Arizona registered 72 new behavioral health providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, accounting for 2% of the national total. This consistent, albeit moderate, share of new enrollments highlights a steady expansion within the state's behavioral health landscape, signaling ongoing efforts to meet community needs.

ABA Workforce Dynamics

Focusing on the applied behavior analysis (ABA) sector, the data identifies 17 providers with BCBA credentials and 41 with RBT credentials. Notably, one individual holds both BCBA and RBT credentials, often indicating a career path from direct service provision to a supervisory capacity. The resulting ratio of approximately 2.4 RBTs for every new BCBA suggests a healthy and balanced growth in the ABA workforce, ensuring that supervisory capacity is expanding in tandem with the direct service provider pool. It is important to recognize that these credential counts represent specific designations and are not presented as mutually exclusive categories for all providers.

Provider Demographics and Organizational Activity

Among the 113 individual providers, the gender distribution shows 87 (77%) are female and 26 (23%) are male, a pattern consistent with the broader behavioral health field. On the organizational front, "ELEV8 WELLNESS AZ, LLC" appeared 3 times, while "CRISIS PREPARATION AND RECOVERY, INC" (including its variant "CRISIS PREPARATION AND RECOVERY, INC.") was listed 5 times. These multiple entries suggest active expansion and a significant presence for these entities within Arizona's behavioral health infrastructure.

Overall, this latest NPI data points to a sustained effort in Arizona to bolster its behavioral health workforce, particularly within ABA, which is crucial for improving access to specialized care across the state.