Forsyth Medicaid spending for Medicine Services and Procedures climbs to $59,378 in 2024

In 2024, Forsyth Medicaid providers submitted $59,378 in claims for services in the Medicine Services and Procedures category, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database reports. This total represents a 121.5% jump over 2023, when local providers billed $26,807 for the same category.

Medicaid, the public health insurance program managed by states and funded by federal and state governments jointly, serves low-income families and individuals, seniors, children and people with disabilities. It remains a major part of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid is funded by taxpayers, variations in local billing reflect how public health care funds are distributed at the community level.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” group covers a collection of Medicaid-billed services identified by the care delivered, organized by standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this analysis, each code was assigned to one service category using uniform code prefixes and number ranges, which groups related services for comparison while preventing double counting and allowing for accurate ranking over time.

Across several Medicaid categories, spending in Forsyth increased, with Medicine Services and Procedures ranking as the second highest by total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Statewide in Missouri, Medicine Services and Procedures placed seventh for Medicaid payment totals in 2024.

Looking at the five years leading up to 2024, Medicaid claims for Medicine Services and Procedures in Forsyth grew by $47,500, or 399.9%. Certain periods saw heightened growth, with notable jumps recorded in both 2023 and 2020.

Although services in this category were provided throughout Forsyth, most Medicaid payments were concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, claims in the 65653 ZIP code totaled $59,378, representing all Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures in the city that year.

Payments within the category were also concentrated among a select group of billing codes.

In Forsyth, the 121.5% year-over-year increase in Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures between 2024 and 2023 outpaced the 9.3% rise across all Medicaid categories during that time.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid spending reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up roughly 18% of total U.S. health care expenditures. This jumped from about $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

That increase marks nearly 40% growth in several years, largely reflecting expanded enrollment and higher utilization during and after the pandemic.

Federal budget measures enacted during the Trump administration introduced several proposals to reduce Medicaid funding and alter the structure of the program. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, is estimated to decrease federal Medicaid funding by more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years while also introducing work requirements and higher cost-sharing, which could limit coverage and funding for some enrollees. These changes are expected to increase cost burdens on states and slow future federal Medicaid spending, even as the program provides coverage for tens of millions of Americans.

Note: HCPCS codes are listed for context within the category. Category totals and rankings presented here are based on standardized groupings rather than individual billing codes.

Information for this article is sourced from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. You can view the original source data here.