Crossville Medicaid claims for COVID-19 services reach $12,669 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid spending totaled no less than $12,669 in Crossville for services billed through HCPCS codes directly linked to COVID-19, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database.

Medicaid, a government-operated health insurance program, is funded jointly at the federal and state levels. Its coverage supports low-income groups, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities, making Medicaid a significant part of the nation’s health care landscape.

Because taxpayer money funds Medicaid disbursements, fluctuations in the amount providers bill locally reveal how public health care resources are distributed within a community.

For this report, HCPCS codes with descriptions or labeling as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus” related were used to identify relevant services. As a result, only those services directly marked as COVID-related in billing records are included, excluding care billed under broader classifications.

For context, Birmingham registered the highest Medicaid claims for COVID-19 services in Alabama for 2024, reaching $1,029,178 in such payments.

Data indicates Medical Asset Group, LLC was the sole provider making COVID-19–related Medicaid claims in Crossville during 2024.

COVID-19–specific Medicaid services drove significant spending increases in Crossville through the main years of the pandemic.

Medicaid payments across all other service categories climbed by $15,737 from 2020 to 2024, equating to a 14.8% uptick.

In the two years leading up to the pandemic, mean annual Medicaid payments in Crossville were $67,950.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total federal and state Medicaid spending reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, which was around 18% of all health expenditures nationwide. That is up from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to COVID-19’s emergence.

This rise amounts to nearly 40% growth over several years, driven by both expanded program enrollment and greater use of services during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget laws passed under the Trump administration have proposed large reductions to Medicaid funding and changes in program structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is forecasted to reduce federal Medicaid payments by more than $1 trillion in the next decade, introducing policies such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing. This could affect coverage for some enrollees and shift financial responsibility to individual states, even as Medicaid remains a key service for millions of Americans.

Note: Includes HCPCS codes explicitly labeled for COVID-19 services; totals do not represent all pandemic-related health care spending.

This report draws from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. Access the underlying data here.