CMS recorded 68 deactivations in the Nurses segment of the NPPES registry for the week of Sept. 21–27, 2026. Hipa.ai’s name cache could retrieve names for 67 records, nearly all of the weekly total; New York led the state breakdown with 6 deactivations. CMS’s count includes all 68 records, while the named subset reflects records captured by Hipa.ai before CMS removed identifying information from most deactivated records.
New York Leads State Counts
Texas, Pennsylvania and Florida each recorded 5 deactivations, tying for the next-highest count after New York. Massachusetts, Ohio and California followed with 4 each. Utah and Michigan had three apiece, while several other states registered two. The leading states are spread across regions rather than concentrated in a single area, and no one state accounts for a large share of the national weekly count.
The state figures describe where the deactivated records are listed, not where nursing services were delivered or whether local staffing changed. The spread across states also means this snapshot does not point to a single geographic event. The listed state counts are a breakdown of registry records, not a measure of active nurses, vacancies or patient access.
Registered Nurses Top Taxonomies
Among the named providers, Registered Nurse was the most common taxonomy, appearing in 20 records. Family Nurse Practitioner followed with 10, and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist with 9. Licensed Practical Nurse accounted for 7. The mix spans general nursing roles, advanced practice and anesthesia, rather than pointing to deactivations concentrated in one credential group.
Other listed categories include Nurse Practitioner, Case Management Registered Nurse, Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse, General Practice Registered Nurse, Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. Each of those taxonomies appeared in two or three records. These are taxonomy classifications attached to registry records; they do not establish the providers’ current employment, clinical activity or reason for deactivation. The dataset also includes individuals and organizations, so the taxonomy mix should not be read as a count of individual nurses alone.
Administrative Changes, Not Exit Counts
An NPI deactivation is an administrative status change, not evidence by itself of a license action, malpractice or a provider leaving practice. Records can be deactivated for reasons that include retirement, changes in practice or entity type, death, clerical retirement, or transition to a new NPI. The weekly snapshot therefore reflects registry maintenance and workforce churn, but does not distinguish among those explanations or show whether a provider has registered again under another identifier.
