CMS NPPES recorded 163 deactivations in the Behavioral Health Providers segment during the week of September 14–20, 2026. Names were retrievable for 161 records, or about 99%, and California led the state count with 26 deactivations. The named records included 149 individuals and 12 organizations. A deactivation is an administrative registry status change; it does not, on its own, establish that a provider has stopped practicing or faced a licensing action.
California Leads State Counts
After California, Ohio had 11 deactivations and Michigan had 9. Colorado and New York recorded 8 each, followed by Florida with 7. Oklahoma, Washington, Tennessee and Texas each had 6, while Wisconsin had 5. The leading states account for a varied national pattern, with the largest count notably ahead of the next states but no single state representing most of the week’s records.
That geographic spread is consistent with a large, diverse provider segment, but registry deactivations do not measure the number of practitioners currently working in each state, service availability or changes in patient access. California’s lead identifies where the most listed records were deactivated in this week’s file; it does not show why those records changed status. City counts were smaller and dispersed: San Jose had 3, while several cities, including Tustin, Farmington Hills and Fort Collins, had 2 each.
Several Taxonomies Share The Lead
Among named providers, the top taxonomy codes were RBT and Clinical Social Worker, each with 21 records. Mental Health Counselor followed with 20, then Case Manager/Care Coordinator with 16 and Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor with 15. The mix spans behavior-analytic support, counseling, social work and care coordination rather than a single professional role. These taxonomy counts describe the categories attached to deactivated records; they are not counts of workers leaving the field or measures of demand for each service.
Other entries in the leading taxonomy list included Specialist, Counselor, Psychologist, Professional Counselor and Speech-Language Pathologist. The breadth reflects how the behavioral-health segment encompasses multiple disciplines and adjacent services. Taxonomy labels in NPPES are administrative classifications, and a listed category should not be treated as a complete account of an individual’s qualifications or current practice.
Registry Status Requires Context
CMS’s total of 163 includes two records whose names were scrubbed; the 161 named records are the subset Hipa.ai’s public-source name cache captured before CMS removed identifying information. NPPES deactivation is registry maintenance, not a definitive workforce exit. Records can change as providers retire, update practice arrangements, consolidate organizations or obtain another NPI. This weekly snapshot documents status changes, but does not identify the circumstances behind any particular record.
