Broussard Medicaid Evaluation and Management payments total $298,142 in 2024

Broussard Medicaid providers billed $298,142 in 2024 for services grouped under the Evaluation and Management category, as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount represented a 2.1% rise from 2023, when claims in this category totaled $292,041.

Medicaid, a state-administered public health insurance program financed through both federal and state funds, provides coverage for low-income residents, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities. As a result, it remains one of the largest parts of the U.S. health care system.

With Medicaid primarily funded by taxpayers, shifts in local billing reveal how public health care funds are distributed within communities.

The “Evaluation and Management” classification encompasses a range of Medicaid-billed services defined by the type of care provided, using standardized HCPCS and CPT groups. For this report, all billing codes were assigned to single service categories based on code prefixes and ranges, enabling consistent tracking and eliminating double counting or rank distortion.

Spending across Medicaid service categories saw increases, with Evaluation and Management ranking second in Broussard by total payments for 2024.

Looking statewide, Evaluation and Management was the third highest category for Medicaid spending in Louisiana in 2024.

Between 2019 and 2024, Medicaid payments for Evaluation and Management in Broussard grew by $138,312, an 86.5% increase. Periods of accelerated growth occurred in 2020 and 2023, marked by notable annual jumps.

Spending within the Evaluation and Management group was spread citywide, but concentrated in only a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 70518 accounted for the entire $298,142 in Medicaid payments for this category in Broussard, representing 100% of that year’s city total.

A small number of individual billing codes made up most Medicaid payments attributed to the Evaluation and Management category.

For context, Medicaid payments in Broussard for Evaluation and Management services increased 2.1% between 2023 and 2024, while overall Medicaid claims for all categories in the city saw an 11.1% shift in the same timeframe.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services figures indicate combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached approximately $871.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year, making up about 18% of nationwide health spending, up considerably from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the pandemic.

This marked an increase of about 40% in just a few years, driven primarily by rises in enrollment and service utilization during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures finalized during the Trump administration have introduced major reforms aimed at reducing federal Medicaid expenditures and changing program structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to cut over $1 trillion from federal Medicaid funding over the next 10 years and implement policies like work mandates and increased out-of-pocket costs. These changes are projected to shift additional financial responsibility to states and restrict future federal Medicaid growth while the program serves tens of millions nationwide.

Note: HCPCS codes are shown for context within the category. Category totals and rankings in this article are based on standardized service groupings rather than individual billing codes.

Information in this article was obtained from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The source data can be found here.