Are you prepared for the CHIAP® Certification Exam?
Build on your valuable years of work experience!
While challenging, the CHIAP® Certification exam is designed for professionals with at least two years of experience in healthcare internal auditing. A candidate with more than three years of experience in healthcare internal auditing, is well on their way to passing the CHIAP® Certification Exam! Let your work experience guide your exam preparation journey. Start with the Body of Knowledge Outline and identify your strengths and weaknesses.
CHIAP Practice Quiz
Test your knowledge by taking a sample evaluation quiz.
(NEW) CHIAP Body of Knowledge Roadmap
AHIA introduces the CHIAP® Body of Knowledge (BOK). The BOK is a complete set of concepts, terms, and activities that make up the professional domain of a qualified health care internal auditor, as defined by the Association of Health Care Internal Auditors (AHIA).
The CHIAP Certification Exam consists of 175 multiple choice questions, including 150 scored items and 25 unscored items for use on future exam forms. Candidates will have four hours to complete the exam. Each item in the examination was carefully developed in accordance with the Body of Knowledge (BOK) established from a job analysis study of the healthcare internal audit industry.
The BOK is guided by overarching internal audit principles, as well as principles for compliance and privacy. These principles are applied in the acute care, post-acute care, ambulatory care, and health plan settings. The exam items are distributed among the BOK topics, which cover four categories: Business Aspects of Care Setting, Revenue Cycle, Regulatory Environment, and Core Business Functions
See the candidate handbook to review the complete BOK outline.
(NEW) CHIAP Body of Knowledge Roadmap
The CHIAP® Body of Knowledge (BOK) is a complete set of concepts, terms, and activities that make up the professional domain of a qualified health care internal auditor, as defined by the Association of Health Care Internal Auditors (AHIA). AHIA subject matter experts reviewed each domain, competency, and skill to ensure they were current with the healthcare internal audit industry standards. This thoughtful and critical review resulted in the development of the CHIAP BOK Roadmap. The Roadmap supplements the BOK and allows CHIAP candidates to identify practical ways to develop their skills, whether they are early in their career or more experienced. A self-reflective review of the Roadmap can help a candidate focus on areas where they may need to supplement their knowledge before sitting for the CHIAP program exam and design a plan to master the knowledge to be applied to be considered a Certified Healthcare Internal Audit Professional®.
CHIAP Exam Discussion Groups
These 60-minute online discussion groups walk you through resources and approaches to apply as you prepare to study and sit for the CHIAP® exam, including the opportunity to interact with panelists who passed the exam as they share their experiences in preparing and sitting for the exam. Come with questions and ready to learn what worked for others.
CHIAP Exam Resources & Strategies Webinar
This 60-minute webinar recording was originally presented in October 2020. It is the perfect first step to your CHIAP exam preparation. Presenter Debbie Radke will walk you through how the exam content was developed, provide an overview of the Body of Knowledge structure, share resources for your study, and discuss exam taking strategies. Additionally, successful exam takers Cynthia Holland and Beth Uhlrich will share their perspectives and discuss what worked for them.
Follow-Up with the Eight-Part Body of Knowledge Webinar Series!
This popular eight-part webinar series covers, at a high level, key points for topics included in the Body of Knowledge upon which the CHIAP exam is based. It is not intended to teach to the exam, but to the AHIA Body of Knowledge of healthcare internal auditing.
Visit Our Virtual Learning Audit Resources Center
We have merged the AHIA Publications searchable liberary with the AHIA Virtual Learning Library content to ensure all resources are in one place and accessible to all AHIA members at no additional charge.