Certified in Healthcare Compliance Fellowship (CHC-F)

In 1998, the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) set out to develop a certification program for healthcare compliance professionals.  After preliminary work by the Education Committee of the HCCA Board of Directors, in 1999 HCCA established the Compliance Certification Board (CCB) and charged it with developing and managing a certification exam and process.

The independent CCB is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the HCCA board.  The President and Immediate Past President of HCCA are ex-officio members of the CCB Board of Directors.   The mission of the CCB is to develop criteria for the determination of competence in the practice of health care compliance at a variety of levels and to recognize individuals meeting these criteria.

In 2005, the CCB created the Fellowship Committee from among individuals certified in health care compliance and leaders in their field to develop criteria for the Certified in Healthcare Compliance Fellowship (CHC-F).

The purpose of the fellowship level of certification is to promote the profession of healthcare compliance practice by:

1. Recognizing formally healthcare compliance professionals who demonstrate an advanced knowledge of healthcare compliance.
2. Encouraging continued personal and professional growth in the practice of healthcare compliance, and
3. Providing a national standard of requisite knowledge required for advanced certification; thereby assisting employers, the public, and members of the health professions in the assessment of a healthcare compliance professional.