Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures in Mountain Pine reach $273,254 in 2024

Providers in Mountain Pine billed Medicaid a total of $273,254 in 2024 for services classified under the Medicine Services and Procedures category, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This sum represents a 67.4% jump from the $163,206 in claims reported for these services in 2023.

Medicaid operates as a public health insurance program managed by states and funded jointly by federal and state governments. The program serves low-income people and families, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities, making it a cornerstone of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid is taxpayer funded, fluctuations in local billing levels reflect how health care resources are distributed within a community.

The Medicine Services and Procedures category covers various Medicaid-billed services determined by specific care types, using uniform HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this analysis, billing codes were categorized using set prefixes and number ranges, enabling consistent examination while avoiding overlap and supporting accurate trending over time.

Medicaid spending grew across several categories, but in 2024, Medicine Services and Procedures accounted for the highest total Medicaid payments in Mountain Pine.

Statewide in Arkansas, this category placed second overall for Medicaid payments in 2024.

Over the five years preceding 2024, Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures in Mountain Pine rose by $165,863, or 154.4%. There were periods of accelerated spending, with notable year-over-year increases observed in 2021 and 2023.

Although spending for Medicine Services and Procedures occurred throughout the city, the majority of Medicaid funds were billed in only a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 71956 accounted for all $273,254 in Medicaid payments in this category, with the top ZIP code representing 100% of the city’s total for the year.

Within the category, payments were concentrated among a limited set of individual billing codes.

To compare, Medicaid payments in Mountain Pine for the Medicine Services and Procedures category increased by 67.4% between 2024 and 2023. This matches the overall citywide percentage change for all Medicaid claim categories over the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined state and federal Medicaid spending in fiscal 2023 totaled approximately $871.7 billion, accounting for around 18% of total national health expenditures, a sharp rise from about $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This rise indicates an increase of roughly 40% over a few years, largely fueled by expanded program enrollment and higher service usage during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget legislation under the Trump administration has presented major proposals to decrease federal Medicaid funding and change the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid expenditures by over $1 trillion over the coming decade and features policies such as work requirements and increased cost-sharing, which could impact coverage and funding for some recipients. These revisions are set to transfer more financial responsibility to states and could cap future growth in federal Medicaid funds, despite the program’s continued provision 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.