In 2024, Medicaid providers in Ville Platte reported $1,732,565 in charges related to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services, according to information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This figure represents a 48.4% increase from 2023, when $1,167,390 in claims were submitted for this service type.
Medicaid operates as a public health insurance program, funded jointly by states and the federal government and managed at the state level. It serves low-income groups, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, positioning it as a major component of the nation’s health system.
Because tax dollars support Medicaid, shifts in local billing levels reflect how each community allocates public health care funding.
The “Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment” classification encompasses a group of Medicaid services indexed by specific care type, referencing established HCPCS and CPT codes. For this review, each code was categorized by service type using consistent numeric groupings, permitting a unified analysis while avoiding overlap and supporting year-over-year ranking accuracy.
Though Medicaid increased spending in a variety of service categories, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment was the fourth-largest in Ville Platte for total Medicaid expenditures in 2024.
Across Louisiana, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment also placed fourth among Medicaid claim categories by payment volume in 2024.
Between 2019 and 2024, Ville Platte saw Medicaid payments for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment grow by $882,370, or 103.8%. Spending accelerated in several years, including strong gains in 2020 and 2023.
Care in the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category spanned the city, though payments largely concentrated in a small group of ZIP codes. In 2024, 70586 generated $1,732,565 in Medicaid payments for the category, accounting for the entire total in Ville Platte that year.
Within this treatment group, a limited set of billing codes received the bulk of Medicaid payments.
To compare, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Medicaid payments in Ville Platte increased 48.4% from 2023 to 2024. That outpaced the 1.2% change for all Medicaid claims combined in the city over the same period.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid spending combined reached about $871.7 billion for fiscal 2023, making up roughly 18% of all national health care expenditures. This is up from about $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This nearly 40% increase in a few years is attributed largely to increased Medicaid enrollment and service use during and after the pandemic period.
Recent budget laws passed under the Trump administration have proposed major reductions in federal Medicaid support. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is estimated to reduce federal Medicaid funding by more than $1 trillion over a decade. It includes changes such as adding work requirements and raising cost-sharing, potentially limiting coverage and federal funding growth for certain groups, shifting additional responsibility to states.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $850,195 | 71.6% |
| 2021 | $899,208 | 5.8% |
| 2022 | $993,491 | 10.5% |
| 2023 | $1,167,390 | 17.5% |
| 2024 | $1,732,565 | 48.4% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $13,927,023 | 56.4% |
| 2 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $5,483,355 | 22.2% |
| 3 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $2,148,550 | 8.7% |
| 4 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $1,732,565 | 7% |
| 5 | Evaluation and Management | $1,113,091 | 4.5% |
| 6 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $143,614 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Radiology Procedures | $60,624 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Durable Medical Equipment | $22,423 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Dental Services | $20,431 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Surgery | $20,332 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Vision Services | $8,395 | <0.1% |
| 12 | Durable medical equipment (DME) Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) | $2,267 | <0.1% |
| 13 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $1,571 | <0.1% |
| 14 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $1,139 | <0.1% |
| 15 | Procedures / Professional Services | $450 | <0.1% |
| 16 | Temporary Codes | $115 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| H2013 | Psych hlth fac svc, per diem | $876,216 | 8 |
| H2020 | Ther behav svc, per diem | $837,418 | 54 |
| H0004 | Alcohol and/or drug services | $8,527 | 10 |
| H2017 | Psysoc rehab svc, per 15 min | $6,195 | 2 |
| H0036 | Comm psy face-face per 15min | $4,207 | 4 |
| H0049 | Alcohol/drug screening | $0 | 1 |
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.
