Pace Medicaid providers bill $206,042 for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Pace billed $206,042 for services listed in the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. This represented a 10% increase compared with 2023, when claims in this category totaled $187,302.

Medicaid is a state-run public health insurance initiative funded jointly by state and federal governments. The program provides coverage to low-income adults, children, seniors, and people with disabilities and stands as one of the nation’s largest health care expenditures.

As Medicaid spending is sourced from taxes, changes in local billing reflect how a community’s public health dollars are used.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” category includes a set of Medicaid-billed services based on specific standardized HCPCS and CPT groupings. In compiling this data, each service code was linked to one main service category using code prefixes and number ranges. This approach allows for the grouping and tracking of similar services, minimizes duplicate counts, and maintains accurate trends over time.

While Medicaid spending grew in several service categories, the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) group accounted for the highest total payments to Pace Medicaid providers in 2024.

On a statewide basis, Mississippi ranked Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) as the second-largest service category by Medicaid payment total for 2024.

Between 2019 and 2024, Medicaid payments for this category in Pace rose by $47,120 or 29.7%. Notable annual increases occurred during certain years, especially in 2021 and 2023.

Though services under this category were provided throughout the city, payments were concentrated within select ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 38764 accounted for $206,042 in Medicaid payments within this category. Combined, the top ZIP code was responsible for 100% of Pace’s Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) that year.

Payments for services within the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) classification were also focused among specific billing codes.

By comparison, Medicaid spending for the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category in Pace grew 10% from 2023 to 2024, aligning with the 10% increase observed for all Medicaid claim categories citywide in that timeframe.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in fiscal year 2023, total federal and state Medicaid expenditures were estimated at $871.7 billion, or about 18% of overall national health care costs, substantially higher than the approximately $613.5 billion spent in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

That increase amounts to roughly 40% growth over a few years, spurred by broader enrollment and increased use of services during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget policies during the Trump administration have brought forward significant plans to trim federal funding for Medicaid and revise its structure. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is set to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid spending over 10 years. The act enacts rules such as work requirements and higher cost sharing, which could reduce access or funds for some Medicaid recipients. These changes are expected to escalate states’ fiscal responsibilities and slow the expansion of federal Medicaid support, although the program continues to serve millions.

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.