Arizona recorded 7 physician deactivations in the NPI registry during the week of Aug. 24 through Aug. 30, 2026, representing 4% of the national total. The records included 5 individuals and 2 organizations. An NPI deactivation is an administrative registry change and does not by itself establish that a physician or organization has stopped practicing or faced a licensing action.
Credential Mix
Family Medicine was the most frequently listed retired taxonomy, appearing in 2 records. Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine), Allergy & Immunology, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and Urology each appeared in 1 record. The mix spans primary care, a geriatric specialty, and several specialty practices rather than showing concentration in a single clinical area. The registry’s taxonomy fields describe how records were classified and do not measure active clinical capacity.
City Distribution
Scottsdale had the largest city-level count, with 2 deactivations. Avondale, Glendale, Tucson and Mesa each had 1. One additional record was associated with Lake Havasu City. The city distribution is therefore dispersed across Arizona, with Scottsdale the only location appearing more than once in this week’s records. The pattern describes the location of deactivated NPI records, not the size or availability of the physician workforce in those communities.
Arizona’s weekly update reflects a small, mixed set of individual and organizational NPI status changes across several specialties and cities, without by itself establishing changes in local care access.
