Medicaid spending for medicine services and procedures climbs 8.7% in Russellville in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Russellville billed a total of $14,919,465 for services within the Medicine Services and Procedures category, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. This represents an 8.7% increase from 2023, when providers reported $13,719,921 in claims for these services.

Medicaid is a health insurance initiative managed by states and financed jointly by federal and state governments. Its coverage includes low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a significant part of the U.S. health system.

Because taxpayer funding supports Medicaid payments, changes in local billing provide a view into how a community directs public health funds.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” grouping includes an array of Medicaid-billed services determined by the care delivered, based on established HCPCS and CPT code ranges and prefixes. For this review, each billing code was linked to one service category using consistent code ranges and prefixes so related care could be tracked together, avoiding overlap or double counting and keeping year-to-year comparisons accurate.

Though increases were observed across several Medicaid service categories, Medicine Services and Procedures led all other areas in Russellville in terms of Medicaid payments for 2024.

At the state level, Medicine Services and Procedures was the second-largest Medicaid payments category in Arkansas for 2024.

From 2019 to 2024, Russellville’s Medicaid spending connected to Medicine Services and Procedures grew by $7,879,234—or 111.9%. The pace of growth sped up in select years, notably in 2023 and 2021, when considerable year-over-year gains occurred.

Within Russellville, although Medicaid funding for Medicine Services and Procedures was distributed citywide, payment totals were concentrated in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 72801 was responsible for $14,828,303 while 72802 totaled $91,161, making up 100% of Russellville’s Medicaid payments in this category for the year.

Individual billing codes captured much of the Medicaid spending in the Medicine Services and Procedures grouping.

Comparing Russellville Medicaid payments from 2023 to 2024, the Medicine Services and Procedures category increased by 8.7%, while all claim categories in the city rose 2.2% over the same span.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined state and federal Medicaid expenditures totaled about $871.7 billion for fiscal 2023, representing roughly 18% of total U.S. health spending—a sharp rise from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This growth amounts to an increase of roughly 40% within a few years, largely fueled by greater enrollment and utilization rates during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures during the Trump administration included sizable proposals to cut federal contributions to Medicaid and program restructuring. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is forecast to slash more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid funding in the next ten years while adding policies such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing, potentially reducing benefits and funding access for some enrollees. These shifts are likely to transfer more financial responsibility to states and constrict growth in federal support, even as Medicaid continues to cover tens of millions nationwide.

Note: HCPCS codes are provided for reference within the category. Category summaries and ranks as described use standardized groupings instead of individual codes.

Data for this report was sourced from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. You can review the data here.