California recorded 18 physician deactivations in the federal NPI registry during week 2026-W39, accounting for 12% of the national total. The records comprised 16 individuals and 2 organizations. These figures describe registry status changes, not confirmed departures from practice; deactivation alone does not indicate a license action or that a provider has stopped practicing.
Credentials represented
Psychiatry was the most common listed specialty, with 3 records, followed by obstetrics and gynecology with 2. Gastroenterology, pediatric cardiology and emergency medicine each had one record. The listed specialties therefore span several fields, while psychiatry accounted for the largest single category. The counts describe records in this week’s deactivation data and do not establish changes in local service availability or the size of active specialty workforces.
Locations across the state
San Francisco, Long Beach and Chico each had 2 records; Mountain View and Santa Barbara each had one. The top city counts are tied, with no city represented by more than two records in the supplied breakdown. This distribution shows that the listed deactivations came from multiple California locations rather than one city dominating the reported total. It does not show where affected providers may currently work or practice.
The weekly figures are a snapshot of administrative NPI registry changes, not a measure of active physician supply or patient access.
