Texas recorded 10 physician NPI deactivations during the week of May 4-10, 2026, representing 5% of the national total for physicians. Of these, 8 were individual providers and 2 were organizations.
Specialty Distribution
Among the individual physicians, Family Medicine was the most frequent taxonomy, accounting for 3 deactivations, or 30% of the total. Other specialties noted with 1 deactivation each included General Practice, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology, and Orthopaedic Surgery. This distribution highlights a range of primary care and specialized medical fields among the deactivated records.
Geographic Overview
Deactivations were geographically dispersed across Texas. The cities of Arlington, Baytown, Houston, Manvel, and Harlingen each recorded 1 deactivation. This broad distribution indicates no particular regional concentration for the week's NPI deactivations among physicians.
It is important to note that NPI deactivations are administrative status changes in the federal NPPES registry and do not by themselves indicate a license action or that a provider has stopped practicing.
