CMS NPPES recorded 57 deactivations in the Nurses segment during the week of August 17 through August 23, 2026. Names were retrievable for all 57 records, representing 100% of the week’s total. Florida led the states with 6 deactivations, or 11% of the weekly count. The file included 53 individuals and 4 organizations.
Florida Leads a Broad Distribution
Florida’s six deactivations placed it ahead of California and Pennsylvania, which each recorded 5 deactivations, or 9%. Washington followed with 4 deactivations, or 7%. Arizona, Georgia and Texas each posted 3 deactivations, or 5%.
The remaining states in the leading-state data were more dispersed. Kansas, North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan and New York each recorded 2 deactivations, or 4%, while Oregon recorded 1 deactivation, or 2%. The spread across regions, rather than a single dominant cluster, suggests that this week’s registry activity reflects a national mix of provider-level changes. Pittsburgh, Topeka and Jackson each appeared with two deactivated records in the city-level data, while the other listed cities had one.
Advanced Nursing Taxonomies Dominate
Family Nurse Practitioner was the leading taxonomy among named deactivated providers, with 10 records, or 18%. Registered Nurse and Licensed Practical Nurse each accounted for 9 records, or 16%. Nurse Practitioner followed with 8 records, or 14%, and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist with 7 records, or 12%.
The mix spans both broad nursing roles and advanced-practice specialties. Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse and Adult Health Nurse Practitioner each had 3 records, or 5%. Administrator Registered Nurse, Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Gastroenterology Registered Nurse each had 1 record, or 2%. These categories describe the taxonomies attached to the NPI records; they do not establish that the individuals left nursing or stopped providing care.
Administrative Changes Remain Ambiguous
An NPI deactivation is an administrative status change in CMS NPPES, not by itself evidence of a license action, malpractice or a provider’s departure from practice. Records may be retired as clinicians change practices, consolidate organizations, retire or obtain a new NPI. Because all names were available in this week’s file, no records were scrubbed from the named results; in other weeks, CMS may remove identifying details from deactivated records after the status change. The weekly count therefore captures registry maintenance and workforce churn, including changes involving multi-NPI re-registration, rather than a direct measure of nurses leaving the profession.
