South Carolina recorded 104 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 1% of the national weekly total. The file includes 57 providers added this week and 61 added this year, with 91 individuals and 13 organizations. That concentration signals steady behavioral health participation in the state, although NPI records do not confirm active caseloads, staffing levels or appointment availability.
ABA Workforce Mix
The credential summary lists 7 BCBAs and 29 RBTs, with no dual BCBA-RBT credentials reported. These categories should be read cautiously: credential and taxonomy fields can overlap, and the counts are not mutually exclusive measures of separate workers. The credential-text field reports 2 BCBAs and 11 RBTs, illustrating the difference between registry classification methods. Even using the broader summary, the workforce is technician-heavy, with more than four RBT records for each BCBA record. That pattern suggests direct-service capacity may be developing faster than supervisory capacity, making BCBA recruitment important for treatment planning, clinical oversight and RBT supervision. The registry also identifies 26 providers with multiple taxonomies, another sign that individual records may represent more than one professional role.
Demographics and Organizations
South Carolina’s listed providers are 79% female, 19% male and 2% nonbinary: 72 female providers, 17 male providers and 2 nonbinary providers. No notable organizations appear multiple times in the update. Columbia, Greenville, Charleston, Aiken and Fort Mill are the leading listed cities, indicating activity across the state’s principal population centers rather than a single-market concentration.
The update suggests South Carolina is adding a broad behavioral health workforce, but ABA access may depend on converting technician growth into enough BCBA supervision capacity.
