In 2024, Medicaid providers in Ridgewood billed a total of $7,392,249 for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services, based on figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount represents a 2.4% rise from 2023, when the total billed for these services reached $7,221,228.
Medicaid, which is funded jointly by federal and state governments and operated by the states, insures low-income people and families, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities. The program makes up a major portion of the U.S. health care sector. For further information, see the Commonwealth Fund.
Since Medicaid is taxpayer-funded, shifts in localized billing levels reveal how communities allocate public health care spending.
The “Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment” service category includes a group of Medicaid-billed services determined by the type of care and standardized coding like HCPCS and CPT codes. For comparison, each code is grouped into one service type with consistent prefixes and number ranges, allowing clear analysis and avoiding duplicate counts or overlap for rankings.
Among the various Medicaid service categories, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment was the top category by total Medicaid payment in Ridgewood in 2024.
Statewide in New Jersey, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment also led by total Medicaid payments for 2024.
Between 2019 and 2024, Medicaid spending on the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category in Ridgewood increased by $1,083,094, or 17.2%. Certain periods showed higher growth, such as significant year-to-year increases in 2020 and 2022.
Payments for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services were distributed throughout Ridgewood, but only a small number of ZIP codes accounted for the majority of payments. In 2024, ZIP code 07450 received Medicaid payments totaling $7,392,248, making up 100% of all Medicaid payments in this service category for the city that year.
Spending within Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment was also concentrated on a few individual billing codes.
From 2023 to 2024, Medicaid payments for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services in Ridgewood increased by 2.4%, compared to a 7.4% increase across all Medicaid service categories in the city during that interval.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports combined federal and state Medicaid spending reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023. This accounts for around 18% of total national health expenditures, up from $613.5 billion in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The increase of about 40% over several years was primarily due to more people enrolling in Medicaid and greater overall usage during the pandemic era and subsequent period.
Federal budget legislation under the Trump administration brought significant proposals to reduce federal Medicaid funding and overhaul the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to cut federal Medicaid outlays by more than $1 trillion over the next decade. It introduces measures such as work eligibility requirements and increased cost-sharing, which could reduce coverage and overall funds for some recipients. These policies are expected to create higher costs for states and slow growth in federal Medicaid support as the program continues to serve millions of Americans.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $6,309,155 | 11.8% |
| 2021 | $6,705,147 | 6.3% |
| 2022 | $7,216,104 | 7.6% |
| 2023 | $7,221,227 | 0.1% |
| 2024 | $7,392,248 | 2.4% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $7,392,248 | 50.1% |
| 2 | Evaluation and Management | $2,495,254 | 16.9% |
| 3 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $1,978,743 | 13.4% |
| 4 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $1,030,096 | 7% |
| 5 | Procedures / Professional Services | $610,155 | 4.1% |
| 6 | Radiology Procedures | $454,157 | 3.1% |
| 7 | Surgery | $316,081 | 2.1% |
| 8 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $252,125 | 1.7% |
| 9 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $132,213 | 0.9% |
| 10 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $34,894 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Temporary Codes | $28,431 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $25,239 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Chemotherapy Drugs | $11,642 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Administrative, Miscellaneous and Investigational | $2,274 | <0.1% |
| 15 | Outpatient PPS | $93 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| H2016 | Comp comm supp svc, per diem | $4,253,743 | 11 |
| H0019 | Alcohol and/or drug services | $2,788,641 | 12 |
| H0035 | Mh partial hosp tx under 24h | $252,708 | 12 |
| H2014 | Skills train and dev, 15 min | $97,154 | 12 |
Note: HCPCS codes are listed here for reference within the category. Total figures and rankings use standardized service groupings rather than just specific billing codes.
All data in this article is sourced from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. Source data is available here.
