Moreauville Medicaid payments for National Codes Established services climb to $53,447 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Moreauville billed a total of $53,447 for services under the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category, as reported in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This figure reflects an increase of 116.9% from 2023, when claims for this category totaled $24,642.

Medicaid, a government health coverage program delivered by the states in partnership with federal funding, serves low-income residents, seniors, children, and people living with disabilities, making it one of the most substantial elements of the U.S. health care system. More details are available from the Commonwealth Fund.

As Medicaid finances are drawn from public sources, fluctuations in billing provide insight into how community health resources are dispensed and utilized.

The “National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies” category captures a spectrum of Medicaid services organized by care type, utilizing established HCPCS and CPT coding systems. For this research, services were grouped by distinct code prefixes and numbering in order to accurately categorize and track payments without redundancy across years.

Although Medicaid outlays went up across different service groupings, National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies led all categories in Moreauville for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

On a statewide level, National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies secured the second-highest standing for Medicaid reimbursement totals in Louisiana in 2024.

Between five years prior to 2024 and the present, Medicaid reimbursement for the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies group in Moreauville grew by $53,447, representing no net increase. Some years saw periods of intensified growth, including notable jumps during 2023 and 2022.

Though spending for these services occurred throughout Moreauville, a significant share of funds was focused in a small set of ZIP codes. For 2024, ZIP code 71355 made up $53,446 of these Medicaid payments, accounting for 100% of the citywide total tied to this service group.

A portion of Medicaid spending in the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies group was concentrated in a select few billing codes.

For context, Moreauville’s 116.9% increase in Medicaid funding for National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies between 2024 and 2023 exceeded the 67.3% uptick seen across all Medicaid claim categories locally during the same comparative period.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports federal and state Medicaid spending totaled about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, representing roughly 18% of total American health expenditures and rising significantly from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 crisis.

This expansion marks a close-to 40% increase, propelled primarily by broader enrollment and greater demand during and following the pandemic years.

Recent changes to the federal budget passed under the Trump presidency feature major measures targeting cuts and adjustments to federal Medicaid money. Initiatives such as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, are forecasted to trim federal Medicaid outlays by more than $1 trillion over a decade. This legislation introduces new measures like work requirements and higher cost-sharing, potentially resulting in reduced coverage and federal support. The adjustments are expected to increase the fiscal burden on states while federal funding ramps down, even as Medicaid continues to serve tens of millions of participants 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.