CAQH ProView: how to fill out your profile, section by section

Where to apply

Online (fastest): CAQH ProView (proview.caqh.org)

What you need before you start

• Your Type 1 NPI and your Social Security number.
• Every state license you hold or have held, plus DEA and state CDS registrations, Medicare and Medicaid numbers, and ECFMG or USMLE details if they apply.
• Schools, internship, residency and fellowship, with dates. A rotating or transitional year needs one entry per rotation.
• Each practice location: the practice name exactly as it appears on your claims (sometimes the W-9 name), street address, group NPI (Type 2), group Medicare and Medicaid numbers, tax ID, phone and office hours.
• Your malpractice policy: carrier, policy number, effective and expiration dates, coverage amount and the face sheet.
• Your work history with dates, and an explanation for any gap longer than 3 months.
• Scans of your license, DEA and CDS certificates and malpractice face sheet as PDF, TIF or JPEG.

Registration

CAQH Provider IDRequired

If a health plan or hospital added you, you get a Welcome Kit email with your ID. If not, click Register at proview.caqh.org and enter your name, provider type, primary practice state, date of birth, email and at least one ID number. CAQH emails you the ID and a link to finish.

Username, password and security questionsRequired

You pick three security questions. Keep the CAQH Provider ID somewhere safe; health plans ask for it.

Personal information and professional IDs

Provider type, practice setting and practice statesRequired

Answer these first. They decide which questions you see later, including any state-specific credentialing questions, which appear in the same flow.

Mailing addressOptional

Use your practice's physical address. Health plans use it for their directories, so put a P.O. box only in the billing contact.

EmailRequired

Email is the required contact method. Re-attestation reminders go there.

SSN and NPIRequired

Enter your Type 1 (individual) NPI here. The group's Type 2 NPI goes under the practice location.

Licenses and registrationsRequired

List every state medical license you hold or have held in the US or Canada, not only the current one. Add DEA, CDS, Medicare, Medicaid, ECFMG and USMLE where they apply, and upload the certificates.

Education, training and specialties

EducationOptional

Professional school and undergraduate school, with dates.

Internship, residency, fellowshipOptional

Include programs you didn't finish. For a rotating or transitional year, enter each rotation separately with its specialty and dates.

Specialties and board certificationOptional

Primary, secondary and additional specialties come from the NUCC list. If yours is missing, pick the closest one and add yours under Areas of Other Interest. Board exam questions appear based on your answers.

CertificationsOptional

CPR, BLS, ACLS, ATLS, PALS, NRP and similar.

Practice locations and hospital affiliations

Practice name and addressOptional

Use the name on your claims, so it matches what the health plan already has. This is usually not your own name. Use Copy to start a second location from the first.

Group NPI, tax ID, group Medicare and MedicaidOptional

The group's numbers, not yours. ProView checks that the NPI, DEA and TIN you enter belong to the name on them and suggests a fix when they don't.

Hours, patients, coverage and contactsOptional

Office hours, which patients you accept, covering colleagues, mid-level practitioners, office manager, billing contact and payment address.

Limitations, accessibility, servicesOptional

Age or gender limits on your patients, ADA and public transport access, CLIA certificate and interpretation services.

Hospital affiliationsOptional

Whether you have hospital privileges, then your primary hospital and any others.

Insurance, work history and references

Credentialing contactOptional

Who the plans should contact, per practice location or hospital. Often your office's credentialing person.

Professional liability insuranceOptional

Carrier, policy number, original and current effective dates, expiration date, type and amount of coverage. If you're not insured, choose Not Insured; your health plan may ask for a letter of credit instead.

Malpractice insurance quotesOptional

Answering Yes releases a copy of your whole profile to an insurance broker for quotes. Say no unless you want that.

Employment informationOptional

Current and previous employers with dates, and military service. If you haven't started a job yet, enter the expected start date. Explain any gap in full-time work longer than 3 months; some organizations want your full history since your degree.

Professional referencesOptional

Names and contact details of peers who can vouch for you.

Disclosure, authorize and attest

Disclosure questionsRequired

Standard and state-specific questions, plus disclosure of ownership.

AuthorizeRequired

Global lets every organization that says you're affiliated, or joining, read your profile. You can instead name each one. CAQH doesn't sign you up with new plans: contact the plan, and it appears here once it adds you to its roster.

Review and attestRequired

Fix every required fix on the Review tab, check the summary, then Attest. The profile is complete once your documents and the signed Authorization, Attestation and Release form are in.

Step by step

1. Register at proview.caqh.org, or use the link in your Welcome Kit email, and note your CAQH Provider ID.
2. Pick your provider type, practice setting and practice states first.
3. Work through the 12 sections under Manage Information, clicking Save & Continue on every page.
4. Upload your license, DEA and CDS certificates and malpractice face sheet under Documents.
5. Authorize the health plans that may read your profile.
6. Clear the required fixes on the Review tab, then attest.
7. Give your CAQH Provider ID to each health plan you're joining. Re-attest every 120 days (180 in Illinois).

Common mistakes

• Leaving a page without clicking Save & Continue. Go to previous section doesn't save, so that page's answers are lost.
• A practice name that doesn't match the name on your claims.
• Your individual NPI where the group's Type 2 NPI belongs, or the reverse.
• Unexplained gaps of more than 3 months in work history.
• Attesting without authorizing the plan you're joining, so it can't read the profile.
• Missing the 120-day re-attestation. The status turns to Expired Attestation.

FAQ

Sources

• CAQH ProView Provider User Guide v1.1
• DataSpring Clinician Q&A (June 2026)
• BCBS Illinois: CAQH ProView quick reference (180-day Illinois cycle)
• CAQH ProView

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