Rhode Island saw 12 new behavioral health providers added to the CMS NPI registry this week, representing a small fraction of the national total. This modest influx signals a consistent, albeit limited, expansion of the state's behavioral health workforce.
ABA Workforce Composition
Within the applied behavior analysis sector, the update includes two Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs) by taxonomy. One of these individuals also explicitly listed RBT as a credential. Notably, there were no new Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) or dual-credentialed BCBA+RBTs among this week's additions. This absence of new BCBAs means no immediate increase in supervisory capacity for ABA services from this specific data. The broader behavioral health landscape also saw additions including one provider with an MSW, LICSW, two with MSW credentials, one with a PhD, and one Speech-Language Pathologist (CCC-SLP).
Provider Demographics
Of the 11 individual providers added, 100% are female, with no male or nonbinary individuals recorded this week. The single organizational addition is Behavioral Health of New Jersey LLC, located in Woonsocket, which did not appear multiple times in this update.
This week's data points to a modest expansion of direct service roles in ABA and other behavioral health fields in Rhode Island, though without new BCBAs, supervisory capacity for ABA remains reliant on existing professionals.
