Seattle recorded 49 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, with a reported 0% share of the national weekly total. The city’s count includes 26 providers added this week and 31 added this year; 44 are individuals and 5 are organizations. The reported share signals that Seattle accounts for a rounded-to-zero portion of national weekly activity, not that the city lacks a behavioral health workforce. NPI records also do not establish whether providers are actively practicing, accepting patients or delivering ABA services.
ABA Credential Mix
The registry lists 2 BCBAs and 10 RBTs, with no providers reported as holding both credentials. Those counts suggest a larger listed technician pool than BCBA supervisory pool, which may limit the capacity to supervise direct-care services if the records reflect active local staffing. The credential categories should not be read as a complete or mutually exclusive breakdown of all Seattle providers: the update also lists credentials in counseling, social work, speech-language pathology and other fields. Four providers have multiple taxonomies, another reason not to treat classification counts as separate workforce shares.
Workforce Demographics
Women account for 30 providers (68%), nonbinary providers for 10 (23%), and men for 4 (9%). The gender counts sum to 44, matching the number of individuals. No organization is identified as appearing multiple times among notable organizations, and the supplied provider records do not show an organization name repeated. Seattle’s registry therefore points to a sizeable, varied behavioral health provider pool, but the limited BCBA count relative to RBT listings suggests supervisory capacity could be an important factor shaping ABA access.
