Atlantic Highlands Medicaid spending on Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) rises to $892,789 in 2024

The Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) service category in Atlantic Highlands generated $892,789 in Medicaid billings for 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This reflects a 6.4% increase from 2023, when local providers submitted $838,908 in claims for these services.

Medicaid is a public health insurance program administered by the states with joint federal and state funding, as noted by the Commonwealth Fund. The program provides coverage for low-income individuals and families, seniors, children and people with disabilities, representing one of the largest areas of the U.S. health care landscape.

Taxpayer-funded Medicaid payments reflect how community resources for public health are distributed, with changes in billing offering insight into spending priorities.

The Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category includes Medicaid-billed services grouped by care types using HCPCS and CPT code standards. This review matched billing codes to a single service group by assigning codes based on taxonomy prefixes and number ranges, enabling the tracking of related services across periods, while avoiding overlap and ensuring accurate category rankings.

Although categories throughout Medicaid saw increased spending, the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category led as the top Medicaid payment category in Atlantic Highlands for 2024.

Statewide in New Jersey, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) placed fifth by total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Between five years prior to 2024 and the present, Medicaid payments to the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category in Atlantic Highlands rose by $100,534, or 10.1%. Higher spending was most pronounced in certain years, with particularly strong annual increases reported for 2023 and 2022.

Most Medicaid spending on Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) services was focused in select ZIP codes across Atlantic Highlands. In 2024, ZIP code 07716 received $892,788, representing 100% of Medicaid payments for this service group in the city that year.

Spending within the category was further concentrated within a small collection of specific billing codes.

For context, between 2024 and 2023, Medicaid payments devoted to the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category in Atlantic Highlands climbed 6.4%. By comparison, all Medicaid claim categories together in the city experienced a 3.7% increase over the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total federal and state Medicaid spending reached around $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, about 18% of all U.S. health expenditures. This represents a sharp increase from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The nearly 40% jump over several years was driven primarily by expanded enrollment and increased service utilization during and after the pandemic.

Recent major federal budget measures passed under the Trump administration included significant plans to scale back Medicaid funds and change the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, aims to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid funds over the next 10 years and add requirements such as work mandates and higher cost-sharing, potentially reducing coverage and support for certain recipients. Experts suggest these changes could shift more financial responsibility to states and slow federal funding growth, as Medicaid continues to serve millions of Americans.

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.