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Behavioral Health Workforce Tracker
| State | HHS Region | |
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| Psychiatrists and Addiction Medicine Specialists | ||
| Psychologists (No Rx Data) |
| Psychologists |
| Counselors and Therapists (No Rx Data) |
| Licensed Clinical Social Worker | |
| Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist | |
| Licensed Professional Counselor |
| Primary Care Physicians |
| Family Medicine | |
| Internal Medicine | |
| Pediatrics |
| Advanced Practice Providers |
| Nurse Practitioner | |
| Physician Assistant |
| Other Physicians |
| Other Physicians |
| Any Rx Paid by
1. Rx data are only available for physicians
and advanced practice clinicians. When
psychologists, counselors, or therapists
are selected. Rx data selectors are disabled. 2. Payer type selector is based on all behavioral health drug prescriptions (even when you select SMI drugs and MOUD). |
Yes | No |
| Medicaid | ||
| Self-pay | ||
| Medicare | ||
| Private |
| Drug Type Rx data are only available for physicians and advanced practice clinicians. When psychologists, counselors, or therapists are selected. Rx data selectors are disabled. | |
| All BH Drug Prescribers for All BH Drugs include clinicians who prescribed psychotropics, medications for opioid use disorder, and/or other drugs primarily indicated for behavioral health conditions. | |
| SMI Prescribers for Serious Mental Illness (SMI) include clinicians who prescribed medications with indications for treating SMI, such as mood stabilizers and antipsychotics. | |
| MOUD Medication for Opioid Use Disorder(MOUD) prescribers include DATA-waivered clinicians who prescribed buprenorphine and clinicians who prescribed naltrexone. | |
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The tool has no data for psychologists, counselors, and therapists prior to 2020. Changing Year to 2021.
The tool has no data for psychologists, counselors, and therapists prior to 2020. De-selected any psychologists, counselors, and therapists.
The tool has no Rx data for psychologists, counselors, and therapists. "Rx Paid by" and "Drug Type" toogles only apply to physicians and advanced practice providers.
All prescribers are de-selected. All toggles for "Rx Paid by" and "Drug Type" are disabled.
The Behavioral Health Workforce Tracker is a customizable interactive map that allows you to visualize the geographic distribution of the behavioral health workforce by provider type and by Medicaid acceptance status.
The map uses novel data sources: IQVIA Xponent, to identify prescribers of behavioral health medications (psychiatrists, addiction medicine specialists, primary care physicians, advanced practice providers, and other physicians); and state licensure data, to identify psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists.
The map uses novel data sources: IQVIA Xponent, to identify prescribers of behavioral health medications (psychiatrists, addiction medicine specialists, primary care physicians, advanced practice providers, and other physicians); and state licensure data, to identify psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists.
Use the Behavioral Health Workforce Tracker to:
- See state variation in the strength of the behavioral health workforce, from 2017 – 2021 for prescribers and 2020 – 2021 for licensed professionals. For example, states with the highest supply of psychiatric and addiction medicine specialists relative to population are in the Northeast. In contrast, the states with the highest supply of counselors and therapists relative to population are concentrated in the mountain states.
- Drill down to the county level to find out if your county had an active psychiatrist or addiction medicine specialist in 2021, as 50% of counties did not.
- Track variation in Medicaid acceptance (as well as Medicare, private insurance, and uninsured) across prescriber types at the state and county level which is important given that nearly one out of five (21%) behavioral health prescribers did not treat Medicaid beneficiaries in 2021.
- See how many clinicians wrote prescriptions for medications indicated for treating serious mental illness (e.g., mood stabilizers or antipsychotics) or medications for opioid use disorder (e.g., buprenorphine or naltrexone) at the state and county level.
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Please keep in mind that assessing the adequacy of supply relative to need is an ongoing challenge. The data presented in the Behavioral Health Workforce Tracker is not meant to provide absolute indications of whether the supply of the behavioral health workforce is adequate to meet need for behavioral health treatment. There is no established relationship between levels of behavioral health need indicators and need for treatment, nor any standards of the appropriate number or type of behavioral health practitioners per population size. In any particular location, need and supply may also depend on factors not accounted for in this tool. Users may adjust indicators and interpret the data at their own discretion.
The Behavioral Health Workforce Tracker was created in partnership with HealthLandscape and was funded under grant number FG000028 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The views, policies, and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of SAMHSA or HHS and should not be construed as such.
Last Updated: June 2024