Tennessee recorded 141 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 1% of the national weekly total. The registry added 65 new providers this week, including 123 individuals and 18 organizations. The state’s share signals meaningful but limited national concentration: Tennessee is active in the weekly registry, though its behavioral health market remains one part of a broader national expansion. NPI activity does not confirm active caseloads, staffing levels or appointment availability.
ABA Workforce Mix
The credential summary lists 8 BCBAs, 41 RBTs and 3 providers with dual BCBA-RBT credentials. These categories overlap: a dual-credentialed provider can be counted in both credential groups, so they should not be treated as mutually exclusive shares of the 141-provider total. The separate credential-text field reports 2 BCBA records, underscoring that registry fields capture credentials and taxonomies differently. Even with that limitation, the pattern shows a technician-heavy ABA workforce relative to documented BCBA capacity. Because BCBAs supervise RBTs and direct clinical programming, the imbalance can constrain how quickly Tennessee converts RBT growth into supervised service capacity.
Demographics and Organizations
Among records with reported gender, 94 providers are female, 22 are male and 7 are nonbinary, corresponding to 76%, 18% and 6%. The broader credential mix includes 18 LCSWs and 8 LMSWs, alongside counselors, psychologists and speech-language pathologists, showing that the update covers behavioral health beyond ABA. No notable organization appears multiple times in the registry summary. Thirty-eight providers have multiple taxonomies, another overlap that should not be read as 38 additional providers.
Tennessee’s update points to expanding technician-level ABA capacity, but sustained access will depend on adding and retaining enough BCBA supervisors across Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga, Knoxville and Clarksville.
