Montana recorded 43 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 0% of the national weekly total. The update includes 32 individuals and 11 organizations, with 13 providers added this week and 17 added this year. The zero-percent national share signals that Montana’s registry activity is small relative to nationwide activity, although even a modest change can affect the state’s thinly distributed behavioral health workforce. NPI records do not establish active caseloads, staffing levels or appointment availability.
ABA Workforce Mix
The registry reports 1 BCBA and 0 RBTs, with no dual BCBA-RBT credentials. That mix indicates very limited documented ABA supervision capacity in this update. Because BCBAs supervise RBTs and oversee treatment planning and clinical quality, a single listed supervisor may constrain technician-based service growth if the record reflects the active workforce. The broader credential data includes LCSWs, LCPCs, counselors, a speech-language pathologist and other behavioral health professionals. Credential categories overlap: several records carry multiple credentials or taxonomies, so these counts are not mutually exclusive shares of the 43-provider total. The registry also identifies 13 providers with multiple taxonomies.
Demographics and Organizations
Gender data identifies 27 female providers and 5 male providers, corresponding to 84% and 16%; no nonbinary providers are listed. Those counts cover the 32 individual records, while organizations are not assigned gender in the summary. Missoula, Billings, Great Falls, Helena and Bozeman are the listed leading cities, pointing to activity across Montana’s principal population centers as well as smaller communities. No notable organization appears multiple times in the update.
Montana’s update suggests a broad but mostly non-ABA behavioral health workforce, with limited documented BCBA depth that could make ABA access and future service expansion dependent on recruiting additional supervisors.
