California recorded 12 physician deactivations in the NPI registry during the week of August 17 through August 23, representing 8% of the national total. All were individual providers; the update lists 12 individuals and 0 organizations. 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 physician has stopped practicing.
Credentials
Family Medicine was the most frequently listed retired taxonomy, with 3 records, or 25% of California’s total. Psychiatry and Internal Medicine each accounted for 2 records, or 17%. Cardiovascular Disease and Neuroradiology each appeared once, or 8%. The credential mix spans primary care, behavioral health, medical specialties and imaging, with no single taxonomy accounting for most of the week’s activity.
Cities
Los Angeles had the largest city total, with 3 deactivations. Torrance, Orange, Redlands and Huntington Beach each had 1. The city distribution is therefore concentrated partly in Los Angeles but otherwise spread across several locations. The registry data shows where records were associated at deactivation, but it does not establish the size of local physician workforces, practice arrangements or patient access.
Overall, the week’s California physician deactivations were limited to individual records and covered multiple specialties and cities.
