Texas saw 17 NPI deactivations for Physicians in the week of March 9-15, 2026. This total represents 9% of all physician deactivations nationally for the period. The deactivations included 13 individual providers and 4 organizations.
Deactivation Trends by Specialty and Location
Among the deactivated records, the most frequent taxonomy codes were 208000000X (Internal Medicine), 207Q00000X (Family Medicine), and 207R00000X (Diagnostic Radiology), each accounting for 2 deactivations. Geographically, Houston recorded the highest number of deactivations with 5 entries, followed by Addison with 2. Other cities such as San Antonio, Sherman, and Rio Grande City each had 1 deactivation. The concentration in major urban centers is consistent with general provider distribution patterns.
Understanding NPI Deactivations
NPI deactivations are administrative status changes in the federal NPPES registry and do not inherently indicate a license action or that a provider has ceased practicing. While CMS scrubs name, address, and taxonomy from most deactivated records, Hipa.ai retains a name cache from public CMS files captured before deactivation, offering continued insight into these provider records.
