In 2024, Lake Village Medicaid providers billed $234,259 for services within the Medicine Services and Procedures category, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a 6.5% increase from 2023, when providers reported $220,042 in claims for this category.
Medicaid, a public insurance initiative overseen by states and supported by both federal and state funds, offers coverage to low-income individuals and families, older adults, children, and people with disabilities, making it a significant part of the nation’s health care framework.
Because taxpayer funds support Medicaid, local billing trends demonstrate how public health dollars are distributed within a community.
The Medicine Services and Procedures category groups together services billed to Medicaid by the type of care delivered, using standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. Each billing code was consistently assigned to one service category for this analysis, based on uniform code prefixes and numeric ranges, ensuring related services could be tracked together, avoiding double counting, and supporting accurate year-over-year comparisons.
Spending for Medicine Services and Procedures accounted for the second-largest share of Medicaid payments by category in Lake Village in 2024, even as expenditures increased across several categories.
Medicine Services and Procedures also ranked second in total statewide Medicaid payments within Arkansas in 2024.
Between 2019 and 2024, Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures in Lake Village jumped by $33,447, or 12.5%. Periods of particularly strong growth appeared in 2021 and 2022, contributing to the overall trend.
Although Medicaid spending for this category took place throughout Lake Village, payments were highly concentrated in select ZIP codes. The 71653 ZIP code accounted for $234,259 in 2024, making up 100% of all Medicine Services and Procedures Medicaid payments in the city that year.
Within Medicine Services and Procedures, spending was focused on a relatively small number of billing codes.
Comparing growth, Medicaid payments for this category in Lake Village rose 6.5% from 2023 to 2024, versus a 15.6% change across all Medicaid claim categories during the same time frame.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data show combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached around $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, or 18% of total national health spending, up from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This amounts to nearly 40% growth over a matter of years, driven by a rise in enrollment and increased utilization during and after the pandemic.
Recent federal budgeting acts under the Trump administration introduced major proposals to decrease federal Medicaid outlays and restructure the program. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is anticipated to cut more than $1 trillion from federal Medicaid funding over the next decade, introducing requirements such as work provisions and greater cost-sharing. These changes could restrict coverage and funding for certain beneficiaries and are expected to shift additional costs onto states, curbing future growth of federal Medicaid support even as the program remains vital for tens of millions nationwide.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $267,706 | -37.5% |
| 2021 | $459,155 | 71.5% |
| 2022 | $246,975 | -46.2% |
| 2023 | $220,042 | -10.9% |
| 2024 | $234,259 | 6.5% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $277,113 | 36% |
| 2 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $234,259 | 30.5% |
| 3 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $83,120 | 10.8% |
| 4 | Evaluation and Management | $77,098 | 1<0.1% |
| 5 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $26,325 | 3.4% |
| 6 | Dental Services | $21,779 | 2.8% |
| 7 | Radiology Procedures | $20,222 | 2.6% |
| 8 | Procedures / Professional Services | $15,696 | 2% |
| 9 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $7,760 | 1% |
| 10 | Surgery | $3,318 | 0.4% |
| 11 | Durable Medical Equipment | $1,502 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $602 | 0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97530 | Therapeutic activities | $212,058 | 49 |
| 92508 | Tx sp lang voice comm group | $7,967 | 8 |
| 97110 | Therapeutic exercises | $6,811 | 3 |
| 93005 | Electrocardiogram tracing | $3,699 | 11 |
| 97167 | Ot eval high complex 60 min | $2,560 | 1 |
| 92340 | Fit spectacles monofocal | $512 | 1 |
| 96365 | Ther/proph/diag iv inf init | $411 | 1 |
| 94640 | Airway inhalation treatment | $194 | 1 |
| 93041 | Rhythm ecg tracing | $30 | 1 |
| 90471 | Immunization admin | $13 | 1 |
| 90661 | Cciiv3 vac abx fr 0.5 ml im | $0 | 1 |
| 96361 | Hydrate iv infusion add-on | $0 | 1 |
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.
