Utah's behavioral health sector added 96 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry update, accounting for 1% of the national weekly total. The cohort includes 78 individuals and 18 organizations. A significant majority of these, 40 providers, were new this week, indicating a concentrated, recent surge in NPI registrations within the state.
Workforce Composition
Within the ABA field, this update includes 3 BCBA professionals and 26 RBT individuals. The resulting ratio of nearly nine RBTs for every BCBA suggests a manageable supervision load, supporting quality service delivery. No providers held dual BCBA and RBT credentials. Beyond ABA, the largest single credential group was Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), with 17 providers. It is important to note these counts can overlap, as 21 providers in this update listed multiple professional taxonomies.
Provider Demographics
Among the individual providers, the workforce is predominantly female, with 65 women comprising 83% of the group. Men accounted for 15% of new individuals, and one provider identified as nonbinary. No single employer or PE-backed chain appeared multiple times in this week's data. New provider activity was concentrated in Salt Lake City, St. George, and Orem.
This data suggests a direct expansion of Utah's ABA workforce, with a healthy influx of direct-care RBTs balanced by new supervisory capacity.
