Youngwood sees $1,509,932 in Medicaid spending for alcohol and drug abuse treatment in 2024

In 2024, Youngwood Medicaid providers billed $1,509,932 for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. That amount reflects a 48.1% increase compared to 2023, when claims for these services totaled $1,019,795.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program funded by both federal and state governments and managed by individual states, provides coverage for low-income people, older adults, children, and those with disabilities, making up one of the largest sectors in the U.S. health system.

Because Medicaid is funded by taxpayers, fluctuations in local billing provide insight into how public health care funds are distributed in communities.

The “Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment” category includes a set of Medicaid-billed services defined by care type, identified using standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this report, each billing code was assigned to one service category using consistent code prefixes and range groupings to avoid duplicates and maintain accurate year-over-year service rankings.

Although Medicaid spending grew across various service types, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment represented the leading category by Medicaid payments in Youngwood in 2024.

Statewide in Pennsylvania, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment also led all other categories for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

From 2019 through 2024, Medicaid spending tied to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment in Youngwood rose by $1,509,932, reflecting an increase of 0%. Some periods showed accelerated spending growth, including notably high year-over-year increases in 2023 and 2022.

While payments for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment were distributed throughout Youngwood, they were mostly concentrated in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 15697 alone totaled $1,509,931 in Medicaid payments for this service, accounting for 100% of the city’s total in this category for the year.

Medicaid payments within the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category were also mainly attributed to a small number of specific billing codes.

Comparatively, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Medicaid spending rose 48.1% from 2023 to 2024, versus a 47.2% increase across all Medicaid claim types in Youngwood during the same timeframe.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid expenditures totaled about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, amounting to roughly 18% of the nation’s total health care spending and marking an increase from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This rise represents a growth of about 40% over several years, largely due to expanded Medicaid enrollment and greater service use during and in the wake of the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures passed under the Trump administration have brought significant proposals to reduce Medicaid funding and alter how the program operates. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to trim federal Medicaid expenditures by more than $1 trillion over 10 years, introducing changes such as work requirements and increased cost-sharing, which may restrict coverage and funding for some recipients. This outcome shifts added costs to the states and is likely to slow the growth of federal Medicaid support even as the program remains a lifeline for tens of millions of Americans.

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.