Maryland recorded 11 physician deactivations in the NPI registry during the week of Aug. 31 through Sept. 6, representing 6% of the national total. All 11 records were for individuals; no organizations appeared in the state’s update. NPI deactivation is an administrative registry status and does not by itself indicate a license action or confirm that a physician has stopped practicing.
Credentials
Internal Medicine was the leading taxonomy, with 3 records, or 27% of Maryland’s total. Family Medicine followed with 2 records, or 18%. Obstetrics & Gynecology, Orthopaedic Surgery and General Practice each accounted for 1 record, or 9%. The distribution spans primary care and several specialties rather than pointing to a single dominant clinical area. The listed taxonomy categories describe NPI classifications and should not be treated as a measure of active clinical capacity.
Geographic Spread
Five cities—Hagerstown, Berlin, Baltimore, Rockville and Catonsville—each had 1 deactivation. The remaining records were distributed across Lutherville, Gaithersburg, Conowingo, Forest Hill, Bethesda and Prince Frederick, also with 1 record each. No city accounted for more than one record in the update, so the geographic pattern shows a broad spread across Maryland rather than a concentration in one location.
These weekly figures describe changes in federal NPI registry status, not verified changes in Maryland’s practicing physician workforce.
