Ohio recorded 6 physician NPI deactivations during the week of June 1-7, 2026, representing 3% of the national total for physicians. All 6 deactivations were for individual providers, with no organizational NPIs affected. An NPI serves as a unique identification number for healthcare providers, and its deactivation is an administrative status change in the federal NPPES registry. This status change does not inherently indicate a license action or that a provider has ceased practice.
Specialty and Geographic Distribution
Among the deactivated NPIs, Family Medicine was the most represented specialty, accounting for 2 providers, or 33% of the total. Rheumatology, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Gynecology each saw 1 provider deactivation, representing 17% of the total respectively. This distribution indicates that the deactivations occurred across a range of medical specialties rather than concentrating in a single field. Geographically, Cincinnati recorded 2 deactivations, while Centerville, Cleveland, New Albany, and Columbus each had 1 deactivation. This spread across multiple cities suggests no single urban area was disproportionately impacted by these administrative changes.
These NPI deactivations reflect administrative status changes within the federal registry for the specified week, representing a routine update to the national provider identifier system.
