CAQH ProView (DataSpring)
CAQH ProView is the universal online credentialing profile most commercial payers pull provider data from; in 2026 CAQH rebranded as DataSpring, with the portal and profiles carrying over intact. Providers must re-attest every 120 days (180 in Illinois) or the profile goes stale and payers stop processing applications against it.
- Now called
- DataSpring, powered by CAQH (2026 rebrand)
- Re-attestation
- Every 120 days (180 in Illinois)
- Cost to providers
- Free (payers fund it)
- Used by
- Most major commercial payers + many Medicaid MCOs
What is CAQH ProView and why does every payer ask for it?
CAQH ProView (the Provider Data Portal) is the industry's shared credentialing file cabinet: one online profile holding a provider's education, training, work history, licenses, DEA, malpractice coverage, and practice locations. Instead of filling out 15 payer-specific applications, the provider maintains one profile and authorizes payers to pull it. Nearly every major commercial payer and many Medicaid managed care plans require a current CAQH profile before they will process credentialing.
It is free for providers, funded by the payers who use the data. What it is not: an application. Authorizing a payer to view your profile starts nothing by itself; you still submit that payer's participation request.
What changed when CAQH became DataSpring in 2026?
In 2026 CAQH rebranded as DataSpring, powered by CAQH. For day-to-day credentialing work, continuity is the story: logins, profiles, uploaded documents, attestation history, and the proview.caqh.org address all carried over. The re-attestation schedule did not change. What is worth watching is ownership and product direction, since DataSpring sits under payer ownership and is expanding directory-management products alongside credentialing data. The full breakdown, including what to update in your SOPs, is in our guide to the CAQH DataSpring 120-day rule.
How does the 120-day attestation rule work?
Attestation is a legal statement that the profile is accurate as of today, and it expires every 120 days (180 for Illinois). Payers checking a non-attested profile treat it as unusable: new applications pend, recredentialing stalls, and directory entries can drop.
Realistic cost of a lapse: a group onboards a new physician and submits to eight commercial payers in March. In May, 122 days after the last attestation, the profile lapses while three payers are mid-verification. Each pauses, sends a stale-profile notice to an inbox nobody monitors, and the panel effective dates slide about five weeks. At a conservative $12,000 a month in billable volume per payer for a busy clinician, five lost weeks across three panels is roughly $40,000 in delayed (and partly unrecoverable, out-of-network) revenue, all for a missed login. Model your own delay cost with the credentialing calculator.
What does a clean CAQH profile look like?
- No gaps: work history complete month-by-month, with any gap over 6 months explained, since unexplained gaps are the top reason payer analysts kick profiles back.
- Documents current: license, DEA, and especially the malpractice face sheet, which expires annually and is the most commonly outdated upload.
- Locations exact: practice addresses matching the payer applications, your NPI record, and the W-9, character for character.
- Global payer authorization on, so new payers can access the profile without a separate release step.
Assign one owner per provider roster for attestations and document renewals; distributed responsibility is how lapses happen. If credentialing is eating your admin time, see our provider credentialing service.
Frequently asked questions
No. As of 2026 CAQH operates as DataSpring, powered by CAQH, and the Provider Data Portal continues to work with the same logins, profiles, documents, and attestation schedules. The portal remains reachable at proview.caqh.org. Treat it as a name and ownership change, not a system migration you must act on.
Every 120 days, or every 180 days for Illinois providers. Attestation confirms the data is still accurate; expired attestation flips the profile to a non-attested status, and payers that query it will suspend credentialing, recredentialing, and directory updates until someone logs in and re-attests.
Nothing dramatic on day one, which is the trap. Applications in flight stall silently, recredentialing dates slip, and you can be flagged for removal from payer directories. The failure typically surfaces weeks later as a payer letter or a claims problem, so put attestation on a recurring calendar rather than waiting for the reminder emails.
No. Medicare enrollment runs through PECOS, a completely separate federal system. CAQH/DataSpring serves commercial payers and many Medicaid managed care plans. A complete credentialing setup for a new provider means both: PECOS for Medicare, CAQH profile for the commercial panels.
Sources & further reading
Reviewed by the ImmediCare Solutions RCM team
Certified billers and coders handling claims across 50+ specialties nationwide. This entry is reviewed against current payer policy and CMS rules. Last review: Jul 5, 2026.
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