Kansas added 16 behavioral health providers in the latest CMS NPI registry update, representing 1% of the national weekly total. This modest influx suggests a steady but not rapidly accelerating growth in the state's behavioral health workforce.
ABA Workforce Composition
Within this week's additions, 10 providers are Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs). Notably, there were no new Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) or individuals with dual BCBA+RBT credentials reported in this update. This imbalance, with a significant number of new RBTs but no new BCBAs, highlights a potential challenge for supervision capacity, as RBTs require direct oversight from BCBAs. Beyond ABA, the update also includes 2 Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs) and 1 Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP), contributing to the broader behavioral health landscape.
Provider Demographics
Of the 14 individual providers added, the workforce skews heavily female, with 11 individuals (79%) identifying as female. One individual (7%) is male, and 2 individuals (14%) identify as nonbinary. No specific organizations appeared multiple times in this week's data, indicating a diverse set of new entities rather than expansion from a dominant chain.
This data suggests a continued, albeit BCBA-constrained, expansion of direct ABA service capacity in Kansas, alongside growth in other critical behavioral health professions.
