Seattle recorded 49 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 0% of the national weekly total. The registry lists 23 new providers this week and 26 new providers this year. Of the total, 47 individuals and 2 organizations are registered. The concentration indicates a localized stream of behavioral health registrations, although NPI activity reflects provider records rather than confirmed clinical capacity, employment or appointment availability.
ABA Credential Mix
The registry identifies 0 BCBA providers and 9 RBT providers, with no reported dual BCBA-RBT credentials. These credential categories are not a complete or mutually exclusive description of Seattle’s behavioral health workforce: providers may appear under other credentials or taxonomies, and 11 providers have multiple taxonomies. Other reported credentials include LMHCA, LSWAIC, CCC-SLP, MSW, LICSW, and LMP, LMFTA. The absence of listed BCBAs alongside RBT registrations suggests that the records do not show an identifiable local supervisory pool for the RBTs. In practice, RBT-based services require BCBA oversight, which may be provided by clinicians registered elsewhere or not captured under the BCBA credential field.
Workforce Demographics
Women account for 30 providers, or 64% of the reported gender breakdown. Men account for 11 providers, or 23%, and nonbinary providers account for 6 providers, or 13%. No notable organization appears multiple times in the registry; the YMCA of Greater Seattle and Virginia Mason Medical Center each appear once. Overall, Seattle’s update points to continued behavioral health registration activity and a visible RBT presence, but the lack of listed BCBAs may signal a need to clarify or expand local ABA supervision capacity to support access.
