Columbus recorded 56 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 1% of the national weekly total. The registry added 34 new providers this week and lists 35 new providers this year. Records include 52 individuals and 4 organizations, pointing to a market driven primarily by individual clinicians, with a smaller organizational footprint. The NPI count is a measure of registry activity, not a direct count of staffed sites, open positions or available appointments.
ABA Credential Mix
Columbus has no providers identified with a BCBA credential and 3 RBT providers; no providers are listed with both BCBA and RBT credentials. That mix signals limited documented behavior-analytic supervision capacity in the registry, while the RBT records indicate some direct-care ABA workforce activity. The absence of BCBA records does not establish that no BCBAs practice in the area, but it does mean the weekly update provides no measurable BCBA base from which to assess supervision of RBTs. Credential and taxonomy categories overlap and are not mutually exclusive. The registry reports 9 providers with multiple taxonomies, so classification totals should not be added together.
Workforce Demographics
Women account for 39 providers, or 75% of the reported workforce. Men account for 11 providers, or 21%, and 2 nonbinary providers, or 4%. Mighty Acorn Counseling LLC appears twice among notable organizations, suggesting repeated organizational registrations rather than two separate provider types. Overall, Columbus’s update shows broad behavioral-health registry activity but a small documented ABA credential base, making BCBA recruitment and supervision capacity central to expanding access.
