Byesville sees 7.8% rise in Medicaid spending for alcohol and drug abuse treatment in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Byesville billed $208,578 for services in the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents a 7.8% jump from the $193,456 billed in 2023 for the same category of care.

Medicaid, a public insurance program managed by the states and funded through both federal and state budgets, serves low-income people and families, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities, making it a key component of U.S. health care.

Since Medicaid payments are publicly funded, fluctuations in local billing patterns reflect how health care spending is distributed throughout a community.

The “Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment” category includes Medicaid-covered services categorized by type of care, based on specific standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. To conduct this analysis, each code was placed in a single service category using uniform prefixes and numeric ranges, which allows similar services to be grouped, avoids double counting, and preserves accurate category rankings across years.

Medicaid spending rose in multiple service categories, but Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment topped all categories in Byesville for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Statewide in Ohio, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services ranked second by total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Looking at the five years through 2024, Medicaid payments linked to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment in Byesville rose by $73,255, or 54.1%. Growth accelerated at times, with notable yearly increases seen in both 2023 and 2022.

Though spending for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services took place across Byesville, most payments were concentrated in a handful of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 43723 accounted for $208,578—the full total for the city. The top 1 ZIP code contributed 100% of Medicaid payments for this category locally for the year.

Payments within the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category were also concentrated among only a few billing codes.

To compare, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment-related Medicaid payments in Byesville increased 7.8% from 2023 to 2024, while overall Medicaid spending across all claim categories in the city rose 17.5% during the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached an estimated $871.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year, making up almost 18% of national health spending—a sharp rise from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This growth reflects about a 40% increase over just a few years, largely due to greater enrollment and higher utilization rates during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget changes under the Trump administration introduced notable efforts to decrease federal funding for Medicaid and revise the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years and implement measures such as work requirements and increased cost-sharing. These adjustments could limit coverage and reduce funds for some enrollees by shifting more responsibilities to states, potentially slowing the future expansion of federal Medicaid support even as millions continue to rely on the program.

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.