Pennsylvania recorded 7 physician NPI deactivations between April 27 and May 3, 2026, representing 4% of the national total for physicians during this period. All 7 deactivations were for individual providers, with no organizational NPIs deactivated in the state this week. These administrative status changes in the federal NPPES registry mean that while CMS scrubs name and address from most deactivated records, Hipa.ai retains a name cache from public CMS files captured before deactivation.
Specialty and Geographic Distribution
The deactivations spanned several medical specialties. Plastic Surgery and Urology each accounted for 2 providers, representing 29% of the state's total for the week. Internal Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, and Obstetrics each saw 1 deactivation, each making up 14% of the total. Geographically, 3 of the 7 deactivations were associated with the city of Erie, indicating a localized concentration for this reporting period. Other cities with a single deactivation included Kingston, State College, Gettysburg, and Elkins Park, showing a distribution across different regions of the state.
It is important to note that NPI deactivations are administrative updates within the federal NPPES registry and do not by themselves indicate a license action or that a provider has stopped practicing. This data reflects changes in NPI registry status rather than direct workforce reductions.
