Fallon Medicaid providers submitted claims totaling $408,972 for services under the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category in 2024, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending data show. This represented a 61.4% jump from 2023, when providers filed $253,372 in claims for comparable services.
Medicaid, a state-administered health insurance program funded jointly by federal and state governments, covers seniors, children, low-income individuals and families, and people with disabilities. It remains a major segment of the U.S. health care system.
Since Medicaid funding is sourced from taxpayers, fluctuations in billing at the local level reflect how public funds are distributed within the health care sector of a community.
The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” category designates a collection of Medicaid-billed services defined by specific care types based on standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. Each code in this analysis was placed in one service category using uniform code prefixes and number ranges to group services accurately, reduce counting overlap, and ensure consistent rankings over time.
While overall Medicaid spending increased in various categories, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) stood as the fourth-largest category by total Medicaid payments in Fallon in 2024.
Across Nevada, the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) grouping also ranked fourth for total Medicaid payments in 2024.
In the five years before 2024, Medicaid payments in Fallon associated with Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) grew by $115,526, or 22%. Some years showed faster growth, including marked year-over-year jumps in 2020 and 2022.
Although community-wide, payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in 2024 were concentrated in only a few ZIP codes. The highest spending occurred in ZIP code 89406, which accounted for $408,972 and represented 100% of Fallon’s Medicaid payments in this service category.
Within Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare), most Medicaid funds in Fallon were billed through a limited set of individual service codes.
Medicaid payments in Fallon relating to the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) jumped 61.4% between 2024 and 2023, outpacing the city’s overall Medicaid category change of 5.5% for the same timeframe.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined national and state Medicaid expenditures approached $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023. This made up roughly 18% of total U.S. health spending that year, a rise from about $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The data equate to a roughly 40% increase in only a few years, fueled in large part by higher enrollment and service use during and after the pandemic.
Recent federal budget laws under the Trump administration introduced substantial proposed reductions in federal Medicaid funding and program restructuring. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, is set to reduce federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion over 10 years, and establishes policies such as work requirements and increases in cost-sharing, changes that could reduce access and federal funding for some recipients. These expected adjustments would pass more financial responsibility to states and halt some growth in federal Medicaid support, although the program will continue to provide medical benefits for tens of millions.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $524,497 | 36.9% |
| 2021 | $320,902 | -38.8% |
| 2022 | $353,272 | 10.1% |
| 2023 | $253,372 | -28.3% |
| 2024 | $408,972 | 61.4% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $8,729,159 | 81.6% |
| 2 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $513,413 | 4.8% |
| 3 | Evaluation and Management | $500,423 | 4.7% |
| 4 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $408,972 | 3.8% |
| 5 | Radiology Procedures | $226,161 | 2.1% |
| 6 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $127,441 | 1.2% |
| 7 | Vision Services | $118,458 | 1.1% |
| 8 | Dental Services | $39,273 | 0.4% |
| 9 | Durable Medical Equipment | $31,628 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $2,496 | <0.1% |
| 11 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $2,050 | <0.1% |
| 12 | Temporary Codes | $1,889 | <0.1% |
| 13 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $720 | <0.1% |
| 14 | Surgery | $371 | <0.1% |
| 15 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $137 | <0.1% |
| 16 | Administrative, Miscellaneous and Investigational | $0 | <0.1% |
| 16 | Outpatient PPS | $0 | <0.1% |
| 16 | Procedures / Professional Services | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| S5126 | Attendant care service /diem | $408,972 | 10 |
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.
