Puerto Rico saw 20 total behavioral health providers in the latest CMS NPI registry update, representing a negligible share of the national weekly total. This low number indicates minimal new activity in the behavioral health sector for the island this week, suggesting a slower pace of workforce expansion compared to larger states.
Credential Mix and Supervision Capacity
Notably, this week's data for Puerto Rico shows no new providers with BCBA or RBT credentials, nor any individuals holding both. This indicates that the growth observed is not within the specialized applied behavior analysis (ABA) workforce. Instead, the 16 individual providers include a mix of other behavioral health professionals, with 2 holding MSW credentials, 1 with a PSYD, 1 with an LMSW, and others with DMD, MS, CP, or LICENCIADO credentials. The absence of ABA-specific registrations suggests that the immediate focus of new NPI enrollments is in broader mental health and social work fields.
Workforce Demographics
Of the 16 individual providers, 13 (81%) are female and 3 (19%) are male, reflecting a strong female representation common across the broader behavioral health field. Among the 4 organizational providers, ASISTENCIA DORADA INC appeared twice, indicating its presence across multiple locations or service lines in cities such as Manati and Bayamon. Other individual and organizational providers are spread across key urban centers like San Juan and Ponce.
This week's data suggests that while general behavioral health services are seeing some additions in Puerto Rico, the specific ABA workforce did not expand through new NPI registrations, highlighting a potential area for future development or a different local credentialing landscape for ABA professionals.
