Itta Bena sees 12.4% rise in Medicaid spending for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) services in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Itta Bena submitted $613,161 in claims for services grouped under the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category, as recorded in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This was a 12.4% rise from 2023 totals, when claims in the same category reached $545,590.

Medicaid is a government-backed health insurance program supported by both federal and state governments. It assists low-income populations, seniors, children, and those with disabilities, remaining a significant segment of the U.S. health care structure.

Since Medicaid utilizes taxpayer dollars, shifting billing patterns help illustrate how local public health care funds are spent.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” group represents a set of Medicaid services identified by care type, based on standardized HCPCS and CPT coding conventions. Each billing code in this review was placed within one service classification, keeping related services organized for accurate trend analysis while avoiding code-count duplication.

While several service groups saw growth in Medicaid spending, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) represented the top Medicaid payment category in Itta Bena in 2024.

Statewide in Mississippi, the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category ranked as the second-highest by total Medicaid payments for the year.

Reviewing the last five years to 2024, Medicaid payments for the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) group in Itta Bena went up by $64,433 or 11.7%. Some years reflected more accelerated spending, especially in 2022 and 2023.

Payments associated with the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category were primarily grouped in a few local ZIP codes, with ZIP code 38941 accounting for $613,161—or the entirety—of those Medicaid payments in 2024.

Spending in the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category also concentrated among a select number of billing codes during the year.

Compared with all Medicaid service groups in Itta Bena, payments within the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) group increased by 12.4% from 2023 to 2024, whereas overall Medicaid claims in the city advanced by 2.7% in the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures hit approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, representing around 18% of total national health spending—a substantial jump from the $613.5 billion spent in 2019 before the COVID-19 outbreak.

This increase equals about 40% growth in a few years, largely spurred by rising enrollment and use of services during and after the pandemic.

Recently enacted federal budget laws under the Trump administration feature major proposals to decrease federal Medicaid funds and revise how the program operates. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid expenditures over 10 years and introduce work requirements and increased cost-sharing. These provisions may scale back funding and coverage for certain participants and shift more financial responsibilities to states, even as Medicaid 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.