Credentialing Date Calculator
Two dates run a credentialing calendar: CAQH attestation, due every 120 days, and Medicare revalidation, on a five-year cycle. Enter the last date for either and get the next deadline — and how much time is left.
Credentialing failures are calendar failures. A lapsed CAQH attestation or a missed Medicare revalidation does not send a warning shot — claims simply start denying, or the enrollment itself is deactivated. This calculator works out both due dates from the last time each was completed.
CAQH attestation — next due date
Medicare revalidation — next due date
The two cycles, explained
- CAQH — every 120 days. Providers must re-attest that their CAQH ProFile data is current every 120 days; payers pull from it during credentialing and directory checks, and stale profiles stall enrollments. Our CAQH guide covers the attestation workflow, and our CAQH management service runs the cycle for practices.
- Medicare revalidation — every 5 years for most physicians and non-physician practitioners (some supplier types, notably DMEPOS, run on a 3-year cycle). CMS mails a revalidation letter and lists due dates in its lookup tool; the date in the CMS letter controls — treat this calculator as the planning reminder, not the authority. Revalidation is submitted through PECOS; see our PECOS enrollment service.
Both cycles sit inside the wider credentialing and enrollment calendar every practice should keep: state licenses, DEA registrations, hospital privileges and payer recredentialing (commonly every 24–36 months, set by each plan) belong on the same one-page tracker, reviewed monthly.
Frequently asked questions
What happens if a CAQH attestation lapses?
Payers that rely on CAQH data can stall credentialing files and flag the provider's directory information as outdated; some plans treat a lapsed profile as incomplete credentialing, which can hold up enrollment and, with some plans, claims. Re-attesting restores the profile, but any enrollment clock that was waiting on it has already lost the time.
How do I find my official Medicare revalidation due date?
CMS publishes due dates in its Medicare Revalidation List lookup and mails a letter to the practice's correspondence address ahead of the deadline. The listed date governs. If the enrollment record has moved or the letter never arrived, the lookup — not memory — is where to confirm, because submitting late can deactivate the billing privileges.
Can a revalidation be submitted early?
No — unsolicited revalidations are generally returned. Medicare works from its own due-date list, and the application window opens when your due date is posted (typically about six months ahead). What you can do early is keep PECOS and CAQH data current, so the revalidation itself is a short task when the window opens.