New York recorded 21 physician NPI deactivations this week, representing 10% of the national total for physicians. Of these, 20 were individual providers and 1 was an organization, occurring between June 29 and July 5, 2026.
Specialty and Geographic Trends
Among the deactivated NPIs, Internal Medicine accounted for the highest number with 4 providers, or 19% of the state's total. Family Medicine followed with 3 deactivations, making up 14%. Anesthesiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology each saw 2 deactivations, each representing 10% of the weekly deactivations. Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (D.M.D.) also saw 1 deactivation. The city of New York had the most deactivations, with 6 records, followed by Brooklyn with 3. Flushing and Oakland Gardens each recorded 2 deactivations, suggesting activity concentrated in the state's larger metropolitan areas.
Understanding Deactivation Data
It is important to note that NPI deactivations are administrative status changes within the federal NPPES registry. These updates do not by themselves indicate a license action against a provider or that a provider has ceased practicing. Hipa.ai retains a name cache from public CMS files captured before deactivation, as CMS typically scrubs name and address information from most deactivated records.
