New York saw 9 NPI deactivations for nurses during the week of 20260720-20260726, representing 15% of the national total for the period. All 9 deactivations were for individual providers; no organizations were deactivated in the state during this period.
Credential and Geographic Distribution
A breakdown of the 9 deactivated NPIs by credential shows that the Registered Nurse taxonomy accounted for 6 individuals, representing 67% of the total. The remaining deactivations included one Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse, one Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, and one Licensed Practical Nurse, each comprising 11% of the total. Geographically, New York City recorded 2 deactivations, making it the city with the highest count. Other locations with one deactivation each included Selden, Blasdell, Harrison, and Pulaski. This distribution indicates that deactivations occurred across various parts of the state rather than being concentrated in one specific area.
NPI deactivations are administrative updates in the federal registry. They do not inherently indicate a change in practice status or license action for individual providers, and CMS typically scrubs identifying information from these records.
