Hawaii added 20 behavioral health providers in the latest CMS NPI registry update, representing 0% of the national total for the week. This small number suggests a very focused or nascent growth phase for behavioral health services in the state, or that the NPI registry captured a small subset of overall growth.
ABA Workforce Composition
Within the applied behavior analysis field, the update identified 13 Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs) by taxonomy, with 2 also explicitly listing RBT as a credential. Crucially, no new Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) were added this week, nor were there any dual BCBA+RBT credentials. This complete absence of new BCBAs is a critical indicator for the ABA field, suggesting a potential bottleneck in supervision capacity required for RBTs to practice effectively.
Provider Demographics
Among the 15 individual providers, women constitute the majority at 73% (11 individuals). Male providers account for 13% (2 individuals), with another 13% (2 individuals) identifying as nonbinary. The 5 organizations added this week did not include any entities appearing multiple times, indicating a diverse set of new organizational entries rather than expansion from existing multi-state chains.
The current data suggests that while Hawaii is seeing an influx of direct service providers like RBTs, the lack of new BCBAs could pose a challenge for expanding supervised ABA services and overall access in the state.
