California recorded 29 NPI deactivations among Behavioral Health Providers this week, representing 16% of the national total. Of these, 25 were individual providers and 4 were organizations.
Credential and Geographic Trends
The most frequently deactivated credential was Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) with 6 instances, accounting for 21% of the state's total deactivations. Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor followed with 5 deactivations, or 17%. The "Specialist" taxonomy was deactivated 4 times, making up 14%. Case Management Agencies and Mental Health Counselors each saw 2 deactivations, both representing 7% of the total.
Geographically, Santa Ana, Los Angeles, and San Diego each recorded 4 deactivations. Oakland had 2 deactivations, while El Segundo had 1. This concentration in major metropolitan areas and across various behavioral health specializations reflects typical administrative updates within California's diverse provider landscape.
NPI deactivations are administrative updates in the federal NPPES registry and do not inherently indicate a provider has ceased practice or faced license action. Hipa.ai retains a name cache from public CMS files captured before deactivation, as CMS scrubs name and address information from most deactivated records.
