National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies Medicaid payments in Mcgehee up 2.9% in 2024

Providers in Mcgehee billed $1,606,700 to Medicaid for National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies in 2024, figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show. This was a 2.9% increase from 2023, when $1,561,089 in claims were submitted for this category of service.

Medicaid, a state-administered but federally and state-financed public health insurance program, covers low-income residents, seniors, children and those with disabilities, making it a key pillar of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid funding is derived from taxpayers, variations in local billing reflect changes in how health resources are allocated in a given area.

The “National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies” designation groups a range of Medicaid-billed services based on specific types of care, classified using HCPCS and CPT code groupings. In this report, each code was placed into one category only, determined by standardized code prefixes and number intervals, helping to categorize services accurately and prevent duplications or inaccurate rankings.

Although spending for multiple Medicaid service categories rose, National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies was Mcgehee’s top Medicaid payment category for 2024.

Across Arkansas, National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies also ranked first in total Medicaid payments during 2024.

Between 2020 and 2024, Medicaid payments for National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies in Mcgehee climbed by $425,135, an increase of 36%. Growth rates spiked at certain intervals, including notable year-over-year jumps recorded in 2021 and 2022.

Expenditures related to this service category were distributed throughout Mcgehee, but the majority of payments were reported in a small set of ZIP codes. In 2024, Mcgehee’s 71654 ZIP code accounted for the full $1,606,700 in Medicaid payments related to National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies services—making up 100% of the total for this category in the city for the year.

Payments were also concentrated within a limited subset of billing codes in the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies group.

Comparatively, Medicaid payments for this category in Mcgehee increased 2.9% from 2023 to 2024. Across all service categories in the city, Medicaid billing grew by 3.2% over the same time span.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state spending on Medicaid reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023. This accounted for roughly 18% of U.S. health expenditures and was a sharp rise from about $613.5 billion in 2019, preceding the COVID-19 pandemic.

This 40% increase in spending over several years was driven primarily by increasing enrollment and higher use of medical services during and in the aftermath of the pandemic.

Federal budget legislation signed under the Trump administration proposed sizable cuts to the Medicaid program and several policy adjustments. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is anticipated to reduce federal Medicaid expenditures by more than $1 trillion over 10 years. The law brings new requirements such as work mandates and added cost-sharing, changes expected to affect both state budgets and access to coverage for some beneficiaries, while continuing to serve 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.