CMS NPPES recorded 165 deactivations among Behavioral Health Providers during the week of August 3–9, 2026. Names were retrievable for 162 records, or 98% of the total, with California leading at 20 deactivations, or 12%. The registry classified 144 individuals and 18 organizations in the weekly total.

Three records were scrubbed: CMS reports the full count of 165 deactivations, while Hipa.ai’s public-source name cache captured the named subset before CMS removed identifying details from deactivated records.

California Leads State Activity

California was followed by New York, with 12 deactivations, and Oklahoma and Florida, with 11 each. Massachusetts recorded 9, Washington recorded 8, and North Carolina and Texas each recorded 7. Maryland had 6, while Ohio and Michigan each had 5. Arizona, Utah, Virginia and South Carolina each posted 4 deactivations.

The leading states do not form a single regional cluster. Instead, the activity spans the West Coast, Northeast, South and Midwest, with California accounting for the largest individual share. Oklahoma’s count was influenced by multiple records associated with OSU Center for Health Sciences across several cities, illustrating how organization-level registry activity can shape a state’s weekly total. New York City had 4 deactivations, while McAlester and Gainesville each had 3.

Social Work Tops Taxonomy Mix

Among named providers, Clinical Social Worker was the leading taxonomy, with 28 providers, or 17%. Mental Health Counselor followed with 21, or 13%, and RBT with 19, or 12%. Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor accounted for 16, or 10%, while Specialist represented 14, or 9%.

Professional Counselor appeared in 12 records, or 7%. Clinic/Center and Case Manager/Care Coordinator each recorded 10, or 6%, followed by Counselor at 8, or 5%, and BCBA at 7, or 4%. The mix covers licensed counseling and social-work roles, behavioral technicians, care coordination and organizations, rather than pointing to one narrowly defined workforce segment.

Registry Changes Have Multiple Causes

An NPI deactivation is an administrative registry change, not by itself evidence of a license action or that a provider has stopped practicing. The weekly figures may reflect routine registry maintenance, workforce churn, organizational changes or providers re-registering under another NPI, and should not be interpreted as a direct measure of clinical closures.