Yerington Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) up 70% in 2024

Yerington Medicaid providers billed a total of $401,853 for services listed under the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category in 2024, based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This was a 70% rise compared with 2023, when claims for these services totaled $236,317.

Medicaid, a public insurance system managed by states and funded by both federal and state governments, provides coverage for low-income individuals, seniors, children and people with disabilities, representing a significant part of the U.S. health care landscape.

Since Medicaid is financed by taxpayers, changes in local billing can illustrate how public health care funding is distributed across a community.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” group captures certain Medicaid-billed services determined by the care type, using standard HCPCS and CPT code clusters. For this report, each billing code was assigned to an exclusive service category using established code prefixes and numeric groupings. This method ensures similar services are analyzed together, avoids double counting, and supports accurate comparisons over time.

While several Medicaid service categories saw spending increases, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) placed second in Yerington by total Medicaid payments during 2024.

Across Nevada as a whole, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) was the fourth largest Medicaid payment category in 2024.

Looking over the five years through 2024, Medicaid payments for the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category in Yerington rose by $401,853, representing 0% growth. Some of the fastest increases occurred during particular years, especially in 2023 and 2022.

Though Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) services were provided citywide, most Medicaid payments were concentrated within a few ZIP codes. In 2024, payments in ZIP code 89447 accounted for $401,853. Altogether, the top 1 ZIP codes represented 100% of Medicaid spending for this category in Yerington that year.

Within this category, Medicaid spending was focused on a small number of individual billing codes.

From 2023 to 2024, Medicaid spending for this category in Yerington rose 70%, outpacing the 21.7% increase observed across all local Medicaid claim categories during that span.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid spending reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up about 18% of all health expenditures nationwide, significantly higher than the $613.5 billion reported in 2019, before the COVID-19 public health emergency.

This increase reflects an expansion of roughly 40% over a few years, mainly driven by higher enrollment and increased service use during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures adopted during the Trump administration include major proposals to limit federal Medicaid funds and change the program structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is estimated to reduce federal Medicaid expenditures by more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years. New policies such as work requirements and additional cost-sharing could reduce both coverage and funding for some users, shifting more expenses to states and slowing the growth of federal aid, while the program continues 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.