Medicaid in Lemoore paid at least $33,274 for COVID-19 services in 2024

Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows Medicaid payments in Lemoore reached at least $33,274 in 2024 for claims billed with HCPCS codes specifically linked to COVID-19.

Medicaid is a public health insurance program administered by the states, with funding provided by both federal and state governments. The program covers people with low incomes, families, seniors, children and individuals with disabilities, ranking among the largest components of the nation’s health care system.

As Medicaid is taxpayer funded, shifts in local Medicaid billing reveal how public health care resources are distributed throughout a community.

This analysis identified COVID-19 services by including HCPCS codes categorized or described as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus”-related in billing or reference information. Consequently, the data covers only those services unmistakably labeled as COVID-19 in billing, not all care associated with the pandemic that might use broader or different codes.

By comparison, San Jose had the highest total Medicaid payments for COVID-19 services in California in 2024, totaling $5,601,479 in related claims.

Records indicate Aria Community Health Center was the sole provider in Lemoore submitting Medicaid claims for COVID-19–related services for 2024.

In the two years before the pandemic, average yearly Medicaid payments in Lemoore were $7,391,666.

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

This growth marks an increase of nearly 40% in just a few years, primarily attributable to greater enrollment and increased utilization during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget reforms enacted under the Trump administration feature major proposals to decrease federal Medicaid funding and restructure the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid funding by over $1 trillion in the next 10 years, and introduces measures such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing that could limit coverage and decrease funding for certain beneficiaries. These adjustments are projected to transfer more financial responsibility to states and restrict federal Medicaid growth, even as the program continues supporting tens of millions of Americans.

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

This article uses information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The original source is available here.