CAQH is now DataSpring:

On June 8, 2026, CAQH officially became DataSpring, powered by CAQH. If you manage your credentialing through the CAQH Provider Data Portal, your login still works, your profile is intact, and your attestation schedule hasn’t changed. Here’s what’s behind the new name, why it happened, and what’s worth a quick check the next time you log in.

What changed

For more than 25 years, CAQH (the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare) has been the central place where clinicians enter their credentialing information once and share it with the health plans they authorize. If you’ve ever joined an insurance panel, you almost certainly built a CAQH profile to do it.

As of June 8, that organization is called DataSpring, powered by CAQH. The announcement came alongside AHIP 2026, the health insurance industry’s annual conference, and the new branding is already live at dataspring.com. The CAQH name isn’t going away entirely: it stays in the company’s tagline, and the portal you use is still called the CAQH Provider Data Portal.

According to the company’s announcement, the new name reflects a role that has grown well beyond credentialing. DataSpring maintains more than 4.8 million records sourced directly from clinicians and connects insurance eligibility information for more than 75% of insured people in the United States. The company says new data products are on the way, with a focus on improving data quality across payer directories, claims, and coordination of benefits.

The ownership change behind the new name

The rebrand arrived a few months after a bigger structural shift. In January 2026, CAQH transitioned from a nonprofit to a for-profit company, according to the American Dental Association, and it’s now owned by 12 shareholder companies affiliated with health plans. Industry coverage of the restructuring named UnitedHealth Group, Aetna, Cigna, Elevance Health, Humana, and Centene among the shareholders.

Some context helps here. Health plans founded CAQH more than 25 years ago as a collaborative effort to reduce shared administrative burden, so payer involvement in the organization is nothing new. The for-profit structure is, though, and DataSpring’s leadership has said publicly that the rebrand isn’t tied to the ownership change.

If it gives you pause that the companies deciding whether to pay your claims now own the system that verifies your credentials, that’s a reasonable reaction, and it’s a question being raised across healthcare right now, well beyond therapy. Here’s what’s confirmed so far. According to a Q&A the ADA published after reviewing the change, payer owners receive no additional access to your data beyond what you authorize as a portal user, and the same privacy, security, and compliance frameworks remain in place. You still decide which organizations can see your profile and can review every plan that requests access, and participation in the portal remains voluntary.

A little routine self-protection still makes sense. Keep your own copies of everything you upload, from your license to your malpractice insurance face sheet, so your credentialing history never lives in only one place. And watch for guidance from your own professional association: the ADA has committed to monitoring the change for dentists, and it’s worth seeing whether mental health associations follow with guidance of their own.

What stays the same for your practice

For day-to-day credentialing, the honest answer is that nothing changes right now:

• The CAQH Provider Data Portal keeps its name and its address at proview.caqh.org

• Your existing login carries over, so there’s no new DataSpring account to create

• Your profile data, uploaded documents, payer authorizations, and attestation history are all intact

• The attestation schedule is unchanged: you still review and re-attest at least every 120 days, or every 180 days if you practice in Illinois, and your profile is marked Expired if you miss the window

• The portal is still free for clinicians, funded by the health plans and organizations that participate, and no changes to that model have been announced

The payers you’ve authorized will keep pulling your information the same way they always have, whether you credential individually or under a group.

Give your profile a quick checkup

Nothing about the rebrand requires action on your part. That said, a name change is a decent excuse to do the credentialing housekeeping that tends to slide to the bottom of the list. The next time you log in:

1. Confirm your next attestation date and set a reminder a few weeks ahead of it. An expired profile can stall credentialing, recredentialing, and the claims that depend on them.
2. Check expiration dates on your documents, especially your license and malpractice insurance face sheet, and upload current versions if anything has lapsed.
3. Verify your practice locations and contact information. Payers pull directory details from this data, and outdated entries make it harder for prospective clients to find accurate information about you.
4. Review your authorizations and remove access for any organizations you no longer work with.
5. Update anything that has changed since your last attestation rather than waiting for the next cycle.

If credentialing still feels like a maze, our breakdown of credentialing for therapists walks through where DataSpring fits in the bigger picture.

Watch out for lookalike emails

Whenever a well-known company changes its name, scammers tend to take advantage of the confusion. DataSpring has said it’s contacting clinicians directly about the rebrand, so legitimate emails with the new branding are expected. Even so, it’s smart to treat unexpected messages about your credentialing profile with extra care over the next few months.

A real attestation reminder won’t ask for your password by email, and you never have to click an emailed link to manage your profile: you can always go straight to proview.caqh.org and log in there. If a message feels off, you can verify it through the portal’s chat support or by calling the DataSpring help desk at 888-599-1771.

The bottom line for your practice

The practical takeaway is small: log in, confirm your next attestation date, give your documents a once-over, and carry on. Your credentialing data is the foundation your payer relationships are built on, and keeping it current keeps claims moving. If the billing side of those relationships is the part you’d most like off your plate, TheraNest by Ensora Health’s insurance billing tools handle claim submission, ERA posting, and the follow-up work that starts once credentialing is done.

Frequently asked questions

Is CAQH now DataSpring?

Yes. As of June 8, 2026, CAQH operates as DataSpring, powered by CAQH. It’s the same organization running the same portals, and both caqh.org and dataspring.com lead to it.

Do I need to create a new account or re-enter my information?

No. Your existing login works, and your profile, documents, and attestation history carry over exactly as they were. You’re not starting over.

Does the rebrand change my CAQH attestation schedule?

No. You still attest at least every 120 days (every 180 days in Illinois), and your profile status changes to Expired if you miss the window. The reminder emails may start arriving with DataSpring branding.

Will therapists have to pay to use DataSpring?

The CAQH Provider Data Portal remains free for clinicians. The American Dental Association, which runs its credentialing service on the platform, has reported no indication that DataSpring plans to start charging clinicians, and says it will keep monitoring the issue.

Who owns DataSpring?

DataSpring is owned by 12 shareholder companies affiliated with health plans, following CAQH’s January 2026 move from nonprofit to for-profit status. Health plans founded CAQH more than 25 years ago, so payer involvement is longstanding, even though the ownership structure is new.

Should therapists be concerned about CAQH going for-profit?

A degree of caution is fair, and nothing confirmed so far calls for alarm. The ADA reports that payer owners gain no additional access to clinician data beyond what each clinician authorizes, and that existing privacy and security commitments remain in place. The portal is still free. The practical protections haven’t changed: keep your profile current and your authorizations limited to organizations you work with, and save your own copies of every document you upload.