Vermont saw 7 new behavioral health providers added to the CMS NPI registry this week. This represents 0% of the national weekly total, indicating a very small fraction of the overall national growth. All 7 providers were new to the registry this year, with 4 individuals and 3 organizations contributing to the state's behavioral health landscape.
ABA Workforce Composition
Within the applied behavior analysis field, the new additions include 1 Registered Behavior Technician (RBT). Crucially, no Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) or individuals with dual BCBA+RBT credentials were added this week. The absence of new BCBAs, who are essential for supervising RBTs and delivering advanced ABA services, suggests a potential bottleneck for expanding ABA access. Beyond ABA, the new providers include professionals with MA and M.S., CCC-SLP credentials, reflecting broader growth in mental health counseling and speech-language pathology services.
Provider Demographics
Among the 4 individual providers added this week, the workforce is exclusively female, accounting for 100% of the individual additions. No male or nonbinary individuals were reported. On the organizational front, no entities appeared multiple times in this week's data, indicating a diverse set of new organizational entries rather than expansion from existing multi-state chains.
The limited number of new ABA professionals, particularly the lack of BCBAs, suggests that Vermont's ABA workforce growth remains constrained, potentially impacting service availability for individuals requiring applied behavior analysis.
