Montana recorded 41 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 0% of the national weekly total. The registry added 15 new providers this week, bringing the year-to-date addition to 20. The state’s zero-percent share signals that Montana’s activity remains a very small component of nationwide behavioral health provider growth, even as new listings continue to appear across the state.
ABA Workforce Mix
The registry identifies 1 BCBA credential and no RBT credentials or dual BCBA-RBT credentials. These credential counts are not necessarily mutually exclusive with other credential and taxonomy categories; the broader registry total includes providers from multiple behavioral health disciplines. Still, the absence of reported RBTs and the presence of only one BCBA point to a limited ABA footprint in this update. Because BCBAs provide clinical supervision and oversee RBT-delivered services, the mix indicates little documented capacity for scaling a conventional BCBA-RBT service model. Other credentials are more prominent, including LCPC, LCSW and SWLC listings, but those professions should not be treated as ABA workforce substitutes.
Demographics and Provider Activity
Montana’s registry records 28 individuals and 13 organizations. Among the individuals, 21 are female and 7 are male; no nonbinary providers are reported. The gender figures correspond to 75% female, 25% male and 0% nonbinary. Six providers carry multiple taxonomies, reinforcing that registry categories can overlap and should not be read as separate shares of the provider population.
No notable organizations are listed as appearing multiple times. Activity is distributed across Billings, Bozeman, Missoula, Hamilton and Helena, suggesting that ABA access remains limited while broader behavioral health infrastructure is spread among several Montana markets.
