North Carolina recorded 9 behavioral health provider NPI deactivations between May 25 and May 31, 2026. This represents 6% of the national total for the week. The deactivations included 8 individual providers and 1 organization.
Credential and Geographic Distribution
Among the individual deactivations, Clinical Social Workers were the most frequent credential type, accounting for 4 of the records, or 44% of the total. Mental Health Counselors represented 2 deactivations, making up 22% of the total. Other credential types observed included one RBT, one Specialist, and one Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor, each comprising 11% of the deactivations. Geographically, Fayetteville recorded 2 deactivations, making it the city with the highest number this week. Wilmington, Durham, Hendersonville, and Raleigh each had one deactivation.
Understanding NPI Deactivations
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 or that a provider has stopped practicing. While CMS scrubs name, address, and taxonomy from most deactivated records, Hipa.ai retains a name cache from public CMS files captured before deactivation, providing a historical record of these providers.
