Holton records $318,582 in Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in 2024

Holton Medicaid providers received $318,582 for services under the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category in 2024, based on information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This reflects a 23943.9% jump compared with 2023, when claims in this category totaled $1,325.

Medicaid, a public health insurance initiative funded by both federal and state governments and operated by states, serves low-income citizens, seniors, children and people with disabilities. As one of the nation’s largest health coverage programs, it forms a major part of the U.S. health system.

Because taxpayer funds support Medicaid payments, fluctuations in community-level billing reflect how public health dollars are being spent locally.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” category includes a set of Medicaid-eligible services sorted by the nature of care provided, organized using standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. Every billing code in this study was allocated to a specific service type following fixed code prefixes and numerical ranges, enabling service group comparisons, accurate rankings, and preventing double counting.

Although broader Medicaid spending rose in several service areas, the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) group ranked third for Medicaid payment volume in Holton during 2024.

Statewide, this category was the second-largest by total Medicaid spending across Kansas in 2024.

From five years prior through 2024, Holton saw Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) increase by $317,467, representing a 28472.4% climb. Some periods showed particularly sharp year-over-year growth, such as in 2021 and 2023.

In terms of geographic trends, most spending for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in Holton was concentrated in a small group of ZIP codes. For 2024, ZIP code 66436 was the leader, with payments totaling $318,581 and accounting for the entire amount paid in this service category in the city that year.

Payments within the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) type were heavily concentrated in a small number of billing codes.

Comparatively, Holton’s Medicaid payments linked to this category rose by 23943.9% between 2024 and the prior year, compared with a 0.1% increase for all Medicaid payment categories in the area over the same period.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that total combined state and federal Medicaid spending reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, equaling some 18% of all U.S. health expenditures. That figure significantly rose from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency.

This increase represents approximately 40% growth in only a few years, primarily driven by higher member enrollment and increased access during and after the pandemic.

Under President Trump’s administration, new federal legislation included large-scale proposals to reduce federal Medicaid contributions and modify program funding. Notably, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, aims to reduce federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion over the next 10 years and incorporates changes such as work requirements and heightened cost-sharing, which may affect both coverage and funding levels for certain participants. This legislation is expected to lead to higher costs for states while slowing federal funding growth, despite the program still assisting tens of millions of Americans 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.