Dyersburg Medicaid spending on Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) climbs 29.6% in 2024

Medicaid providers in Dyersburg billed $605,757 for services under the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category in 2024, as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a 29.6% rise over 2023, when claims for these services amounted to $467,454.

Medicaid is a government-run health insurance program managed by individual states and funded jointly by federal and state governments. It serves low-income groups, elderly individuals, children, and people living with disabilities, making it a significant component of U.S. health care.

Since taxpayer dollars fund Medicaid payments, fluctuations in local billing reflect how public health resources are distributed within a community.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” group includes Medicaid-reimbursed services defined by types of care, based on standard HCPCS and CPT coding structures. For this report, every code was assigned to a single service group by using designated code prefixes and number ranges, ensuring accurate grouping for analysis, eliminating duplicate counts, and enabling reliable year-over-year ranking.

Although total Medicaid expenditures increased across several categories, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) ranked fourth among service types by total Medicaid billing in Dyersburg in 2024.

This same category ranked fourth by state-wide Medicaid payments in Tennessee for 2024.

From 2019 through 2024, Medicaid payments related to Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in Dyersburg increased by $60,686, or 11.1%. Certain years, such as 2021 and 2020, saw more pronounced annual increases, reflecting periods of accelerated spending growth.

While these Medicaid payments covered services throughout Dyersburg, the majority of funds were centered in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 38024 accounted for the full $605,757 in claims for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare), representing 100% of the local total under this billing category.

Within the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category, the majority of Medicaid payments were associated with only a few specific billing codes.

For reference, the 29.6% rise in Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) services in Dyersburg from 2023 to 2024 outpaced the 24.7% change seen across all Medicaid billing categories in the city during the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicaid spending—with combined state and federal contributions—reached about $871.7 billion for fiscal 2023, or roughly 18% of all U.S. health spending, up sharply from an estimated $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The change amounts to a nearly 40% increase within several years, attributed mainly to broader enrollment and greater health care use tied to and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures during the Trump administration have introduced major plans to reduce federal Medicaid spending and adjust program structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, targets over $1 trillion in federal Medicaid reductions over 10 years and brings in policy elements such as work mandates and higher out-of-pocket costs, which could limit coverage and spending for some groups. These updates are expected to increase states’ financial responsibility and restrict federal Medicaid growth, even as the program continues to serve millions nationwide.

Note: HCPCS codes are shown for context within the category. Category totals and rankings in this article are based on standardized service groupings rather than individual billing codes.

Information in this article was obtained from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The source data can be found here.