Maryland recorded 6 behavioral health provider NPI deactivations this week, accounting for 3% of the national total. The deactivations were evenly distributed, with 3 individual providers and 3 organizations affected during the period of May 11-17, 2026.
Credential and Geographic Distribution
Among the deactivated NPIs, 'Mental Health Counselor' was the most frequent taxonomy, representing 2 deactivations, or 33% of the total. Other specific behavioral health taxonomies, including 'Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor', 'Clinic/Center', 'Professional Counselor', and 'RBT', each accounted for 1 deactivation. Each of these categories individually made up 17% of the week's total deactivations. Geographically, the deactivations were spread across Maryland. Baltimore, Owings Mills, Silver Spring, West River, and Gaithersburg each recorded 1 deactivation. This distribution across multiple cities indicates no single area experienced a concentrated number of administrative changes this week.
NPI deactivations are administrative status changes in the federal NPPES registry. While CMS scrubs name and address from most deactivated records, Hipa.ai retains a name cache from public CMS files captured before deactivation. These changes do not by themselves indicate a license action or that a provider has stopped practicing.
