Cincinnatus Medicaid spending for Medicine Services and Procedures jumps 327% in 2024

In 2024, Cincinnatus Medicaid providers submitted $9,914 in claims for Medicine Services and Procedures, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents a 327% jump from 2023, when claims for the same services totaled $2,322.

Medicaid, a state-operated public insurance program funded through both federal and state governments, provides coverage for low-income individuals and families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities, making it one of the core pillars of the U.S. health care landscape.

Since Medicaid is financed by taxpayer dollars, shifts in billing volumes highlight how health care funds are distributed in the local community.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” classification includes services billed to Medicaid as defined by standardized HCPCS and CPT code groups. This review used consistent code prefixes and number ranges to sort billings into a single category, helping avoid double counting and ensuring accuracy in rankings over time.

While total Medicaid expenditures increased for several types of care, spending on Medicine Services and Procedures ranked as the top billing category in Cincinnatus for 2024.

Statewide in New York, Medicine Services and Procedures was the third largest Medicaid spending category for 2024.

Looking at the five years preceding 2024, Cincinnatus’s Medicaid spending tied to Medicine Services and Procedures rose by $9,914, or 0%. Some of the sharpest increases occurred year-over-year in 2022 and 2022.

Though spending for Medicine Services and Procedures was spread throughout Cincinnatus, most payments were focused within a small number of ZIP codes. For 2024, ZIP code 13040 accounted for nearly all such Medicaid payments, totaling $9,913 and comprising 100% of the city’s spending in this category for the year.

Medicaid payouts within the Medicine Services and Procedures classification were also dominated by relatively few billing codes.

Between 2024 and 2023, Medicaid claims in Cincinnatus specifically for Medicine Services and Procedures increased by 327%, while overall Medicaid claims for all categories rose by 326.9% in the same time frame.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, joint federal and state Medicaid spending totaled about $871.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year, which was around 18% of total national health expenditures. This was a sharp increase from about $613.5 billion in 2019, before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This change reflects nearly 40% growth in just a few years, mostly attributable to greater enrollment and increased health care usage during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures passed during the Trump administration have included plans to substantially reduce federal Medicaid budgets and amend program structures. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which became law in 2025, is expected to lower federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over the next decade and introduce requirements such as employment conditions and greater cost-sharing for some enrollees. These moves may shift additional financial responsibilities onto states and could restrict the future rise of federal Medicaid funding, even as the program continues to play a vital role for tens of millions of 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.