Arkansas recorded 88 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 1% of the national weekly total. The update includes 39 new records this week and 42 added this year, with 73 individuals and 15 organizations. That concentration signals a meaningful, though modest, share of national behavioral health registry activity. NPI records indicate provider enrollment and organizational presence, not confirmed staffing, caseloads or available appointments.
ABA Workforce Mix
The credential summary lists 2 BCBAs, 25 RBTs and one provider with dual BCBA-RBT credentials. These categories overlap: the dual-credential provider is included in the broader credential counts and should not be treated as a separate, mutually exclusive group. The data also lists one provider with a PHD, BCBA credential, illustrating why credential fields and taxonomy fields can produce different views of the same workforce. The RBT-heavy mix suggests direct-service capacity is considerably larger than the documented BCBA supervisory pool. That can support technician-delivered care, but it also makes BCBA recruitment important for supervision, treatment planning and quality oversight. 20 providers have multiple taxonomies, another sign that registry classifications may capture overlapping roles.
Demographics and Organizations
Gender data identifies 58 female providers, 11 male providers and 4 nonbinary providers, reported as 79%, 15% and 5%, respectively. The percentages do not total 100% because of rounding and the registry’s reported categories. No notable organization appears multiple times in the update. The leading listed cities are Little Rock, Paragould, Harrison, Fort Smith and Conway, indicating activity across several Arkansas markets rather than a single city.
Arkansas’s update points to a technician-weighted ABA workforce with limited documented supervisory capacity, a pattern that could constrain broader access unless BCBA growth keeps pace.
