Enosburg Falls Medicaid payments for ambulance and transport services climb to $87,466 in 2024

Medicaid providers in Enosburg Falls billed a total of $87,466 in 2024 for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. This total represents a 14.7% rise from $76,280 billed for the same services in 2023.

Medicaid, a state-administered and jointly funded federal-state health insurance program, provides coverage to low-income families and individuals, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, establishing itself as a key part of the nation’s health care financing.

Because taxpayer funds support Medicaid, shifts in local claims offer insight into public health care resource distribution within specific communities.

The Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category includes a range of Medicaid-billed care, uniquely grouped using standard HCPCS and CPT code prefixes and numeric ranges for analysis. Each code is assigned to a single service grouping, ensuring related services are reviewed together, avoiding double counting, and allowing accurate tracking over time.

Spending increased across multiple Medicaid service groupings, but Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies ranked as the leading category by total paid claims in Enosburg Falls for 2024.

Statewide, this category ranked sixth in Vermont by Medicaid payment totals for 2024.

Over the five years ending in 2024, Medicaid dollars for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Enosburg Falls grew by $49,759, marking 132% growth. Some years saw particularly strong increases, including notable jumps in both 2023 and 2022.

Medicaid expenditures for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies were spread throughout the city, but the majority were attributable to just a handful of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 05450 accounted for $87,465. This leading ZIP comprised 100% of all Medicaid spending tied to this service category in Enosburg Falls for the year.

Within the broader service grouping, claims were further concentrated among a small subset of billing codes for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies.

For context, Medicaid spending for this service category in Enosburg Falls recorded a 14.7% increase between 2024 and 2023, in contrast to a 3.2% change observed across all Medicaid claim groupings citywide for the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, national Medicaid spending by state and federal governments combined totaled roughly $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, representing about 18% of all national health expenditures and up significantly from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This jump marks growth of approximately 40% over several years, driven mainly by increased enrollment and greater utilization connected to the pandemic and its aftermath.

Recent congressional budgets signed during the Trump administration brought forward major proposals to decrease federal Medicaid funding and alter the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid expenditures by more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years. The law adds initiatives like work requirements and higher cost-sharing, potentially lowering coverage rates and federal funding for certain beneficiaries. These adjustments will likely transfer more costs to states and slow future expansion of federal Medicaid support, even as the program serves 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.