Alaska added 35 behavioral health providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing a negligible share (0%) of the national total. Notably, 13 of these providers were newly registered this week, accounting for the vast majority of the 15 new providers added in the state this year. This suggests a recent, concentrated burst of activity rather than sustained, incremental growth.
ABA Workforce Composition
Within the applied behavior analysis field, the update shows 2 providers with a BCBA taxonomy and 5 providers with an RBT taxonomy. It is important to note that NPI records can include both taxonomy and credential information, and these categories may overlap for individual providers. No providers were identified with dual BCBA and RBT credentials in this update. The 2.5-to-1 ratio of RBTs to BCBAs indicates a relatively high supervision burden per BCBA, suggesting a need for more BCBA-level practitioners to support further RBT workforce expansion and service capacity.
Provider Demographics
Of the 30 individual providers included in the update, the workforce is predominantly female, with 24 providers (80%) identifying as female and 6 providers (20%) as male. There were 5 organizations among the total providers. No specific organizations appeared multiple times in this week's update, indicating a diverse set of smaller practices or individual practitioners rather than dominant multi-state chains.
The recent surge in new registrations, particularly among RBTs, suggests a nascent but growing interest in expanding ABA services in Alaska, though the limited number of BCBAs highlights a potential bottleneck for supervision capacity.
