Wisconsin recorded 110 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, accounting for 1% of the national weekly total. The registry added 51 new providers this week, bringing the year-to-date count to 59 providers. Wisconsin’s small national share, combined with the sharp weekly increase, signals active but still modest provider expansion rather than a large-scale concentration of national growth.
ABA Workforce Mix
The update lists 11 BCBA credentials and 7 RBT credentials, with no dual BCBA-RBT credentials reported. These categories are not mutually exclusive: NPI records can contain overlapping credential and taxonomy information, and the provider total also includes speech-language pathologists, counselors, social workers and other professionals. Still, the BCBA-to-RBT pattern differs from a typical ABA staffing model, in which RBTs provide much of the direct service under BCBA supervision. It may reflect a registry snapshot that captures organizations and credential fields inconsistently, rather than the full operational workforce. Nineteen providers have multiple taxonomies, reinforcing the need to interpret the counts as registry indicators, not unduplicated staffing totals.
Demographics and Provider Activity
Individuals account for 95 providers, compared with 15 organizations. Gender data identifies 80 female providers, 12 male providers and 3 nonbinary providers, or 84%, 13% and 3%, respectively. Milwaukee, Madison, West Allis, Brookfield and Shawano lead the listed city activity. No notable organization is identified as appearing multiple times, although the registry includes ABA organizations such as Strive Behavioral Solutions, Nekton Autism of Wisconsin, Starlight ABA WI and The ABA Empath Lab.
Overall, Wisconsin’s new registrations suggest a broadening behavioral health workforce, but the limited BCBA and RBT counts point to continued questions about ABA supervision capacity and access outside the state’s major markets.
