New York recorded 19 behavioral health provider NPI deactivations this week, accounting for 10% of the national total. Of these, 18 were individual providers, with 1 organization also seeing its NPI deactivated in the federal registry.
Credential and Geographic Trends
The most frequently deactivated credentials included Clinical Social Worker and Specialist, each accounting for 6 deactivations, or 32% of the total. Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor, Mental Health Counselor, and Psychologist each saw 2 deactivations, representing 11% of the week's total. This distribution indicates deactivations across several key behavioral health specialties. Geographically, New York City recorded 3 deactivations, while other cities such as Auburn, Albany, Mineola, and Cheektowaga each had 1 deactivation. This pattern suggests a dispersed set of deactivations across the state, with a slight concentration in the largest urban center.
Registry Status Notes
It is important to note that an NPI deactivation is an administrative status change within the federal NPPES registry. It does not, by itself, indicate a license action or that a provider has ceased practicing. Hipa.ai retains a name cache from public CMS files captured before deactivation, providing a historical record even when CMS scrubs name and address from deactivated records.
