In 2024, Medicaid providers in Federal Heights billed $284,826 for services within the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) classification, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount represented a 45.6% increase over 2023, when claims for these services totaled $195,632.
Medicaid is a public health insurance initiative administered by the states and funded through a partnership between federal and state governments. It provides coverage to low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and those with disabilities, making it a major component of the American health care system.
Since Medicaid expenditures are tax-funded, variations in billing locally help illustrate how public health care funds are distributed within a community.
The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” group encompasses a set of Medicaid-billed services assigned based on standardized HCPCS and CPT coding schemes. This analysis allocated each billing code to a specific service type using uniform code prefixes and ranges, ensuring that related services could be assessed collectively without duplication while maintaining consistency in rankings.
Despite overall Medicaid spending rising across several service lines, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) ranked second by payment amount in Federal Heights for 2024.
Within Colorado, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) placed sixth for total Medicaid payments statewide in 2024.
During the five years preceding 2024, payments linked to Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in Federal Heights grew by $284,826, or 0%. Certain years, such as 2022 and 2023, saw especially strong year-over-year increases in spending.
Though these services were billed throughout the city, Medicaid payments in this category were concentrated within select ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 80260 recorded $284,826, representing 100% of the category’s Medicaid payments in Federal Heights that year.
Payments in the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) group were also heavily focused among a small subset of individual billing codes.
Comparatively, Medicaid payments in this group in Federal Heights rose 45.6% between 2024 and 2023. For all Medicaid services in the city, the increase was 27.5% over the same timeframe.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached about $871.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year, accounting for about 18% of total national health care outlays. That is a substantial rise from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This increase amounts to roughly 40% growth in just a few years, fueled largely by expanded program enrollment and increased health care use during and after the pandemic.
Recent federal budget measures enacted during the Trump administration have proposed sharp reductions in federal Medicaid investment and restructured the program. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, projects more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid cuts over the decade and implements policies such as work requirements and higher out-of-pocket costs, potentially reducing coverage and funding for some beneficiaries. These adjustments are likely to shift financial responsibility to states and may constrain the trajectory of federal Medicaid growth, though the program continues to serve tens of millions of Americans.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $61,713 | – |
| 2022 | $125,657 | 103.6% |
| 2023 | $195,631 | 55.7% |
| 2024 | $284,826 | 45.6% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $1,471,279 | 63% |
| 2 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $284,826 | 12.2% |
| 3 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $135,501 | 5.8% |
| 4 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $134,847 | 5.8% |
| 5 | Vision Services | $113,539 | 4.9% |
| 6 | Durable Medical Equipment | $89,321 | 3.8% |
| 7 | Dental Services | $70,611 | 3% |
| 8 | Evaluation and Management | $23,352 | 1% |
| 9 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $10,770 | 0.5% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| S5130 | Homaker service nos per 15m | $284,826 | 12 |
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.
