Search§03.01
Browse the ABA index.
Scan thousands of clinics, billing partners, RCM teams, software vendors, staffing firms, and marketing shops - indexed in one place, scored on the same public criteria.
“billing partner in texas”
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§02 · The Index
The top rankings, recomputed nightly.
Every clinic, agency, and vendor is scored on the same five disclosed signals - qualified reviews first, then profile completeness, verification recency, a capped listing tier, and primary-category fit. Equal scores share a position. No editorial thumb on the scale.
Rankings · updated
The national top 10 on the public Index. Equal scores share a rank.
RANK
CLINIC
HEADQUARTERS
REVIEWS
PRIMARY SERVICES
INDEX
Showing 10 ranked clinics
Open full directory §03 · Toolkit
Your one-stop-shop for better ABA business decisions.
Tools for clinic owners, BCBAs, and operators - no matter where you are in your research process. Search broadly, filter sharply, decide with confidence.
Find§03.02
Filter to a real shortlist.
Go from thousands of options to a handful of legitimate contenders. Filter by region, service line, payer mix, accreditation, software stack, and age bands served.
ACTIVE FILTERS · 5
Region·NortheastService·RCM + BillingAccreditation·BHCOEAge band·2–7Software·CentralReach
Matches14 of 312
Decide§03.03
Read independent reviews.
Verified buyer reviews, transparent ranking, and detailed provider profiles let you choose a partner that can actually take on your project - and deliver.
4.8
ExampleEvery published review carries a rating, the reviewer’s role, and the quarter it was submitted.
Reviewer role · organisation sizeReview quarter
§04 · Find a Coach
The people behind the care. Now searchable.
Search individual ABA professionals - BCBAs, BCaBAs, RBTs, and parent coaches - by location, credential, specialty, age group, and insurance. Every profile shows a dated credential review and links straight to the BACB public registry. Ranking is the same transparent, sponsor-capped Index - paid placement is capped and labeled, never hidden.
§05 · Get Matched
Tell us what you need.
We'll match you.
Describe the project in your own words. ABA Rank turns that into a focused vendor shortlist, then lets you decide which top providers should receive your request.
START WITH ONE SENTENCE
“I'm looking for a vendor to help with credentialing, billing, staffing, or a specific ABA operations project.”
ABA RANK MATCHING DESK
Matching is free for buyers. We don’t broker introductions, take a referral fee, or sell your inquiry - you pick which providers receive it.
- ABA RANK EDITORIAL CHARTER
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Describe the project
Tell us what you need in plain language: billing cleanup, credentialing, BCBA staffing, marketing, software selection, or another ABA operations project.
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We map the need
We translate the request into service categories, geography, org size, and urgency so the shortlist matches the actual work.
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Get a ranked shortlist
We surface top providers from the Index and let you choose who should receive the RFP.
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Pick who to contact
Your selected vendors receive the request, and replies stay organized in one buyer thread.
Common Requests
→Need a credentialing partner for a new state launch
→Looking for billing support after a denial spike
→Need BCBA staffing help for a clinic opening
→Choosing software for scheduling, data collection, or RCM
§06 · Recognition
Six badges. Each with published criteria.
Earned, not bought. Badges appear on your profile, in search results, and in the quarterly Index print edition.
All categories
VER-PROF
Verified Profile
Business identity, profile ownership, and official website domain confirmed.
All categories
OUTCOMES
Published Outcomes
Shares standardized outcome metrics, case results, or customer impact evidence.
Clinics
BHCOE
BHCOE Recognized
Active BHCOE accreditation cross-linked and reviewed.
Vendors
ABA-FOCUS
ABA-Focused
Serves ABA providers as a documented core market.
Clinics
FAM-REV
Family Reviews Published
Has moderated parent, caregiver, or client reviews published on profile.
Vendors
IMPL-SUP
Implementation Supported
Publishes onboarding, migration, training, or customer success support details.
BADGE APPLICATIONS · REVIEWED QUARTERLY · NEXT WINDOW OPENS MAY 15Claim your profile
§07 · AI Visibility
Families ask AI first now.
Be a source it can cite.
When someone asks ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Google AI Overviews about ABA care or ABA software, the assistant retrieves pages and names the ones it used. Getting into that list is a publishing problem: it favors sources it can fetch, parse, and date.
Every ABA Rank listing ships as structured data, plaintext markdown, a public JSON API, and an MCP server - and we allow all 6 live-retrieval agents by name. Claiming makes you readable and costs nothing. Verified is what makes you quotable: an independent check with a public date on it, plus higher standing in the ranked lists an assistant actually reads.
NO ONE CAN GUARANTEE AN AI CITATION. WE PUBLISH THE FORMATS THAT MAKE ONE POSSIBLE.
Published for machines7 surfaces
- Structured data on every profileschema.org JSON-LD/clinics
- Plaintext profile for direct ingestiontext/markdown/api/vendors/centralreach/md
- llms.txt and the full digesttext/plain/llms.txt
- Public JSON API, no key required to readOpenAPI 3.1/docs/api
- MCP serverStreamable HTTP/api/mcp
- An explicit, permissive crawler policyrobots.txt/robots.txt
- Fast recrawl when a profile changesIndexNow/how-we-rank
§08 · For Providers
Three tiers. No hidden leverage.
Paying for a tier modifies at most 15 of the 100 Index points - and that weight is published. The other 85 points, including the 40 that come from qualified reviews, remain purely operational.
Claimed
For operators who verify ownership
Free
- +Full profile control (27 fields)
- +Services, insurance, locations
- +Up to 85 / 100 Index points
- +Message inbox from prospects
- +30-day listing analytics
Verified
Credentials cross-checked by our team
$33/ month
Billed annually · $400 / yr
- +Everything in Claimed
- +BACB credential audit + seal
- +Priority placement in 2 regions
- +365-day performance dashboard
- +Dedicated support contact
LAUNCH COHORT
Sponsor
For the highest visibility
$100/ month
Billed annually · $1,200 / yr
- +Everything in Verified
- +Full 15 sponsor-tier points
- +Included in the quarterly print edition
- +90-day onboarding to optimize profile + campaign
- +Dedicated customer success contact
§09 · FAQ
Common questions, answered plainly.
Methodology, pricing, claim process, and how the matching service works - for buyers and providers alike.
§09.01
What is ABA Rank?
ABA Rank is an independent directory and ranked index of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) software, service vendors, and clinics. Listings cover practice-management software, data collection, scheduling, RBT training, telehealth, billing, credentialing, staffing, and marketing partners that serve ABA providers in the United States.
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How does ABA Rank rank providers?
Each provider is scored on a 100-point Index built from five disclosed signals, weighted so qualified reviews matter most: 40 points from qualified public reviews, 25 points from profile completeness (services, locations, insurance, age bands, credentials, etc.), 15 points from verification recency, 15 points from a capped listing-tier signal, and 5 points from primary-category fit. Methodology, weights, and source data are fully disclosed at /how-we-rank.
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Is placement on ABA Rank paid?
No. The Sponsor tier signal is a published, capped factor worth a maximum of 15 of the 100 Index points, and the Pro tier contributes a smaller capped signal. The other 85 points - qualified reviews, completeness, verification recency, and primary-category fit - are purely operational and cannot be purchased. Per-page sponsored placements render in labeled slots above the ranked list and never change rank_score. ABA Rank does not accept paid placement disguised as merit and does not run pay-to-rank ads.
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How often are rankings updated?
The Index is recomputed nightly as profile data, verifications, and reviews change. Top 10 leaderboards are republished quarterly, and the print edition of the Index summarises each quarter's results.
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Who can claim a profile on ABA Rank?
Any owner, operator, or authorized representative of an ABA software product, service vendor, or clinic can claim their listing for free. Claimed profiles unlock 27 editable fields, a prospect inbox, and up to 85 of the 100 Index points - every operational signal except the capped tier signal. Verification (BACB credential audit) and Sponsor tiers are optional paid upgrades.
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How much does a verified or sponsor listing cost?
Claimed profiles are free. Verified listings are $400 per year and include a BACB credential audit, verification seal, and higher placement in two regions. Sponsor listings are $1,200 per year and include the full sponsor-tier weight plus inclusion in the quarterly print edition.
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How does the "Get Matched" service work?
Buyers describe their project in plain language - for example, billing cleanup, credentialing for a new state launch, BCBA staffing, or software selection. ABA Rank maps the request to service categories, geography, and urgency, then returns a ranked shortlist. The buyer chooses which top providers receive the RFP, and replies stay organized in a single buyer thread.
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What is the difference between a clinic, a software vendor, and a service vendor on ABA Rank?
Clinics are ABA provider organizations that deliver therapy directly to clients, indexed by location, insurance plans, age bands served, and modalities. Software vendors are products used inside ABA practices (practice management, data collection, scheduling, telehealth, RBT training). Service vendors are operational partners - billing, RCM, credentialing, staffing, marketing agencies - that support ABA businesses.
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Does an ABA Rank listing help me get cited by AI assistants like ChatGPT?
It makes you available to be cited, which is the part anyone can influence. AI assistants answer by retrieving pages and naming the sources they used, and they favor sources they can fetch and parse. ABA Rank publishes every listing as schema.org structured data, as plaintext markdown at /api/vendors/{slug}/md, through a public JSON API and an MCP server, and in an llms.txt index - and names the retrieval agents behind ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews individually in robots.txt so all of them are allowed to read it. No directory can guarantee a model will name you; model output is non-deterministic. Details at /ai-visibility.
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Do I have to pay for my ABA Rank listing to be readable by AI and LLMs?
No. Every machine-readable surface - structured data on the profile, the plaintext markdown profile, the public /api/v1 JSON API, the MCP server at /api/mcp, and the llms.txt digest - covers free Claimed listings exactly as it covers paid ones. Paid tiers buy verification review, placement, and support, not a separate ingestion path. The highest-leverage step for AI visibility is claiming the listing and filling in every field, which is free.