Arkansas recorded 99 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 1% of the national weekly total. The registry added 58 new providers this week, bringing the year-to-date total to 64 providers. Arkansas remains a small portion of national activity, but the sharp weekly increase signals active expansion of behavioral health capacity, particularly among individual practitioners.
ABA Workforce Mix
The registry identifies 10 BCBA credentials and 29 RBT credentials, along with 1 dual credential held by a provider listed as both BCBA and RBT. These categories are not mutually exclusive: credential and taxonomy fields can overlap, and the 99-provider total includes other behavioral health professionals and organizations. The RBT count is nearly three times the BCBA count, pointing to a larger direct-service workforce than supervisory workforce. Because BCBAs oversee RBTs, develop treatment plans and guide clinical quality, this mix suggests that supervision capacity could limit how quickly Arkansas converts workforce growth into expanded ABA access.
Demographics and Provider Activity
Arkansas lists 89 individuals and 10 organizations. Gender data reports 77 female providers, 10 male providers and 2 nonbinary providers, corresponding to 87%, 11% and 2%. The gender counts align with the individual-provider count. Little Rock, Jonesboro, Monticello, Fort Smith and Conway are the leading cities listed for provider activity. No organizations appear in the notable-organizations field, so the update does not identify a repeated major provider presence. Overall, Arkansas’s RBT-heavy growth suggests improving frontline ABA availability, while the comparatively smaller BCBA pool may keep clinical supervision and service expansion as workforce priorities.
