Arizona recorded 5 behavioral health provider deactivations in the NPI registry during the week of Aug. 10-16, 2026, representing 3% of the national total. All five records were for individuals; no organizations were listed. An NPI deactivation is an administrative change in the federal NPPES registry and does not by itself indicate a license action or confirm that a provider has stopped practicing.
Credentials and Cities
Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor was the most frequently retired taxonomy, with 2 records. Mental Health Counselor, Counselor and Speech-Language Pathologist each accounted for 1 record. The city distribution was similarly limited: Tucson had 2 deactivations, while Sedona, Safford and Mesa each had 1. The pattern shows a small concentration in Tucson, with the remaining records distributed across three other Arizona cities; the counts do not establish a statewide workforce trend or explain the reasons for the registry changes.
Registry Context
The deactivated records covered four taxonomy categories and included five individual providers, with no organization records in the week’s Arizona behavioral health data. CMS generally removes names, addresses and taxonomy information from most deactivated records, while Hipa.ai retains a name cache from public CMS files captured before deactivation. These records therefore describe NPI registry activity for the reporting period, not a verified measure of active clinical capacity, service availability or changes in licensure.
Arizona’s weekly figures provide an administrative snapshot of behavioral health NPI deactivations, with limited concentration by credential and city.
