West Virginia added 6 behavioral health providers in the latest weekly CMS NPI registry update, representing 0% of the national total. This negligible share indicates minimal growth in the state's behavioral health workforce this week compared to national trends.
ABA Workforce Composition
The new additions do not include any Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) or Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs). Instead, the individual providers include one with an MA credential, identified as a Mental Health Counselor, and another with a PSYD credential, listed as a Psychologist. The absence of new ABA-specific credentials suggests no immediate increase in West Virginia's capacity for ABA supervision or direct service delivery from this week's data.
Provider Demographics
Among the 5 individual providers added, the gender breakdown shows 60% are female, 20% male, and 20% nonbinary. One organization, Upstream Behavioral Health LLC, was also added this week. No organizations appeared multiple times in the data, indicating a diverse set of new entities rather than expansion from existing multi-state chains.
The current data suggests that West Virginia's behavioral health growth this week is concentrated in broader mental health fields rather than specifically expanding the ABA workforce, potentially impacting access to applied behavior analysis services in the state.
