Lanett Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures total $52,787 in 2024

Providers in Lanett billed a total of $52,787 to Medicaid in 2024 for services grouped under Medicine Services and Procedures, based on figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount reflects a 42.4% rise compared to 2023, when $37,060 in claims were submitted for the same service group.

Medicaid, a publicly funded health insurance program managed by individual states and supported both federally and by states, covers people with low incomes, seniors, children, and those with disabilities—making it a significant component of the national health care system.

Because taxpayer dollars support Medicaid, changes in claims totals locally illustrate shifts in the allocation of public health funding within the community.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” category consists of a set of Medicaid-billed services grouped by care type, using standardized HCPCS and CPT coding rules. In this review, billing codes were placed into one service category based on uniform code prefixes and numbering sequences, helping analyze related services and prevent duplicate counts, while ensuring accurate year-to-year rankings.

Although Medicaid spending grew in multiple care areas, Medicine Services and Procedures was the second largest category in Lanett by total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Statewide in Alabama, Medicine Services and Procedures ranked fourth for total Medicaid payments that year.

Over the five years prior to 2024, Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures in Lanett increased by $52,787, or 0%. At certain points, spending growth accelerated, with annual increases seen in 2022 and 2023.

Payments in the Medicine Services and Procedures category were made throughout the city, but a significant share of the Medicaid funds were billed within few ZIP codes. For 2024, ZIP code 36863 reported $52,786—the highest Medicaid payments in this category—meaning the top ZIP code accounted for 100% of service payments tied to Medicine Services and Procedures in Lanett that year.

A small number of billing codes assumed most of the Medicaid dollars within the Medicine Services and Procedures group in 2024.

For context, the 42.4% rise in Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures in Lanett from 2023 to 2024 compared to a 34.9% overall change for all Medicaid claim categories in the city in the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total Medicaid spending by federal and state governments hit about $871.7 billion during fiscal year 2023—roughly 18% of U.S. health care expenditures. That figure is up sharply from $613.5 billion in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This increase of around 40% in just a few years has been fueled largely by higher enrollment and greater utilization during and immediately after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget actions during the Trump administration included significant proposals to shrink federal Medicaid funding and change its structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid support by more than $1 trillion over the next decade. It also implements policies such as work requirements and increased cost-sharing—measures that may restrict access and reduce funding for some enrollees. These changes could shift greater financial responsibility to states and limit increases in federal aid, despite Medicaid continuing 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.