How ABA Openings is built
Everything here traces to a public record or a dated phone call. This page explains exactly where each fact comes from, and what we deliberately do not claim.
Sources
| Layer | Source | Refresh |
|---|---|---|
| Provider organizations | NPPES / NPI Registry, taxonomy 103K00000X (Behavior Analyst), organizational NPIs in Texas | Weekly |
| License status | Texas TDLR licensing roster published on data.texas.gov (dataset 7358-krk7) — 10,064 behavior-analyst records, 7,834 active | Weekly |
| Insurance acceptance | Confirmed directly with the clinic — by phone, or through a signed one-click link we email to the clinic's verified address | Whenever the clinic updates it |
| Waitlist status | Asked directly, by phone or a one-click email; shown as current for 30 days and dropped after 90 | Every 30 days (14 for featured clinics) |
How license matching works
Each organizational NPI record names an authorized official. We normalize that name and look for a unique match in the state licensing roster. A unique match to an active license produces a dated "license verified" badge showing the license number, type, and expiry. Today 543 of 1423 organizations (38.2%) are verified this way.
What we don't do: we never publish that a clinic's license is expired or invalid on the strength of a name match. Non-matches are shown neutrally as "not confirmed," because the common causes are name variants, a director who differs from the administrative contact, or an out-of-state license — not wrongdoing. Verification improves as clinics claim their profiles.
On the BACB registry: the national certification registry's terms prohibit bulk harvesting and commercial republication, so we don't scrape it. We check BACB certification one record at a time during claim verification and store only the fact and date of that check.
Ranking
City pages sort by (1) confirmed current availability, (2) verified license, then (3) alphabetically. Featured slots are paid, capped at 3 per city, and always labeled. Nothing else about payment touches ordering.
Corrections
Email sabrsystemssoftware@gmail.com. Corrections from families trigger a re-verification call, and we update the date stamp when we confirm. If you are a provider and something is wrong, claiming your profile is the fastest fix.