Alabama recorded 79 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, accounting for 1% of the national weekly total. With 54 new providers this week, the state’s activity points to a concentrated wave of registry additions, though the count remains a small portion of national expansion. The registry includes 64 individuals and 15 organizations, reflecting both workforce growth and new or newly registered service entities.
ABA Workforce Mix
Alabama’s ABA-related records include 1 BCBA and 22 RBTs, with no dual BCBA-RBT credentials reported. These categories are not mutually exclusive with the broader provider count or other taxonomy and credential groupings; the figures identify records classified under those specific ABA credentials. The imbalance—many more RBTs than BCBAs—signals a direct-service workforce with limited registered supervisory capacity. Because BCBAs supervise RBTs and oversee treatment planning, the lone BCBA record may constrain how much of this emerging RBT workforce can be supported within the registry’s reported provider base.
Demographics and Market Signals
Among providers with reported gender data, 41 female providers represented 64%, compared with 12 male providers at 19% and 11 nonbinary providers at 17%. No organization appeared multiple times in the notable-organizations field. Decatur, Birmingham, Mobile, Huntsville and Florence were the leading cities listed, while eight providers carried multiple taxonomies, another category that overlaps with the overall provider total rather than representing a separate group.
Alabama’s weekly activity suggests expanding behavioral health infrastructure and a growing RBT pipeline, but the limited BCBA presence highlights a potential supervisory bottleneck for broader ABA access.
