Woodbury Medicaid payments for alcohol, drug abuse treatment up 13.9% in 2024

In 2024, Woodbury Medicaid providers invoiced $39,850 for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents a 13.9% increase from 2023, when providers submitted $35,001 in claims for similar services.

Medicaid is a public health insurance program that is overseen by states and funded collectively by federal and state governments. The program offers coverage to low-income people and families, seniors, children and those with disabilities, making Medicaid one of the major parts of the U.S. health care landscape.

Since Medicaid is taxpayer-funded, local billing trends reflect how public health care dollars are used in the area.

The “Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment” grouping includes a selection of Medicaid services, with classification based on standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this report, individual billing codes were matched to a single category using code prefixes and range criteria, which enabled similar services to be reviewed as one group, helped prevent duplication and maintained accurate historic rankings.

While Medicaid expenditures increased across several categories, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment was the second-largest service by total Medicaid payments in Woodbury for 2024.

Statewide in Connecticut, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment held the fourth spot by total Medicaid disbursement in 2024.

Reviewing the five years prior to 2024, Medicaid spending related to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment in Woodbury rose by $39,850, amounting to 0% overall growth. The pace of growth quickened at certain times, notable in both 2023 and 2022 with marked year-over-year increases.

Spending within this care category was distributed through the city but was concentrated among select ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 06798 saw the highest payments at $39,850, making up 100% of all category-linked Medicaid payments in Woodbury for the year.

Medicaid payments for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment group were focused on a few billing codes.

Comparatively, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Medicaid payments in Woodbury rose 13.9% from 2023 to 2024, whereas all Medicaid claim classes in the city posted a 14.5% shift within the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined state and federal Medicaid expenditures reached nearly $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, accounting for approximately 18% of total U.S. health care spending, an increase from $613.5 billion in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This rise amounts to growth near 40% in the span of a few years, mainly a result of expanded enrollment and higher service use during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget actions under the Trump administration included substantial proposals to reduce federal Medicaid outlays and alter the program. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid funding by over $1 trillion through the next decade and introduces changes, such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing, likely reducing access and funding for some participants. These changes are set to press more financial responsibility on states and could restrict increases in federal Medicaid spending, even as the system continues serving 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.