South Carolina recorded 5 behavioral health provider NPI deactivations this week, accounting for 3% of the national total. All 5 deactivations were for individual practitioners, with no organizational NPIs deactivated during this period.
Credential and Geographic Patterns
Among the individual NPIs deactivated, two were Pastoral Counselors, representing 40% of the state's total deactivations. Other taxonomies affected included one Addiction Counselor, one Registered Behavior Technician (RBT), and one provider identified under the Community/Behavioral Health Organization taxonomy. Each of these latter categories accounted for 20% of the weekly total. Geographically, the deactivations were broadly distributed across the state. Five different cities each recorded one deactivation: North Charleston, Ridgeland, Rockhill, Florence, and Walterboro. This distribution suggests no specific regional concentration for this week's administrative changes.
An NPI deactivation is an administrative status change within the federal NPPES registry. This status change does not inherently indicate a license action or that a provider has stopped practicing. Hipa.ai retains a name cache from public CMS files captured before deactivation to maintain historical context.
