Colorado recorded 6 physician NPI deactivations in the latest weekly CMS NPI registry update, representing 3% of the national total for physicians. All 6 deactivations were for individual providers, with no organizational NPIs deactivated during this period. An NPI deactivation is an administrative status change in the federal NPPES registry and does not by itself indicate a license action or that a provider has stopped practicing.
Specialty Trends
Among the deactivated NPIs, Cardiovascular Disease was the most frequent specialty, accounting for 2 providers, which is 33% of the total. Urology, Gastroenterology, Family Medicine, and Pediatrics each saw 1 deactivation. This distribution indicates administrative NPI status changes across a variety of medical specialties within the state.
Geographic Distribution
Geographically, Fort Collins and Denver each recorded 2 deactivations. Montrose and Aurora each had 1 deactivation. The deactivations in Fort Collins and Denver align with these cities being major population centers in Colorado. Hipa.ai retains a name cache from public CMS files captured before deactivation, as CMS scrubs name, address, and taxonomy from most deactivated records. These NPI deactivations reflect administrative status changes within the federal registry and do not inherently indicate a cessation of practice for any specific provider.
