Maintaining My AHFI

The Gold Standard of Professionalism in
Health Care Fraud Investigation

Renewal & Maintenance of AHFI Accreditation

1. Accreditation must be renewed annually and is contingent on:

continued (i.e., not continuous) eligibility for NHCAA Individual Membership at time of renewal;
payment of $295 3-year maintenance fee; and
the accumulation of at least 60 hours of health care anti-fraud training approved by NHCAA (36 of which must be via NHCAA programs and/or other NHCAA training vehicles) during each 3-year period following initial accreditation.

2. Individuals who fail to accumulate the required continuing-education hours during a given 3-year period must re-apply and qualify via the examination-based process.

New Status: AHFI Inactive
In 2009, all AHFIs must be individual members of NHCAA. The Accreditation Review Board recognizes that AHFI designees seek career development and advancement opportunities in organizations that may preclude them from maintaining individual member status. In order to allow these designees to still maintain the AHFI designation, we have developed the AHFI Inactive status, a three-year status that can be enacted when a current AHFI is no longer eligible for individual membership due to a change in employment or retirement from the active workforce. This status indicates that the AHFI designation has been achieved, but not currently active. Please contact Erin Carlson at ecarlson@nhcaa.org for additional information.