Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in Parker up 2.1% in 2024

Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show that in 2024, Medicaid providers in Parker billed $149,412 for services under the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category. This represented a 2.1% rise from 2023, when $146,387 in claims for the same type of service were reported.

Medicaid is a public health insurance program operated by individual states with joint funding from federal and state governments. It supports low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a key part of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid is taxpayer-funded, shifts in local billing reflect changes in how public health care resources are distributed across communities.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” group includes Medicaid-billed services categorized by the specific type of care provided, organized by standardized HCPCS and CPT coding systems. Each billing code for this analysis was assigned to a single service category using consistent prefixes and number ranges to group similar services, which prevents double counting and maintains accurate ranking over time.

Although Medicaid spending grew across several service categories, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) was the fourth-largest Medicaid payment category in Parker for 2024.

Statewide in Arizona, the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category finished in second place for total Medicaid payments for the year.

Over the five years before 2024, Medicaid payments connected to the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category in Parker climbed by $101,403, a 211.2% jump. Growth accelerated in certain years, with notable increases in both 2023 and 2021.

Payments for care within this category were widespread throughout the city but showed higher concentration in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 85344 recorded $149,411 in Medicaid payments for the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category, making up all such payments in Parker for the period.

Within this service category, the majority of Medicaid payments were focused on only a small set of billing codes.

Comparatively, Parker experienced a 2.1% year-over-year increase in Medicaid payments tied to Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) from 2023 to 2024. This was lower than the overall 19.9% change observed across all Medicaid claim categories in the city in the same timeframe.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state spending for Medicaid reached about $871.7 billion during fiscal year 2023, which made up approximately 18% of total national health spending. This was a sharp increase from about $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This represents roughly 40% growth over a short period, primarily due to expanded enrollment and increased service use during and after the pandemic years.

Under the Trump administration, federal budget legislation introduced significant reductions to federal Medicaid funding and program structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years. It includes provisions such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing that could reduce access for some individuals and require states to take on greater financial responsibility, affecting growth in overall federal support as Medicaid continues to provide coverage 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.