San Diego recorded 78 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 1% of the national weekly total. The registry added 37 new providers this week and lists 45 new providers so far this year. The total includes 72 individuals and 6 organizations, indicating continued provider activity in a city that functions as a regional behavioral health market. NPI registrations measure enrollment activity, not necessarily active caseloads, open positions or service availability.
ABA Credential Mix
The registry identifies 4 BCBA providers and 27 RBT providers. These categories overlap: 1 provider holds both BCBA and RBT credentials and is counted in each category. The credential totals therefore are not mutually exclusive, and the remaining provider records include other behavioral health, social work, counseling, speech-language and psychology credentials. The resulting BCBA-to-RBT balance points to a direct-care-heavy ABA workforce, with relatively limited documented supervisory capacity. That structure can support service growth only if BCBAs can supervise expanding RBT teams without becoming a bottleneck. The registry also reports 21 providers with multiple taxonomies, another reason not to treat credential and taxonomy counts as separate shares of the workforce.
Workforce Demographics
Women account for 55 providers, or 76% of the reported workforce. Men account for 9 providers, or 13%, while 8 providers, or 11%, are identified as nonbinary. No notable organizations appear multiple times in the update, so the data does not show repeated registrations tied to a dominant employer. San Diego’s influx of new registrations, combined with a large RBT presence and a smaller BCBA base, suggests growing ABA access alongside an ongoing need to build supervisory capacity.
