LAS VEGAS—CAQH has rebranded to DataSpring. The name reflects the organization’s ambition for a more modern and innovative future, leaders said.
Founded more than 25 years ago, the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare has evolved from its original mission to make health care better for patients and now provides critical data services to both health care providers and payers.
According to the announcement, DataSpring’s name “reflects the organization’s core role in delivering a connected healthcare ecosystem through accurate, authorized data from providers and payers.” The group announced the rebranding this week at the AHIP 2026 conference, with billboards across Las Vegas reflecting the new identity.
DataSpring CEO Sarah Ahmad told Fierce Healthcare that while the team is looking to the future, the new brand represents CAQH’s past.
“Historically, we’ve been thought of as kind of a public utility for the industry,” she says. “I have no problem with that, because I think utilities have a strong purpose.”
“But you know, we have a new place we want to go as an organization, because the world around us is also changing,” Ahmad said.
He said the CAQH team determined it needed to evolve with the evolving industry and continue to deliver the same critical services that payers and providers expect, but with a new and more “innovative spirit.”
DataSpring will launch with CAQH’s existing infrastructure, including a platform that links 4.8 million provider-provided records and eligibility data spanning more than three-quarters of eligible lives in the United States. Building on that foundation, the team plans to launch new solutions in the coming months.
Ahmad said one of his areas of focus is finding ways to streamline the platform’s management process for providers and make the experience more intuitive and simple.
Erin Richter Weber, DataSpring’s chief growth officer, said this step feels like a natural evolution from the organization’s initial platform launch many years ago.
“We created this transformation, and now we’re jumping the curve again toward the freshness of data springs,” she told Fierce.
Adopting DataSpring as the new brand identity required significant iteration and discussion with CAQH’s leadership team, Ahmad said. Weber said that part of it was a deep dive into what he was trying to convey through the word “spring,” and he ultimately settled on reflecting a freshwater spring alongside the concept of “moving forward” toward a new, more modern future.
Ahmad added that the process began by relying on industry research and external resources, and then evolved from internal conversations.
“It’s a perfect fit for where we are right now,” Weber said.
