Clinician type
Behavior Analysts
At a glance
- Practicing in the U.S.
- 111,100
- Per 100,000 residents
- 32.9
- Women
- 84%
- Median years since graduating
- 9
Who they are
- Women 84%
- Graduated 35 or more years ago 4%
- Offer telehealth 18%
- Accept Medicare’s approved amount 46%
Sex and credentials from NPPES. Graduation year, telehealth and Medicare assignment from Medicare Care Compare, which covers clinicians enrolled in Medicare.
Where they practice
What they do most for Medicare patients
- Psychotherapy, 1 hour 1,113
- Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes 374
- Training for self-care or home management, each 15 minutes 307
- Therapy procedure using functional activities 289
- Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes 192
- Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes 111
- Residence visit for established patient with straightforward medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 15 minutes 83
- Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes 81
- Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services 60
- Residence visit for established patient with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes 44
- Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation 41
- Psychotherapy, 45 minutes 35
Services billed to traditional Medicare in 2023 (Physician and Other Practitioners data); drugs given in the office are left out.
What they prescribe most
- Sertraline Hcl (Zoloft) 4.5%
- Trazodone Hcl 4.2%
- Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 3.5%
- Mirtazapine (Remeron) 3.5%
- Escitalopram Oxalate (Lexapro) 3.4%
- Quetiapine Fumarate (Seroquel, Seroquel Xr) 2.9%
- Alcohol Antiseptic Pads (Alcohol Prep Pads, Alcohol Swab, Alcohol Swabs) 2.7%
- Metformin Hcl (Glumetza, Metformin Er Gastric, Metformin Er Osmotic) 2.6%
- Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 2.4%
- Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 2.2%
- Rosuvastatin Calcium (Crestor) 2.1%
- Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 2.0%
- Buspirone Hcl 1.9%
- Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 1.7%
- Memantine Hcl (Namenda Xr) 1.7%
Share of this specialty’s Medicare Part D prescriptions in 2024, including refills. Select a drug to see which of these clinicians prescribe it most, and where.
Hospitals where the most work
- Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 1 Behavior Analysts at Cleveland Clinic
- Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital Mount Vernon, NY 1 Behavior Analysts at Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital
- Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc Miami Beach, FL 1 Behavior Analysts at Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc
Clinicians who list the hospital in Medicare Care Compare. The number opens the list of who works there.
Schools they graduated from most
- Boston University School of Medicine 1
- Fordham University School of Medicine 1
- George Washington University School of Medicine 1
- Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine 1
- University of Nevada School of Medicine 1
- University of Oklahoma College of Medicine 1
From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).
Industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $1,321 in general payments to 11 clinicians in Behavior Analysts in 2025. See who received the most
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.
Sources: CMS NPPES (counts, sex, credentials), Medicare Care Compare (schools, graduation years, hospitals, telehealth), CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2023) and Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), ACGME program requirements (training length), OpenAlex (research), U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 (population).