Oakhurst Medicaid Hearing Services spending climbs to $810,756 in 2024

Oakhurst Medicaid providers recorded $810,756 in 2024 for services classified as Hearing Services, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. This represented a 20% jump from 2023, when providers billed $675,885 for these services.

Medicaid is a state-administered health insurance program that relies on joint federal and state funding. It serves low-income people and families, seniors, children and those with disabilities, making it a central component of the U.S. health system.

Local Medicaid billing changes indicate how taxpayer-funded health care resources are distributed at the community level.

The “Hearing Services” designation covers a set of Medicaid-billed services grouped by care type based on established HCPCS and CPT code categories. For this report, codes were assigned to one service category using standardized prefixes and number ranges to group similar care types, supporting accurate comparisons and time-based analysis with no double counting.

While multiple Medicaid service categories in Oakhurst saw spending increases, Hearing Services held the largest total Medicaid payments for 2024.

Statewide, Hearing Services placed 18th in New Jersey by overall Medicaid payments in 2024.

In the five years prior to 2024, Medicaid spending for Hearing Services in Oakhurst grew by $810,756, or 0%. There were accelerated increases during periods such as 2023 and 2022, with notable growth reported year by year.

Even though Hearing Services claims payments were dispersed across Oakhurst, a few ZIP codes accounted for most spending. In 2024, ZIP code 07755 saw the highest Medicaid payments for this category at $810,756, with the top 1 ZIP codes making up 100% of the Oakhurst total for Hearing Services in the year.

Only a small group of individual billing codes made up most Medicaid payments within the Hearing Services category.

Oakhurst’s increase in Medicaid Hearing Services payments—up 20% between 2024 and 2023—exceeded the 6.1% year-over-year change seen across all Medicaid claim categories in the city.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined state and federal Medicaid spending reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023. That accounted for roughly 18% of total national health outlays, up significantly from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This rise represents growth of almost 40% in just a few years, fueled largely by broader enrollment and higher service use during and after the pandemic.

Recently passed federal budget laws under the Trump administration have featured significant moves to reduce federal Medicaid funding and restructure the program’s format. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to slash over $1 trillion in federal Medicaid spending over a decade. It includes measures such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing, which could decrease coverage and funds for some enrollees. These reforms are set to transfer more responsibilities to states and may limit expanded federal support for Medicaid, even as the program still covers tens of 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.