Alabama had 72 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 1% of the national weekly total. The state’s share signals a modest concentration of newly recorded behavioral health activity nationally, though registry entries do not confirm hiring, staffing levels or appointment availability. The update reports 42 providers new this week and 47 new this year. It includes 56 individuals and 16 organizations.
ABA Workforce Mix
The credential summary lists 8 BCBAs and 19 RBTs, plus one provider with dual BCBA-RBT credentials. These categories overlap: the dual-credential provider may be included in both totals, so they are not mutually exclusive. The larger RBT count points to more listed direct-service technicians than potential supervisors. Because BCBAs supervise RBTs, that mix makes supervisory capacity important to track; NPI counts alone cannot establish actual caseload capacity. The summary also reports 10 providers with multiple taxonomies, another reason not to treat registry classifications as separate workforce groups.
Demographics and Organizations
Among listed providers, 44 are female, 6 male and 6 nonbinary. The reported gender percentages are 79%, 11% and 11%, respectively; rounding means they do not add to 100%. These figures cover the overall provider population, not only ABA professionals. National Mentor Healthcare, LLC appears twice in the notable-organizations data, with records associated with Opelika. Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, Dothan and Mountain Brook are among the leading listed cities.
Alabama’s update shows more RBT than BCBA records, suggesting that continued ABA access will depend on building supervisory capacity alongside the technician workforce.
