Michigan's behavioral health provider landscape expanded with 412 new NPIs in the latest weekly registry update, representing 5% of the national total. This significant activity includes 363 individual providers and 49 organizations, underscoring a period of robust growth in the state's behavioral health sector.

ABA Workforce Composition

Among the new individual providers, the data shows a workforce heavily weighted toward direct-care staff. The update includes providers identifying with 237 RBT credentials and 20 BCBA credentials. These counts are not mutually exclusive; 7 providers hold dual BCBA and RBT credentials, a common sign of career progression from technician to supervisor. The resulting ratio of nearly 12 RBTs for every BCBA is high and may signal a tightening market for clinical supervision. Across all disciplines, 50 providers listed multiple taxonomies.

Provider Demographics

The individual provider workforce is overwhelmingly female at 80%, while male providers constitute 16% and nonbinary individuals account for 4%. On the organizational side, CRC Recovery, Inc. was the only entity to appear more than once, with 2 new listings in this update. The high volume of new RBTs was concentrated in cities like Farmington Hills, Grand Rapids, and Southfield.

This surge in RBTs relative to BCBAs points to a rapid expansion of Michigan's frontline ABA workforce, a trend that could challenge existing supervision capacity across the state.