North Carolina recorded 6 physician NPI deactivations during the week of June 1-7, 2026. This figure represents 3% of the national total for physician deactivations in the same period. The deactivations included 4 individual providers and 2 organizations.
Specialty and Practice Types
Internal Medicine accounted for the largest share of deactivations, with 2 records, or 33% of the total. Other specialties each saw 1 deactivation, representing 17% each. These included Cardiovascular Disease, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Allergy & Immunology, and Emergency Medicine. The deactivations encompassed both individual practitioners and organizational entities within these medical fields.
Geographic Distribution
The deactivations were distributed across several locations within North Carolina. Morganton, Kinston, Winston Salem, Chapel Hill, and Salisbury each recorded 1 deactivation. This spread indicates that the administrative status changes were not concentrated in a single metropolitan area but occurred in various cities across the state.
NPI deactivations are administrative status changes within the federal NPPES registry and do not inherently indicate a license action or that a provider has ceased practicing.
