Professional Examinations

HFMA Certification Programs

HFMA’s certification programs seek to bring stature to the profession of healthcare financial management as well as offer each qualified member an opportunity to upgrade his or her professional status.

In January 1997, significant changes were made in the HFMA certification program. The HFMA Board of Directors reviewed and approved a plan for the future of certification that began with a task force report in 1985. The ideas from a second task force on certification, which reported in 1991, followed the same lines.

Perhaps the most visible change is the move to a single certification, the Certified Healthcare Financial Professional (CHFP), which is one of the requirements for attaining Fellowship.

CHFP Certification Requirements

• One year of HFMA membership is required to take the examination.
• Successful completion of patient accounts, managed care, or finance examination and examination on a core body of knowledge that is central to all areas of healthcare financial management.
• Meeting certification requirements:

- Sixty semester hours of college or equivalent

- Two years of regular membership in HFMA

- Two years of professional experience in healthcare finance or a related field

- Forty Founders Award points earned over a maximum of three years

- Two character references: one professional, one from chapter leadership (current officer or director) - Apply for certification as a CHFP.

Fellowship Requirements

• Have achieved certified status in HFMA
• Have a reference from either a Fellow in HFMA or a chapter leader (current officer or director)
• Have earned a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
• Have achieved five years of regular or advanced membership in HFMA
• Have earned at least 200 points from the following schedule:
• Founders Awards: one point per Founders Award point earned
• Education:
  • Fifty points for earning a BA or BS or equivalent at an accredited college
  • Seventy-five points for earning a Masters degree or equivalent at an accredited college - One hundred points for earning a Ph.D., JD, or equivalent at an accredited college NOTE: A maximum of 100 points may be earned in this manner
• Apply for certification as a Fellow.

Certification Coaching Course Materials

A Coaching Course Notebook is available to assist the chapter in establishing coaching courses. The following items are available to assist chapters:

• Chapter Coaching Course Notebook
• Study Guides (chapter discount is available)
• Self--Study Courses (chapter discount is available)
• Computerized Study Guide
• National Coaching Course (Available on-site at your chapter)

For additional information, chapter pricing, or additional promotional materials, contact Pepper Zenger at ext. 308.

Alabama Chapter Certified Members

Danny Adams CHFP
Al W. Allred, FHFMA, CPA
David T. Andrews, FHFMA, CPA
Annette N. Baker, FHFMA
Louis A. Bass, FHFMA, CPA
Kemberly L. Blackledge, CHFP
Mary Beth Briscoe, FHFMA, CPA
Paul D. Burchfiel, FHFMA
James M. Burgess, FHFMA, CPA
Jeffrey H. Burkhardt, Ph.D., FHFMA
Richard M. Byerly, Jr., CHFP
Derrel G. Curry, FHFMA, CPA
Philip L. Cusa, FHFMA
Eugene A. Fay, FHFMA, CPA
Marty Franklin, CHFP, CPA, CMA
Robert M. Frohlich, Jr., FHFMA
R. Gary Goff, FHFMA, CPA
Paul Thomas Graham, FHFMA, CPA
Larry H. Harris, FHFMA, CPA
Charles D. Hightower, Jr., FHFMA
Russell P. Hodge, FHFMA, CPA
C. Brent Jean, FHFMA, CPA
Chris P. Johns, FHFMA
Dwight A. Johnson, CHFP
Bryan E. Karson, FHFMA, CPA
Jonathan B. Kimsey, FHFMA, CPA
Cecil M. Klutts, CHFP
Jonathan H. Kramer, FHFMA
Robert P. Levesque, FHFMA, CPA
H. Terrell Lindsey, CHFP
Sonja L. Luton, CHFP
Fred M. Martin, FHFMA
Hugh L. McMurry, CHFP, CPA
William Scott Merkle, FHFMA, CPA
Dennis E. Miller, FHFMA, CPA
R. Derek Miller, FHFMA
J. Patrick Murphy, FHFMA
Kathy B. Nelson, FHFMA, CPA
Robert J. Olszewski, CHFP
Janice G. Osborne, CHFP
John W. Pace, IV, CHFP
Vicki H. Parks, CHFP
Stephen A. Pickett, FHFMA, CPA
Samuel A. Price, Jr., FHFMA, CPA
Debbie G. Resseger, CHFP
Sydney K. Rountree, FHFMA
James V. Ryan, CHFP
Kevin S. Sheppard, CHFP, CPA
T. Howard Sisco, FHFMA, CPA
Denise R. Smith, FHFMA, CPA
Gary B. Tate, CHFP
Richard D. Telkamp, FHFMA, CPA
Wesley C. Thornton, FHFMA, CPA
Pamela J. Townsend, FHFMA
Farrell A. Turner, FHFMA, CPA
Mark A. Williams, FHFMA
Mitzi C. Winters, FHFMA
Edward F. Woomer, FHFMA