Tampa's behavioral health sector recorded 26 total providers in the latest CMS NPI registry update. This includes 24 individual practitioners and 2 organizations. Notably, 15 of these providers were new registrations this week, contributing to 16 new registrations this year. The city's share of the national weekly total is 0%, indicating a smaller, but active, contribution to the overall national workforce growth.
ABA Credential Mix
The credential mix in Tampa highlights a significant concentration of direct care providers. The data shows 11 providers with the RBT taxonomy. It is important to note that one of these RBTs also explicitly lists "RBT" as their credential. Crucially, there are no BCBA providers registered in this update, nor any dual BCBA+RBT credentials. This absence of BCBAs, who are responsible for supervising RBTs, suggests a potential bottleneck in supervision capacity for ABA services. Beyond ABA-specific roles, the update also includes 4 LMHC providers, 1 M.S. provider, 1 MSW provider, and 1 MCMHC provider, diversifying the behavioral health landscape.
Workforce Demographics and Trends
The individual provider workforce in Tampa is predominantly female, with 22 female providers accounting for 92% of the total, while 2 male providers constitute 8%. No nonbinary providers were registered in this update. There were no notable organizations appearing multiple times, suggesting a fragmented market of independent practitioners and smaller clinics rather than dominance by large multi-state chains. The influx of new RBTs, despite the lack of new BCBAs, indicates a growing direct care workforce that will require robust supervisory support to expand access to quality behavioral health services in Tampa.
