Iowa had 47 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, with its reported share of the national weekly total at 0%. That figure indicates Iowa contributed a very small share of the weekly registry activity; it should not be read as a measure of the state’s full behavioral health workforce or service capacity. The update lists 34 providers added this week and 37 this year, including 34 individuals and 13 organizations.
ABA Workforce Mix
The credential summary lists 3 BCBAs and 8 RBTs, with no dual BCBA-RBT credentials reported. The categories should not be treated as shares of one workforce: credential labels and provider taxonomies can overlap, and the summary does not establish that every listed provider works in ABA. Still, the RBT count exceeds the BCBA count, a pattern that makes supervisory capacity important to monitor. BCBAs supervise RBTs, so technician availability alone does not show how much treatment capacity can be supported. Five providers have multiple taxonomies, another reason not to add classification counts as if they were separate people.
Demographics and Organizations
The listed population includes 23 women, 7 men and 4 nonbinary providers. The corresponding reported percentages are 68%, 21% and 12%; the percentages total more than 100% because of rounding. These figures describe the broader provider list, not ABA workers alone. The update identifies no notable organizations appearing multiple times. Listed cities include Des Moines, Clive, Altoona, Council Bluffs and Davenport, suggesting activity across several Iowa communities rather than a single metro alone.
The registry snapshot suggests Iowa’s ABA pipeline includes more RBTs than BCBAs, making growth in qualified supervisory capacity central to expanding access.
