Massachusetts recorded 6 behavioral health provider deactivations in the week of Sept. 21–27, 2026, equal to 3% of the national total. All six records were for individuals; no organizations were listed. A deactivation is an administrative change in the federal NPI registry and does not, by itself, establish that a provider has stopped practicing or faced a license action.
Credentials and locations
Mental Health Counselor was the most common taxonomy, with 2 records. Counselor, Psychologist, Specialist and Case Manager/Care Coordinator each had one. The city breakdown was spread across Massachusetts: Lexington, West Springfield, Westborough, Medfield and Braintree each had one record in the reported top-city list. The provider records also include one in Boston. No city accounts for more than one listed deactivation, so the data show no single-city concentration in this week’s records.
Reading the registry data
The credential labels describe NPI taxonomy classifications, which are not necessarily the same as professional licenses or current job titles. CMS removes identifying details from most deactivated records; Hipa.ai retains names from public CMS files captured before deactivation. These records therefore describe changes in registry status, not verified changes in local staffing, service availability or patient access. They also do not establish whether the listed individuals continue to provide care under another record or setting.
This week’s Massachusetts figures provide a snapshot of behavioral health NPI deactivations, with all listed records tied to individual providers and locations dispersed across the state.
