycertifications.com and create a new CHRI application account.
The Certification in Healthcare Revenue Integrity
About the Certification in Healthcare Revenue Integrity
A unique but wide range of knowledge and experience are necessary for revenue integrity professionals in the healthcare field, and NAHRI wants to help those in the field demonstrate their expertise in a tangible way—through a credential created just for you.
Revenue integrity professionals play an integral role in the financial health of their organizations. As this field grows, it is critical to ensure revenue integrity professionals have a means of demonstrating their competency in core skills relevant to their roles. The CHRI credential offers revenue integrity professionals the opportunity to hone and validate their knowledge base while ensuring facilities have a benchmark by which to measure the competency of their staff and to recruit team members who are committed to bringing value to the industry and staying abreast of changes in regulations and best practices.
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Please have your contact information, work and education history, and credit card payment information available when you start the application process. Please note that we do not accept paper applications or payment by check. Prior to submitting your application, you must review the CHRI Exam Handbook.
The fee for the certification application process and examination is $255 for NAHRI members and $355 for non-members. Payment may be made through our online system after your application is completed and approved.
Use our online application system to make payment for the CHRI exam after reviewing the exam requirements and CHRI Exam Handbook available on the CHRI Program Requirements webpage.
NAHRI and HCPro will process the application and send a receipt confirmation to the candidate. Upon approval, payment for the exam will be processed and the candidate’s name will be sent to our testing partner who will send the candidate instructions on how to schedule an exam appointment.
If a candidate fails the exam, they may take it again after waiting 90 days from the date of the failed exam. NAHRI will discount the exam fee to $125 for the first retake only. Subsequent attempts to pass the exam will be at full price.
CHRI recertification is required every two years. The recertification fee is $100 for NAHRI members and $200 for nonmembers. The CHRI recertification process ensures that credential holders stay up-to-date on education and regulatory changes relevant to their field. Individuals who hold the CHRI credential must apply for recertification every two years on the anniversary date they passed the CHRI exam, which can be found on the individual’s CHRI certificate.
The CHRI credential is designed to test an applicant’s knowledge of revenue integrity in the areas of education, compliance, revenue, and reporting. Credential holders demonstrate expertise in core competencies of revenue integrity and meet requirements related to education and experience relevant to the field.
If you have questions about this process, please contact Customer Service at 800-650-6787.
The Certification in Healthcare Revenue Integrity
CHRI Mission and Core Competencies
The mission of the CHRI credential is to ensure healthcare revenue integrity professionals are recognized for their due diligence in their field and dedication to professional growth. The CHRI credential can help new and veteran revenue integrity professionals demonstrate knowledge of revenue integrity core competencies. Professionals who earn the CHRI credential have proven their proficiency in rules and regulations, compliance, revenue management, and internal reporting strategies.
The objectives of the CHRI program are as follows:
- Recognize the valuable contributions and knowledge base of healthcare revenue integrity professionals who have proven competency in revenue integrity subject matter through successful completion of the certification process
- Promote knowledge of core skills relevant to the revenue integrity field, including mastery of relevant rules and regulations; ability to perform root cause analysis; aptitude for managing denials and appeals; knowledge of monitoring and auditing practices; assurance of accuracy of charge description master pricing structures and codes; understanding of coding, documentation, and billing requirements; and skill to develop internal reporting strategies that identify trends and solve problems
- Assist healthcare facilities in ensuring staff have the knowledge and experience necessary to perform essential revenue-related job functions and bring value to the organization
The Certification in Healthcare Revenue Integrity
The CHRI Practice Exam
The CHRI Practice Exam arms revenue integrity professionals with the knowledge and confidence they need to ready themselves for NAHRI’s CHRI credential exam. This 80-question, electronic practice exam includes remediation so CHRI exam candidates can understand why a selected response is correct or incorrect. Two practice exam attempts are included.
The Certification in Healthcare Revenue Integrity
CHRI Exam Study Guide
The CHRI Exam Study Guide is the one resource that revenue integrity professionals can rely on to prepare for and pass the CHRI Exam. It is intended to help professionals refresh their existing knowledge and review topics with which they may be less familiar. The study guide includes access to the CHRI Practice Exam and accommodates any technique individual learners may wish to use in their exam prep: taking notes, highlighting sections, creating flash cards, or a combination of strategies.
The Certification in Healthcare Revenue Integrity
CEUs
Fees for third-party vendors and facilities looking to obtain CHRI CEUs for a program, event, or facility are as follows:
- For non-profit: $75 for 1 to 5 CEUs, $15 for each additional CEU
- For profit: $150 for 1 to 5 CEUs, $30 for each additional CEU
Download the Non-Chapter Application for CHRI CEU Approval.
The CHRI recertification process ensures that credential holders stay up-to-date on education and regulatory changes relevant to their field. Individuals who hold the CHRI credential must apply for recertification every two years on the anniversary date they passed the CHRI exam, which can be found on the individual’s CHRI certificate.
There are many ways you can obtain the 30 CEUs required for CHRI recertification through NAHRI membership benefits and other activities. Download our documentation on Earning Your CHRI Continuing Education Units for more information.
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