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Certified in Healthcare Privacy and Security (CHPS) — AHIMA

Regulatory/legal environment, program management, IT/physical safeguards, and investigation & compliance content across all four AHIMA-tested domains — full prep for the 150-question Certified in Healthcare Privacy and Security (CHPS) exam.

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350+ exam-style practice questions quiz pool

Your full practice pool — 350 questions total, written to mirror the real exam blueprint, with full answer explanations for every question.

4 exam domains covered

Including Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues/Environmental Assessment, Program Management and Administration, Information Technology/Physical and Technical Safeguards, and more.

Full mock exam — 125 questions, 210-min timed

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1000+ flashcards

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41+ curated video lessons

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38+ diagrams & visual references

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8+ key formulas & quick-reference sheet

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111+ term glossary

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10 recommended books for CHPS

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Topics you'll drill

4 core topics pulled straight from the real question bank.

  • Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues/Environmental Assessment
  • Program Management and Administration
  • Information Technology/Physical and Technical Safeguards
  • Investigation, Compliance, and Enforcement

CHPS exam requirements & cost

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Eligibility
One of six education-plus-experience paths, with all experience required to be in healthcare privacy or security work specifically (not generic IT security or general compliance): high school diploma/GED + 6 years; associate's degree (relevant field) + 4 years; a CCA, CCS, CCS-P, or RHIT credential + 4 years; bachelor's degree (relevant field) + 2 years; RHIA credential + 2 years; or a master's degree or higher (including JD, MD, PhD in a relevant field) + 1 year
Real exam cost
$259 (AHIMA member) / $329 (non-member) exam fee — retake costs the same as the initial exam
Format
150 questions (125 scored, 25 unscored pretest) · 3.5 hours

The Certified in Healthcare Privacy and Security (CHPS) exam is administered by AHIMA (the American Health Information Management Association), under the oversight of CCHIIM (the Commission on Certification for Health Informatics and Information Management). Eligibility runs six separate education-plus-experience paths, all requiring the underlying experience to be specifically in healthcare privacy or security work, not generic IT security or general compliance: a high school diploma or GED plus 6 years of qualifying experience; an associate's degree in a relevant field plus 4 years; a CCA, CCS, CCS-P, or RHIT credential plus 4 years; a bachelor's degree in a relevant field plus 2 years; an RHIA credential plus 2 years; or a master's degree or higher (including a JD, MD, or PhD in a relevant field) plus 1 year. The exam fee is $259 for AHIMA members and $329 for non-members, and a retake costs the same as the initial exam. On exam day, candidates get 3.5 hours for 150 multiple-choice-style questions, of which only 125 are scored — the other 25 are unscored pretest items mixed in undetectably — spread across four domains AHIMA's own content outline weights at 23-27% each: the ethical/legal/regulatory environment, program management, IT/physical safeguards, and investigation/compliance/enforcement.

CHPS exam blueprint

Real domain weighting from the certifying body's own published exam syllabus.

  • Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues / Environmental Assessment25%
  • Program Management and Administration25%
  • Information Technology / Physical and Technical Safeguards25%
  • Investigation, Compliance, and Enforcement25%
Last verified: August 2026·Exam blueprint: AHIMA's own CHPS Exam Content Outline PDF — read directly; domains are published as 23-27% ranges, not exact equal splits, so the chart's flat-25%-each rendering is a documented midpoint approximation, not a fabricated figure·Primary source: AHIMA — Certified in Healthcare Privacy and Security ↗
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Common questions

Six separate education-plus-experience combinations qualify, all requiring the experience specifically in healthcare privacy or security: HS diploma/GED + 6 years; associate's degree + 4 years; a CCA/CCS/CCS-P/RHIT credential + 4 years; bachelor's degree + 2 years; RHIA credential + 2 years; or a master's/JD/MD/PhD + 1 year.

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