North Dakota recorded 24 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 0% of the national weekly total. The registry added 12 new providers this week, all of the state’s additions for the year so far. The small national share indicates that North Dakota remains a limited contributor to weekly provider activity, while the new registrations show fresh behavioral health capacity emerging across the state.
Credential Mix
No BCBA, RBT or dual BCBA-RBT credentials were reported. The registry instead identifies a mixed behavioral health workforce, including 4 LCSWs and single entries for several counseling, psychology, social work and speech-language credentials. These credential counts are not mutually exclusive with taxonomy or provider totals: 10 providers have multiple taxonomies, and some providers may be represented across overlapping fields. For ABA operators, the absence of reported BCBAs and RBTs means this update does not show dedicated ABA supervision or direct-service capacity. It also cautions against treating the broader behavioral health additions as evidence of ABA workforce growth.
Demographics and Provider Activity
Individuals account for 22 providers, compared with 2 organizations. The gender breakdown among the reported providers is 17 female, 4 male and 1 nonbinary, or 77%, 18% and 5%, respectively. Fargo appears repeatedly among the listed cities, alongside activity in Bismarck, Dickinson, Minot and Grand Forks. No organization is identified as notable or appears multiple times in the registry’s notable-organizations field.
Overall, North Dakota’s update points to modest, geographically distributed behavioral health growth, but it provides no evidence of new BCBA or RBT supply; ABA access may therefore remain constrained by the absence of documented supervisory and technician capacity.
