Per-source refresh cadence — upstream schedule + Fonteum pull schedule.
Every displayable field on every Fonteum record carries an explicit last_checked timestamp. We never display a record without it. Stale records appear with explicit staleness markers in source-coverage metadata, not silently as fresh.
| Source | Scope | Upstream | Fonteum pull | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPPES (CMS NPI Registry) | All Type-1 and Type-2 NPIs nationwide | Daily-updated public API; monthly bulk file | Quarterly snapshot today; monthly is the target as we scale | Each specialty supply study is a dated snapshot. Re-pulls are explicit, not silent. |
| CMS Care Compare | Hospitals, home health, hospice, nursing homes, dialysis | Quarterly federal release | Quarterly, aligned to upstream release | Methodology release notes published with each snapshot. |
| FL DBPR (Florida licensed contractors) | Florida-licensed construction contractors | Weekly state publication | Monthly today; weekly is feasible at higher tier | FL DBPR ships a stable bulk file URL; ingest is the most automated of the trades sources. |
| CSLB (California contractors) | California currently-renewed + expired-but-renewable contractors (~231k active) | Continuously updated; bulk Master List downloadable any time | Pending §188+ ingest pilot; planned monthly snapshots once live | Verbatim CSLB statement: "There is no charge for this service." Ingest deferred per §187. |
| TX TDLR (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation) | Texas-regulated trades (electrical, HVAC, others) | Texas Open Data Portal — refreshed regularly per portal cadence | Pending ingest pilot; planned monthly post-pilot | Hosted on data.texas.gov; bulk-downloadable. |
| LA LSLBC (Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors) | Louisiana commercial / residential / specialty contractors | Roster published from LSLBC website; cadence per board | Pending ingest pilot | Newly registered Tier-2 source family per §187. |
| AZ ROC (Arizona Registrar of Contractors) | Arizona-licensed contractors | Lookup-only on the public site; bulk requires a public-records request | Pending operator-supplied CSV (CPRA path) | Manifest registered, write deferred until operator-supplied file lands. |
| HRSA HPSA (Health Professional Shortage Areas) | Federal designation of underserved-area boundaries | Continuously updated by HRSA; major revisions ~quarterly | Research-context only; refreshed alongside relevant studies | Used for research framing, not per-provider profile fields. |
| BLS OEWS / QCEW + BEA Regional | Federal labor and regional-economic statistics | Annual (OEWS), quarterly (QCEW), annual (BEA Regional) | Refreshed alongside relevant research releases | Research-context only. Public-domain federal data. |
| U.S. Census Bureau (PEP V2025 + ACS) | State and county population denominators | Annual PEP releases; ACS 5-year releases annually | Refreshed as new vintages release; documented in source helper files | Per-capita figures across the research series share a consistent denominator family. |
Refresh cadence is a function of two things: how often the upstream source publishes, and how often we pull. We commit to honesty on both. We never silently bump a snapshot date forward without re-pulling, and we never display a record that doesn't carry a last_checked timestamp.
A customer integrating Fonteum data can rely on this contract: any record we display either has a recent last_checked, or it's flagged as stale in source-coverage metadata. If a customer's integration needs a stricter freshness contract, that's the conversation that moves a Pilot to Standard tier.
Compliance posture
We don’t sell ranking and don’t accept payment to move a provider up the list. For final hire decisions, verify licensing, insurance, and references directly with the applicable licensing or credentialing body.
No bulk-licensing source family is currently ingested for this vertical. Hire-time checking still routes through the body named above.