Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) services jump 37.1% in Rayne in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Rayne billed $554,853 for services within the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show. This represents a 37.1% rise compared to 2023, when providers submitted $404,775 in claims for this type of service.

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

Since Medicaid payments are taxpayer-funded, fluctuations in local billing reflect how public funds are distributed in the health care system of a community.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” grouping refers to Medicaid-billed services identified by care type, classified according to specific HCPCS and CPT coding sets. For this report, each billing code was assigned to one service category based on code prefixes and numeric ranges, to group similar services without double counting and to keep service rankings accurate through time.

While total Medicaid spending increased for multiple categories, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) ranked second in Rayne for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Statewide in Louisiana, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) was the top category by Medicaid payment totals in 2024.

Looking at the five years prior to 2024, Medicaid payments tied to Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in Rayne rose by $309,153, a gain of 125.8%. Growth in this category accelerated during certain years, with substantial year-over-year increases observed in 2021 and 2022.

Medicaid spending for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in Rayne covered the city but was heavily concentrated in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 70578 reported $554,852 in Medicaid payments for this category, and this single ZIP made up 100% of such payments during the year.

Within this service category, Medicaid payments were further focused among a handful of individual billing codes.

Comparatively, Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) services in Rayne increased by 37.1% between 2024 and 2023, whereas overall Medicaid claim categories in the city saw a 4.3% rise in the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid outlays reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, which was approximately 18% of total national health expenditures. This marked a steep jump from about $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This increase—about 40% over several years—is attributed largely to expanded participation and greater use of services during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget legislation during the Trump administration has set forth significant proposals to limit federal Medicaid funding and restructure the program. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid support by over $1 trillion over ten years and features initiatives like work requirements and increased cost-sharing that could decrease coverage and funding for some groups. These moves are anticipated to require states to cover more costs and could restrain future federal Medicaid spending, even as the program continues to serve 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.