Mississippi recorded 42 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 0% of the national weekly total. The registry lists 25 new providers this week, meaning the state’s activity is concentrated in a small national footprint even as its local provider base expands. The total includes 34 individuals and 8 organizations.
ABA Workforce Mix
The registry identifies 3 BCBA credentials and 6 RBT credentials. No providers were counted with dual BCBA and RBT credentials. Because credential and taxonomy fields can overlap, these categories are not mutually exclusive shares of the total provider count; the credential-text results also show 2 RBT credentials, while one provider is listed as “MS, BCBA, LBA.” The larger RBT count suggests a direct-service workforce that could support ABA delivery, but the small BCBA count points to limited documented supervisory capacity. BCBAs design treatment and supervise RBTs, so additional supervisors would be important for scaling services.
Demographics and Provider Footprint
Among providers with recorded gender data, 29 female providers accounted for 85%, compared with 2 male providers at 6% and 3 nonbinary providers at 9%. No notable organization appeared multiple times in the update. Provider activity is spread across cities including Jackson, Gulfport, Greenwood, Ridgeland and Southaven, with Greenwood showing repeated mental-health counselor entries and Jackson showing repeated care-management entries.
Mississippi’s update suggests growing but thinly distributed behavioral health activity, with ABA access likely constrained more by the limited BCBA supervisory base than by the number of RBT listings alone.
