New Jersey recorded 6 physician NPI deactivations during the week of July 13-19, 2026. This figure represents 4% of the national total for physician NPI deactivations reported in the latest CMS registry update. All 6 deactivations were associated with individual providers, with no organizational NPIs affected in the state during this period.
New Jersey Physician NPI Deactivations
An analysis of the deactivated NPIs by taxonomy reveals that Family Medicine accounted for the largest share, with 2 providers, or 33% of the total. Following this, Diagnostic Radiology, General Practice, Internal Medicine, and Interventional Pain Medicine each saw 1 deactivation. Each of these specialties individually represented 17% of the week's physician deactivations in New Jersey, indicating a distribution across several medical fields rather than a concentration in a single area.
Credential and Geographic Trends
Geographically, the deactivations were spread across various locations within New Jersey. The cities of Hackensack, Denville, Ramsey, Cherry Hill Blvd, and Manahawkin each recorded 1 deactivation. This distribution suggests that the deactivations were not concentrated in any single metropolitan area or region of the state for this reporting period.
It is important to note that an NPI deactivation is an administrative status change within the federal NPPES registry. This status change does not inherently indicate a license action against a provider or that a provider has ceased practicing.
