California recorded 19 physician-segment NPI deactivations during the week of Sept. 14-20, representing 13% of the national total. The records comprise 17 individuals and 2 organizations. Deactivation is an administrative change in the federal NPI registry; it does not, by itself, indicate a license action or confirm that a provider has stopped practicing.
Credentials and locations
Internal Medicine was the most frequently listed credential, with 5 records, or 26% of the state total. Urology and Gastroenterology each had 2 records, or 11%. Cardiovascular Disease and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery each had 1 record. The credential mix shows Internal Medicine leading this week’s entries, while the other listed specialties appear less often.
The listed leading cities—Beaumont, San Jose, Carmichael, Greenbrae and West Hills—each had one record. The data therefore shows no single city dominating the reported locations; the records are spread across the cities shown. This is a weekly registry snapshot, not a measure of local physician supply or patient access.
Reading the registry
The figures describe NPI records deactivated during the reporting week, rather than verified departures from clinical practice. CMS removes names, addresses and taxonomy from most deactivated records; Hipa.ai retains a name cache from public CMS files captured before deactivation. The counts offer a view of administrative registry changes in California’s physician segment, without establishing why any individual record was deactivated or what effect the changes may have on care.
