Baskin Medicaid claims for COVID-19 services reach $25,292 in 2024

Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show that in 2024, at least $25,292 in Medicaid payments were made in Baskin for services billed with HCPCS codes tied specifically to COVID-19. This amount was a 10.9% rise over the prior year, when providers billed $22,813 using these codes.

Medicaid, a major part of the U.S. health care system, is administered by individual states and funded in partnership with the federal government. The program provides coverage for low-income people and families, seniors, children, and those with disabilities.

Since Medicaid dollars are taxpayer-funded, shifts in local billing reflect how health care resources are distributed within each community.

Analysts defined COVID-19–related services in this report with HCPCS codes labeled as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus” in billing and reference data. Therefore, the reported numbers account only for services directly identified as COVID-related and do not capture additional pandemic-related care that may have been coded differently.

For broader comparison, New Orleans led Louisiana in COVID-related Medicaid payments during 2024, with $1,432,965 in virus-related bills submitted.

Sisters Medical Clinic LLC was the only provider in Baskin that filed Medicaid claims for COVID-19–coded services in 2024, according to the data.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, services specific to the virus formed a notable component of Medicaid spending growth in Baskin.

The annual average for Medicaid payments in Baskin in the two years before the pandemic was $236,744.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, joint federal and state Medicaid expenditures were roughly $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, representing about 18% of all national health spending—a substantial increase from around $613.5 billion in 2019 before the pandemic.

This marks approximately 40% growth in a few years, largely attributed to higher enrollment and greater benefit use during and after the pandemic period.

Recent legislative changes under the Trump administration contained proposals to decrease federal support for Medicaid, altering the program’s funding structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is estimated to cut over $1 trillion in federal Medicaid funding over the forthcoming decade and bring requirements like work documentation and increased cost-sharing, potentially limiting coverage and state funding growth even as Medicaid remains essential to millions.

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

This information was sourced from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. Source data is available here.