Arizona recorded 5 NPI deactivations within the Physicians category this week, accounting for 3% of the national total. This weekly update, covering March 9-15, 2026, shows that 3 of these deactivations were for individual providers, while 2 were associated with organizations.
Credential and Geographic Trends
The deactivations observed this week spanned a range of distinct specialties, with each of the five unique taxonomies representing 20% of the total. These included Family Medicine (207Q00000X), Pediatrics (207K00000X), Dentistry (202D00000X), Internal Medicine (207R00000X), and Psychiatry (207X00000X). This variety indicates deactivations across different medical and dental fields. Geographically, 2 deactivations were noted in Tucson, making it the most frequent location this week. Phoenix, Flagstaff, and Sierra Vista each recorded 1 deactivation. This distribution reflects administrative changes occurring in both major metropolitan and more regional areas across Arizona.
It is important to note that an NPI deactivation is an administrative status change within the federal NPPES registry. This action does not, by itself, indicate a license action against a provider or confirm that a provider has stopped 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.
