San Diego recorded 78 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 1% of the national weekly total. The registry added 40 new providers this week and lists 44 new providers this year. Records include 72 individuals and 6 organizations, signaling concentrated provider-registration activity in the city. The NPI count is not a direct measure of active clinicians, staffed locations or available appointments, but the volume of recent additions points to continued workforce and organizational movement.
ABA Credential Mix
The update identifies 6 BCBA providers and 31 RBT providers. These categories overlap: 2 providers hold both BCBA and RBT credentials and are counted in each total. The dual-credential group is notable because it can reflect progression from direct care toward behavior-analytic supervision, although the registry does not confirm current supervisory roles. The resulting credential mix shows a much larger RBT pool than BCBA pool, suggesting meaningful direct-service capacity but a relatively limited base of potential supervisors for caseload growth. Credential and taxonomy categories are not mutually exclusive. The registry reports 18 providers with multiple taxonomies, so classifications should not be added together as separate workforce segments.
Workforce Demographics
Among records with reported gender, women account for 50 providers, or 69%. Men account for 17 providers, or 24%, and 5 providers, or 7%, are nonbinary. Olive Crest appears twice among notable organizations, indicating repeated organizational registrations rather than necessarily two distinct service sites. Overall, San Diego’s update suggests expanding ABA access potential driven by RBT registrations, while the smaller BCBA pool may remain a constraint on supervision and workforce scaling.
