Name
Brief ADHD Evaluations for Adults In Primary Care: Our Quest To Provide Affordable and Comprehensive Assessment
Description

We would like to share our process for developing our Adult ADHD Battery, experiences working with our operations department to ensure this service is financially beneficial, experiences with the testing and report writing process, as well as feedback received from the physicians and APPs who refer patients for our ADHD evaluations. We hope to hear from others who are attempting this as well as to encourage other primary care psychologists to offer these services within the primary care setting given that often, adults are presenting with ADHD symptoms and requesting treatment in the primary care setting. We will share preliminary data; patient demographic data of those who have completed evaluations, results of the evaluations (what percentage of patients met criteria for ADHD and adherence with recommended treatment plan) and results from a questionnaire we created to assess physician and APP satisfaction with the service. We are interested in a 30 min oral presentation or a poster presentation, with a preference for consideration for the 30 min oral presentation.

Speakers
Janna Williams-Pitts, PhD ABPP
Keiha Anderson, PsyD
Hina Batool, PsyD
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
ADHD, Innovations, Outcomes
Session Type
Poster
Objective 1
describe an example of how to complete brief ADHD evaluations in primary care
Objective 2
describe an example of billing and documentation process of brief ADHD evaluations in primary care
Objective 3
collect data on referring clinician satisfaction with brief ADHD evaluations in primary care (an example of a questionnaire will be provided)
Content Reference 1

Coker, T. et al. (2016). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment. Pediatrics, 138 (3), 1-9

Content Reference 2

Danielson, M. L., Claussen, A. H., Arifkhanova, A., Gonzalez, M. G., & Surman, C. (2024). Who Provides Outpatient Clinical Care for Adults With ADHD? Analysis of Healthcare Claims by Types of Providers Among Private Insurance and Medicaid Enrollees, 2021. Journal of Attention Disorders, 28(8), 1225-1235

Content Reference 3

Kosheleff, A.R., Mason O., Jain R., Koch J., & Rubin J. (2023). Functional impairments associated with ADHD in adulthood and the impact of pharmacological treatment. Journal of Attention Disorders, 27(7), 669-697. http://dx.doi:10.1177/10870547231158572

Content Reference 4

Pawaskar, M., Fridman, M., Grebla, R., & Madhoo, M. (2020). Comparison of Quality of Life, Productivity, Functioning and Self-Esteem in Adults Diagnosed With ADHD and With Symptomatic ADHD. Journal of attention disorders, 24(1), 136–144. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054719841129

Content Reference 5

Staley, B. S., Robinson, L. R., Claussen, A. H., et al. (2024). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnosis, treatment, and telehealth use in adults — National Center for Health Statistics Rapid Surveys System, United States, October–November 2023. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 73(40), 890–895. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6935829/#abstract1