Idaho added 74 behavioral health providers in the latest CMS NPI registry update, representing 1% of the national weekly total. This group, composed of 53 individuals and 21 organizations, signals a steady expansion of the state's behavioral health infrastructure, with new providers concentrated in cities like Boise and Meridian.
Credential Mix
The data reveals a diverse set of new credentials. Within applied behavior analysis, there was an even split of 4 BCBAs and 4 RBTs. This one-to-one ratio is notable, as it suggests a focus on building supervisory capacity in tandem with the direct-care workforce. Beyond ABA, the most common credentials were among social workers, with 8 LCSW and 8 LMSW credentials, followed by 6 LPC credentials. These counts are not mutually exclusive, as 20 providers in this cohort listed multiple professional taxonomies, indicating a multidisciplinary skill set among the state's practitioners.
Workforce Demographics
Among the new individual providers, the workforce is predominantly female. Of the 53 individuals, 40 (75%) identify as female and 13 (25%) as male, a gender distribution that aligns with national trends in the behavioral health sector. No single organization dominated this week's update, suggesting that growth is distributed across a variety of employers rather than being driven by a large multi-state chain.
This balanced growth across ABA, social work, and counseling points to a broad strengthening of Idaho's behavioral health workforce, which may improve access to a wider range of specialized services statewide.