CAQH Is Now DataSpring: What Changed

The organization most practices know as CAQH became a for-profit company in January 2026 and took a new name in June. Here is what changed, what has not, and what to ask your software vendor or credentialing service.

Disclosure: Operated by Metolius Health, which is listed in our Software and Managed Services tracks. This guide does not rank or score any vendor. Vendors can reply to or correct anything here; none can pay for coverage.

TL;DR

• CAQH converted to a for-profit company in January 2026 and rebranded as DataSpring, powered by CAQH on June 8, 2026.
• CAQH ProView is now the Provider Data Portal. It is the same place you maintain and attest your provider profile.
• ADA News reports that DataSpring is owned by 12 health-plan-affiliated shareholder companies.
• It is still free for providers as of September 22, 2026. We found no announced fee, attestation or data-access change.
• Buying software? Ask how the vendor’s CAQH integration is maintained under DataSpring. Using a credentialing service? Confirm who keeps your profile current and attested.

What is DataSpring?

DataSpring is the new name for CAQH, the payer-owned provider-data organization that runs the profile many U.S. health plans use to collect credentialing information from clinicians. Its full brand is “DataSpring, powered by CAQH.”

Sources: ADA News, June 10, 2026 · Becker’s Payer Issues

What changed when CAQH became DataSpring?

Two things changed: CAQH converted from a non-profit to a for-profit company in January 2026, and on June 8, 2026 it rebranded as DataSpring and renamed ProView the Provider Data Portal.

The conversion came first, and the new name followed in June. For a practice, the visible change is the name on the login page, emails and help documents. The profile itself, and the reason plans ask you to keep it current, are the same.

Sources: Becker’s Payer Issues · ADA News · DataSpring blog

Who owns DataSpring?

According to ADA News, DataSpring is owned by 12 health-plan-affiliated shareholder companies. In other words, the organization that holds provider credentialing data is owned by companies that are on the other side of the contracting table from providers.

That ownership is the reason provider advocates are watching it closely. Some advocacy commentary has questioned payer ownership publicly. As of September 22, 2026, we had not found a formal statement from the AMA or MGMA.

Sources: ADA News · Acuity (advocacy commentary)

Is DataSpring still free for providers?

Yes. As of September 22, 2026, providers use the Provider Data Portal free of charge, and we found no announced fee, attestation-cycle or data-access change.

DataSpring’s own Provider Data Portal materials say providers use the portal at no cost. ADA News reported that the ADA Credentialing Service remains free with “no interruption in service,” and that the ADA will “hold the company to its agreement” to keep services free. “No change announced” is a finding as of a date, not a promise, so we recheck it every quarter in the Briefing.

Sources: Provider Data Portal fact sheet (CAQH) · ADA News · Briefing note: Is DataSpring still free for providers?

What happened to CAQH ProView?

ProView is now called the Provider Data Portal. It does the same job: you maintain your credentialing profile there, attest to it, and authorize the health plans that may view it.

If a payer’s enrollment instructions still say “CAQH ProView,” they mean the Provider Data Portal.

Sources: Becker’s Payer Issues · Provider Data Portal fact sheet

What should practices watch for under payer ownership?

Watch three things: any fee for providers, any change to how often you must attest, and any change to who can see or use your data.

None of these has changed as of September 22, 2026. They are the three places where a for-profit, payer-owned utility could change the terms for providers, so they are what we check each quarter.

What to do now:

1. Keep your Provider Data Portal profile current and attested. Plans still rely on it.
2. Read any terms-of-use or data-sharing notice from DataSpring before you accept it, and keep a copy.
3. Check which plans your profile authorizes. Remove any you no longer contract with.
4. If you use a credentialing service, ask it to tell you when DataSpring changes anything that affects your profile.

Source: ADA News. Ongoing coverage: The Credentialing Briefing

What does the change mean if you are buying credentialing software?

Mostly, it means asking how the vendor’s CAQH integration is maintained now that CAQH is DataSpring. Pulling data from the provider’s profile saves re-keying, and it only works if the connection is kept up to date.

CAQH/DataSpring integration is one of the 12 capability dimensions we score on the Software track, weighted at 5% of the composite. We score what a vendor can show, not what its marketing page says.

Questions to ask a software vendor:

• Does your product pull provider data from the DataSpring Provider Data Portal today, and has that connection changed since the rebrand?
• Is the pull automatic, or does a staff member download and upload files?
• Which fields come across, and which still have to be entered by hand?
• If DataSpring changes its data-access terms, who absorbs the change: you or us?
• Do you also push roster or directory updates, or only read the profile?

See how we score this: Methodology · Compare platforms: Software track

What does it mean if you use a managed credentialing service?

It means confirming who keeps each provider’s DataSpring profile current and attested, and what happens to that access if you change services. A service that maintains the profile for you is doing work the name change did not touch.

Questions to ask a credentialing service:

• Who holds the login for each provider’s profile: the provider, our practice, or your team?
• Who attests, and how will we know it was done?
• How do you track re-attestation so a profile never lapses?
• If we leave, how is access handed back to us?
• Will you tell us when DataSpring changes fees, attestation rules or data-sharing terms?

Compare services: Managed Services track

How does Credentialing Scorecard list DataSpring?

We list DataSpring as a provider-data utility, not as a software product, and we do not score it. Providers do not buy it, and it is not self-serve credentialing software.

For reference, NCQA’s certification directory lists CAQH with a Credentialing Certification (directory data updated September 15, 2026). We record NCQA status from the directory, not from any organization’s own marketing.

Sources: NCQA certification directory · Listing and score changes

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