Hawaii recorded 35 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 0% of the national weekly total. The update includes 22 new providers this week and 23 added this year, with 30 individuals and 5 organizations. The zero-percent share reflects Hawaii’s small presence in the national weekly snapshot, not an absence of behavioral health activity. Registry additions indicate participation and enrollment activity, but do not confirm staffing levels, caseloads or appointment availability.
ABA Workforce Mix
The credential summary lists 2 BCBAs, 18 RBTs and 1 provider with dual BCBA-RBT credentials. These categories overlap: the dual-credential record is included in the broader credential counts and should not be treated as a separate workforce group. The mix is heavily weighted toward RBTs, while the small BCBA count points to limited documented supervisory capacity. Because BCBAs supervise RBTs and oversee treatment planning and quality, additional supervisor recruitment could be important for converting technician growth into expanded ABA access. Four providers have multiple taxonomies, another reason to interpret the categories as overlapping registry classifications rather than mutually exclusive shares.
Demographics and Organizations
Gender data identifies 18 female providers, 10 male providers and 2 nonbinary providers, or 60%, 33% and 7%, respectively. The registry does not identify notable organizations appearing multiple times in this update. Listed activity spans Honolulu, Aiea, Hilo, Waipahu and Kailua, with individual RBT records distributed across several communities. The 5 organization records include speech, counseling, social-work and clinic classifications alongside ABA-related individual providers.
Hawaii’s update suggests a newly active but small ABA workforce pipeline, with technician growth outpacing the documented BCBA pool and potentially constraining access expansion.
