Montana recorded 29 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 0% of the national weekly total. The registry added 12 new providers this week and lists 15 added this year. Individuals account for 20 entries and organizations for 9. Montana’s zero-percent share signals that the state remains a small part of the registry’s national weekly activity, with provider additions spread across a relatively limited market rather than concentrated in a large, fast-expanding behavioral health system.
ABA Workforce Mix
The registry lists 1 BCBA credential, with no RBT or dual BCBA-RBT credentials. That mix points to very limited identifiable ABA supervision and direct-service capacity in this weekly snapshot. BCBAs supervise RBTs and oversee treatment planning and clinical quality, so the absence of RBT credentials means the registry does not show a conventional BCBA-led technician workforce developing alongside the state’s broader behavioral health providers. Starlight ABA MT LLC appears with a BCBA taxonomy, but notable-organization data records no organization as appearing multiple times.
Demographics and Provider Activity
Among the 20 individual providers, 18 are female, 1 is male and 1 is nonbinary, corresponding to 90%, 5% and 5%. The listed city activity spans Bozeman, Billings, Poplar, Missoula and Helena, with no organization appearing repeatedly in the notable-organizations field. Credential counts also overlap: seven providers carry multiple taxonomies, so the credential and taxonomy categories should not be treated as mutually exclusive shares of Montana’s 29 providers. The leading repeated credentials are SWLC and ACLC, at 3 each, while broader activity centers on counseling, addiction treatment and social work rather than ABA.
Montana’s update suggests that ABA access may remain constrained by a small BCBA footprint and no registry-listed RBT workforce, even as the broader behavioral health network adds providers.
