In 2024, Sherwood Medicaid providers submitted $31,753 in claims for services within the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category, as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount reflects a 33.6% jump from 2023, when $23,772 was billed for the same category.
Medicaid is a public health insurance program operated by states and financed through a partnership of federal and state governments. It offers coverage for low-income people and families, seniors, children, and those with disabilities, making it one of the nation’s largest health care programs.
Because Medicaid is taxpayer-funded, shifts in local billing levels illustrate the allocation of public health care spending within a community.
The “Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment” category covers a defined group of Medicaid-supported services, identified by standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this report, each billing code was mapped to a single service category using uniform code prefixes and numerical ranges. This approach groups related services without overlap, maintaining consistent rankings over time.
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment was the third-largest Medicaid payment category in Sherwood by total reimbursement in 2024, among multiple categories that posted spending increases.
Statewide in Oregon, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment finished second among Medicaid service categories by overall payments in 2024.
Between 2019 and 2024, Medicaid payments linked to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment in Sherwood grew by $31,753, or 0%. Spending increases were especially pronounced in certain years, such as 2023 and 2022, marked by significant year-over-year growth.
Although expenditures for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services occurred throughout Sherwood, the majority of payments came from a small set of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 97140 accounted for $31,753 of Medicaid spending in this category. Collectively, the leading ZIP code represented 100% of Sherwood’s Medicaid payments tied to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment for the year.
Most Medicaid spending within the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category was concentrated in a limited range of individual billing codes.
To compare, Medicaid reimbursements for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment in Sherwood rose by 33.6% from 2023 to 2024. In contrast, all Medicaid claim categories in the city increased by 29.6% during the same time frame.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid spending combined was about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, representing approximately 18% of overall national health expenditures—a sharp rise from around $613.5 billion in 2019, before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This increase amounts to roughly 40% growth within a few years, primarily due to expanded program enrollment and increased benefit use during and following the pandemic.
Recent federal budgets during the Trump administration have introduced several proposals to reduce Medicaid funding and alter the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is set to cut federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over 10 years. It also adds policies such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing, which could limit benefits and funding for some enrollees. As a result, states may bear more financial responsibility and face restricted federal Medicaid growth, although the program is expected to continue covering millions nationwide.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $23,772 | – |
| 2024 | $31,753 | 33.6% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evaluation and Management | $164,635 | 57.1% |
| 2 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $87,004 | 30.2% |
| 3 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $31,753 | 11% |
| 4 | Procedures / Professional Services | $2,315 | 0.8% |
| 5 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $1,570 | 0.5% |
| 6 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $1,240 | 0.4% |
| 7 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| H2014 | Skills train and dev, 15 min | $31,753 | 6 |
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.
