During the week of March 23-29, 2026, Illinois recorded 6 NPI deactivations for behavioral health providers, constituting 3% of the national total for this category. These administrative changes in the National Provider Identifier registry involved 4 individual providers and 2 organizational entities within the state's behavioral health sector.
Credential and Location Overview
Analysis of the deactivated NPIs reveals that Mental Health Counselors and Clinical Social Workers each accounted for 2 providers, representing 33% of the total deactivations. Additionally, one Pastoral Counselor and one Community/Behavioral Health Organization each contributed 1 deactivation, making up 17% of the total respectively. The geographic spread of these deactivations included one NPI each in Matteson, Chicago, Arlington Heights, Western Springs, and Roselle, indicating no single metropolitan or regional concentration among this week's changes.
It is important to note that an NPI deactivation is an administrative status change within the federal NPPES registry. This status change does not inherently 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, offering a historical record of these entries.
