New Jersey recorded 6 NPI deactivations among Behavioral Health Providers during the week of May 11-17, 2026. This total accounted for 3% of the national deactivations in this category for the period. All 6 deactivations were associated with individual providers, with no organizational NPIs deactivated in the state this week.
Credential and Geographic Trends
An analysis of the deactivated NPIs shows that "Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor" and "Specialist" were the most common credential types, each representing 2 deactivations, or 33% of the total. "Clinical Social Worker" and "Mental Health Counselor" each accounted for 1 deactivation, making up 17% of the total respectively. Geographically, the deactivations were not concentrated in a single area. Cities such as BAYVILLE, FLORHAM PARK, WAYNE, RED BANK, and METUCHEN each recorded 1 deactivation, indicating a dispersed pattern across the state rather than a localized trend.
It is important to note that NPI deactivations are administrative status changes in the federal NPPES registry. They do not, by themselves, indicate a license action or that a provider has stopped practicing. Hipa.ai retains a name cache from public CMS files captured before deactivation, as CMS scrubs name and address data from most deactivated records.
