New York recorded 6 NPI deactivations for nurses during the week of March 16-22, 2026. These deactivations represent 8% of the national total for nurses in the same period. All 6 deactivations were associated with individual providers, with no organizational NPIs deactivated in the state this week. An NPI deactivation is an administrative status change in the federal NPPES registry.
Credential and Geographic Overview
Among the deactivated NPIs, the primary taxonomy code 163W00000X, representing Registered Nurses, accounted for 4 deactivations, or 67% of the total. The taxonomy code 164W00000X, for Licensed Practical Nurses, accounted for the remaining 2 deactivations, or 33%. Geographically, the deactivations were distributed across several cities, with one NPI each in SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, BUFFALO, MIDDLETOWN, and CHEEKTOWOGA. This distribution indicates no single concentrated area for this week's deactivations.
Data Context
It is important to note that an NPI deactivation does not inherently indicate a license action against a provider or that a provider has ceased practicing. While CMS typically scrubs name, address, and taxonomy from most deactivated records, Hipa.ai retains a name cache from public CMS files captured before deactivation. This data offers a snapshot of administrative changes within the state's nurse provider registry.
