Tennessee recorded 138 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 1% of the national weekly total. The state added 73 new providers this week, indicating a sharp burst of registry activity even as Tennessee remains a small portion of nationwide growth. The records include 126 individuals and 12 organizations, suggesting that most new activity reflects workforce entries rather than new provider entities.
ABA Workforce Mix
The registry lists 10 BCBA credentials and 41 RBT credentials, with no dual BCBA-RBT credentials reported. These credential counts are not mutually exclusive shares of the 138 providers: records can contain overlapping credential and taxonomy information, and the update includes counselors, social workers, speech-language pathologists and other behavioral health professionals. Still, the roughly four-to-one RBT-to-BCBA pattern points to a larger direct-service workforce than supervisory workforce. Because BCBAs oversee RBTs, treatment planning and clinical quality, the mix may limit how quickly Tennessee can convert RBT growth into expanded ABA capacity.
Demographics and Market Activity
Gender data identifies 105 female providers, 17 male providers and 4 nonbinary providers. The registry reports these as 83%, 13% and 3%, respectively; the displayed percentages do not total 100%, likely because of rounding or an unclassified remainder. Knoxville, Nashville, Chattanooga, Clarksville and Murfreesboro are the leading cities listed for provider activity. No organizations appear in the notable-organizations field, so the update does not show repeated activity from a named major employer or PE-backed ABA chain.
Overall, Tennessee’s heavy RBT presence and limited BCBA count suggest growing potential for ABA access, but supervisory capacity remains the key workforce constraint.
