Grenada Medicaid spending for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) services rises to $512,761 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Grenada billed $512,761 for services under the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category, based on information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a 4.2% rise from 2023, when claims for these services totaled $491,909.

Medicaid operates as a public health insurance program managed by the states with joint federal and state funding. The program provides coverage to low-income families and individuals, seniors, children, and those with disabilities, making it one of the largest healthcare components in the United States.

Because taxpayer funds support Medicaid, shifts in local billing highlight how public healthcare resources are used within communities.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” group includes a range of services billed to Medicaid, organized by type of care using standard HCPCS and CPT code groupings. Each billing code for this analysis was categorized into a single service group through consistent use of code prefixes and numeric ranges, supporting accurate aggregation and comparisons across years without duplication.

In Grenada, although Medicaid spending increased across several categories, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) held the fourth spot by total Medicaid payment amount for 2024.

Statewide in Mississippi, this service category was ranked second by total payments in 2024.

From 2019 through 2024, Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) services in Grenada climbed by $243,370, or 90.3%. Certain periods saw accelerated growth, with significant annual increases during both 2022 and 2021.

While these Medicaid payments covered care throughout the city, the majority of spending occurred in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 38901 accounted for $512,760 of the total, representing 100% of Medicaid payments for these services in Grenada that year.

Payments within the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category were also largely concentrated in a limited set of billing codes.

Comparing spending changes, Grenada saw a 4.2% increase in Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) from 2023 to 2024, while total Medicaid payments across all categories in the city grew by 19.5% in the same timeframe.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid spending reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, accounting for an estimated 18% of total national health expenditures, up sharply from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This increase reflects approximately 40% growth over a few years, much of it driven by higher enrollment and increased utilization after the pandemic began.

Recent federal budget measures under the Trump administration have proposed substantial reductions in federal Medicaid funding and major program restructuring. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is set to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over the next decade, introducing requirements such as work mandates and added cost-sharing that could cut back on coverage and federal funding for some individuals. As a result, states may shoulder more costs and face limits to federal Medicaid growth, even as the program continues serving millions nationwide.

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.