Your Path to Insurance Panels
Your ICONIC Board credential (IBC-HHA™, IBC-HHP™, IBC-HHE™, or IBC-HHD™) is recognized by insurance payers as a professional practice standard. This guide walks you through the full credentialing journey — from registering for a free NPI number, to setting up CAQH ProView, to joining the ASH network that unlocks access to major insurance plans.
Get Your NPI Number
An NPI (National Provider Identifier) is a free 10-digit number issued by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) that identifies you as a healthcare provider. It's required for insurance billing, superbills, and CAQH registration. Get this before starting CAQH.
Type 1 – Individual.- Full legal name and contact information
- Practice location address
- Taxonomy code — pick the closest match to your primary modality (e.g.,
1H 175F00000X– Health & Wellness Coach,207RH0003X– Holistic Medicine,133V00000X– Dietitian/Nutritionist) - SSN or ITIN (kept private)
What is CAQH ProView?
CAQH ProView is the industry-standard universal provider data repository. Instead of completing separate credentialing applications for every insurance company, you build one profile — and payers pull your data from it directly.
| Without CAQH | With CAQH ProView |
|---|---|
| Separate application per payer | One profile, all payers |
| Re-enter same data repeatedly | Payers pull directly from CAQH |
| Manual document submissions | Centralized document storage |
| No standard format | Industry-standard credentialing format |
Set Up Your CAQH ProView Profile
Go to proview.caqh.org to register (or log in to update an existing profile). Budget 1–2 hours for initial setup. Have your NPI number, license documents, malpractice insurance certificate, and ICONIC Board certificate PDF ready.
Adding Your ICONIC Board Credential
CAQH's Certifications and Board Certification sections support free-text fields — ICONIC credentials can be listed even if they don't appear in a dropdown yet.
- Certifying Organization: ICONIC Board of Holistic Health
- Credential Type: Your designation (e.g., IBC-HHP™ — ICONIC Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner)
- Certificate Number: Your certificate number (on your ICONIC Board certificate)
- Issue Date: Date your credential was awarded
- Expiration Date: Your renewal date (2 years from award)
Authorize Payers in CAQH
After completing and attesting your profile, you must explicitly grant payer organizations access to your data. This is called "authorization" — without it, payers cannot retrieve your information for credentialing.
Apply to the ASH Provider Network
American Specialty Health (ASH) manages complementary and integrative health networks for major insurers. Once your CAQH profile is complete and ASH is authorized, apply directly through the ASH portal. ASH pulls your data from CAQH — no re-entry required.
ASH credentialing takes time. Submit early, then use superbills for out-of-network reimbursement while you wait.
Superbills While You Wait
In-network credentialing takes time. While your ASH application is processing, you can still support client reimbursement through superbills — itemized receipts that clients submit to their insurance for out-of-network benefits.
Generate a Superbill
Use the ICONIC Board Insurance Toolkit to generate professional superbills, download letter templates, and access CPT code references.
Contact Directory
Key contacts for each step of the credentialing process. Admins can update these numbers at any time.