Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

ADHD: claims-based measure

• Electronic prescribing data—Is the patient on a stimulant?
• Were there two visits in the past 12 months with ADHD diagnosis included on billing?
• Was there a claim filed by a mental health specialist?

Notes:

Currently we are measuring this using a combination of claims and electronic prescribing data. For every child prescribed a stimulant, we look in the claims database to see, Were there two visits in the past 12 months with ADHD diagnosis included on billing? Or, Was there a claim filed by a mental health specialist?