Wyoming registered 5 new behavioral health providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update. This represents 0% of the national weekly total, a figure typical for states with smaller populations and fewer new enrollments compared to larger, more rapidly expanding markets. Of these, 4 were individuals and 1 was an organization.
ABA Workforce Composition
Within the applied behavior analysis (ABA) field, the update includes 2 Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs). These RBTs are crucial for direct service delivery. However, there were no new Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) or individuals holding dual BCBA+RBT credentials reported this week. This absence of new BCBAs, who are responsible for supervising RBTs, could indicate a bottleneck in the state's capacity to expand ABA services, as RBTs require direct oversight to practice. The other new individual providers were identified as Counselors, while the organization was listed as a Mental Health Counselor.
Provider Demographics
The individual provider additions were exclusively female, with women accounting for 100% of the 4 individual providers. The single new organization, Sacred Start Counseling, is located in Gillette. No organizations appeared multiple times in this week's data, indicating a diverse set of new entries rather than expansion from existing multi-entity groups.
This week's modest growth, particularly the addition of RBTs without corresponding BCBAs, highlights the ongoing challenge for Wyoming to build out a robust, supervised ABA workforce to meet the needs of its residents.
