Arkansas recorded 79 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 1% of the national weekly total. That share signals a small concentration of registry activity nationally, not a measure of the state’s full behavioral health workforce or service availability. The update lists 47 providers added this week and 51 this year; 65 are individuals and 14 are organizations. Registry entries do not confirm hiring, staffing levels or appointment access.
ABA workforce mix
The credential summary reports 5 BCBAs and 30 RBTs, with no dual BCBA-RBT credentials reported. That is six RBT records per BCBA record, suggesting a technician-heavy ABA profile and limited potential supervisory capacity in the registry. BCBAs supervise RBTs, so a larger technician group does not by itself establish that services can expand without sufficient clinical oversight. Credential counts and taxonomy classifications may overlap: for example, an RBT may also hold another credential or taxonomy. They should not be treated as separate, mutually exclusive workforce shares. The broader provider total also includes behavioral health professionals outside ABA.
Demographics and organizations
Women account for 56 providers (86%), men for 8 (12%) and nonbinary providers for 1 (2%). These figures describe all listed providers, not ABA workers alone. The data identifies no notable organizations appearing multiple times. The leading listed cities are Fayetteville, Conway, Little Rock, Fort Smith and Mountain Home; multiple RBT records in Mountain Home and other cities indicate geographic clusters in the update, but not necessarily a complete picture of local capacity.
Arkansas’s registry activity shows substantial RBT representation alongside relatively few BCBA records, making supervisory capacity an important consideration for ABA access and workforce planning.
