Manning Medicaid spending on alcohol and drug abuse treatment rises to $934,290 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Manning reported $934,290 in claims for services in the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category, based on figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount represented an 11.3% rise over 2023, when claims submitted for the same category totaled $839,490.

Medicaid is a health insurance program managed by each state with both federal and state funding through government partnerships. It serves low-income adults and families, as well as seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities, and is one of the largest components of the nation’s health care system.

Because Medicaid payments derive from taxpayers, shifts in billing at the local level illustrate how public health dollars are used in communities.

The “Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment” classification includes a defined set of Medicaid services, structured by the care delivered and identified through standardized HCPCS and CPT groupings. In this analysis, every billing code is matched to a single service based on uniform code prefixes and ranges to ensure related services are grouped accurately and prevent duplicate counting within long-term trends.

Spending rose across several Medicaid categories in 2024, with Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment ranking third by total Medicaid dollars paid in Manning that year.

At the state level, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category placed sixth among Medicaid payment categories in South Carolina during 2024.

In the five years leading up to 2024, Medicaid payments tied to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment in Manning jumped $898,107, an increase of 2482.1%. Some periods saw noticeably rapid growth, especially in 2021 and 2022.

Medicaid payments within the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category showed concentrated spending in a few ZIP codes across Manning. For 2024, ZIP code 29102 accounted for $934,290 in such Medicaid spending. This area represented 100% of all reported Medicaid dollars related to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment in the city for the year.

Spending in this service category further aggregated around a restricted range of individual billing codes.

Comparing changes from 2023 to 2024, Medicaid payments for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment rose 11.3% in Manning, while the total increase across all Medicaid service groups in the city was 4.2% in the same period.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data show that federal and state Medicaid expenditures totaled about $871.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year, representing about 18% of nationwide health spending, up from nearly $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 public health emergency.

That represents about 40% growth in a few years, primarily due to larger enrollments and greater service use during and after the pandemic.

Legislation passed under the Trump administration in recent years included measures projected to cut federal Medicaid funding and adjust the structure of the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion over 10 years, adding requirements like work conditions and more cost-sharing. These updates may reduce coverage and financial support for some Medicaid users, requiring states to cover a larger share of Medicaid expenses even as the program continues to serve many 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.