Florida recorded 17 physician deactivations in the NPI registry during the week of August 17-23, representing 11% of the national total. The records include 7 individuals and 10 organizations. An NPI deactivation is an administrative change in the federal registry and does not by itself indicate a license action or confirm that a provider has stopped practicing.
Credentials and Cities
Pediatrics was the most frequently listed specialty, with 4 deactivations, followed by Family Medicine with 3. Addiction Medicine (Family Medicine), Urology and Orthopaedic Surgery each appeared once. The credential distribution is therefore led by pediatric and family medicine records, although the overall count remains limited.
Orlando was the leading city, with 4 deactivations. Port St. Lucie, Viera, Riviera Beach and Tampa each had one. The concentration in Orlando is partly associated with repeated organizational records, including multiple Pediatrics and Family Medicine entries. City and taxonomy patterns describe registry activity, not necessarily the number of practicing clinicians, locations that have closed or changes in patient access.
Registry Context
Organizations accounted for more Florida records than individuals in this weekly update, while the listed specialties and locations were spread across several parts of the state. CMS generally removes names, addresses and taxonomy details from deactivated records; Hipa.ai retains names from public CMS files captured before deactivation. These figures summarize NPI registry changes for Florida’s Physicians segment and should not be read as a direct measure of the state’s active physician workforce.
