Valley, Alabama Medicaid spending for non-oral drug administration climbs to $31 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Valley submitted $31 in claims for services under the Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method category, as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a 40.9% increase from 2023, when $22 in claims were filed for the same services.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program jointly funded by federal and state governments and run by the states, covers low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities. This makes it a central element of the U.S. health care system.

Because taxpayer funds support Medicaid payments, shifts in local billing shed light on how public health care resources are spent within a community.

The “Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method” group includes a set of services categorized by the care delivered, determined by standard HCPCS and CPT code groupings. Each billing code for this analysis was grouped under a single service category based on consistent code prefixes and numbers, enabling accurate comparisons over time and avoiding double counting.

Although overall Medicaid spending rose among multiple categories, Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method was the 10th largest by total Medicaid payments in Valley for 2024.

Ranked 16th by total payments for 2024, this category held a lower statewide position in Alabama.

In the five years preceding 2024, Medicaid payments linked to the Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method group in Valley had increased by $31, or 0%. Certain periods showed higher growth, with notable annual gains occurring in 2023 and 2022.

Medicaid spending for the Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method category in 2024 was distributed throughout the city but was mainly concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. ZIP code 36854 had the largest share at $30. The single leading ZIP code comprised 99.9% of the Medicaid payments for this service group in Valley for the year.

Payments in this category were further focused among just a few individual billing codes.

To compare, Medicaid claims for this group in Valley rose by 40.9% from 2023 to 2024, outpacing the 32.5% increase seen across all Medicaid categories in the area during the same time.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid spending together reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, which was about 18% of all national health expenditures. That is a significant increase from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This jump represents about a 40% increase in a few years, mainly due to expanded Medicaid enrollment and higher service use during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures from the Trump administration have proposed substantial cuts to federal Medicaid funding and restructured the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to cut federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion over the next decade. It introduces policies such as work requirements and enhanced cost-sharing, changes which could reduce access and funding for some recipients. These policies are likely to shift costs to the states and restrain the growth of federal Medicaid contributions, while 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.