Kentucky recorded 104 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 1% of the national weekly total. The update includes 86 individuals and 18 organizations, with 44 new records this week and 47 added this year. A 1% share signals a meaningful but still limited slice of national behavioral health activity: Kentucky is active in the registry, but its provider additions are not concentrated enough to indicate a major national expansion. NPI activity does not confirm active caseloads, staffing levels or appointment availability.
ABA Workforce Mix
The registry reports 10 BCBA credentials and 13 RBT credentials, with no dual BCBA-RBT credentials. These credential totals overlap with taxonomy and credential-text fields, so they should not be treated as mutually exclusive shares of all Kentucky providers. One record carries the credential “ED. S., BCBA, LBA,” while another is listed as BCBA-D and another as MS, BCBA; the broader summary still counts BCBA credentials separately. The resulting documented technician-to-supervisor balance is modestly weighted toward RBTs. Because BCBAs supervise RBTs and oversee treatment plans and clinical quality, the absence of dual credentials and relatively small BCBA pool may constrain how quickly technician capacity becomes expanded ABA access.
Demographics and Organizations
Gender data identifies 67 female providers, 16 male providers and 3 nonbinary providers, corresponding to 78%, 19% and 3%. The leading cities are Louisville, Lexington, Corbin, London and Hopkinsville. Hope & Healing Counseling Services, LLC, and Quest Counseling each appear twice; repeated organization records may represent separate NPIs or service classifications rather than separate employers. The update reports 29 providers with multiple taxonomies, another overlap that should not be read as 29 additional people.
Kentucky’s update points to a broad behavioral health workforce but a relatively thin documented ABA supervisory base, making BCBA recruitment important to future access.
