Behavioral Health Business February 14, 2025
Medicaid beneficiaries with autism are more likely to have an ADHD diagnosis than adults in the general population.
That’s according to new research published in JAMA, which found that 33.2% of Medicaid beneficiaries with autism had an ADHD diagnosis. Comparatively, only 2.7% of the general public had an ADHD diagnosis.
Researchers found that Medicaid beneficiaries with an intellectual disability (ID) had a higher rate of ADHD diagnosis (40.2%) than those without an ID (26.7%).
While people with autism and ID were most likely to have an ADHD diagnosis, only 28% received medication for the condition. Meanwhile, 46.7% of individuals with autism but no ID received medication, and 36% of patients with ADHD but without autism had a prescription for medication.
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