Sewell Medicaid providers reported $3,124,552 in billing for services within the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category in 2024, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show. This reflects a 13.8% uptick compared to 2023, when the corresponding claim total was $2,746,270.
Medicaid operates as a publicly funded health insurance program administered by states and supported through both federal and state contributions. The program serves low-income people and families, along with seniors, children and those with disabilities, and represents a significant share of the U.S. health care framework.
Changes in local Medicaid billing levels show how communities allocate taxpayer-backed health care dollars.
The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” group comprises several Medicaid-billed services, categorized by specific types of care delineated by established HCPCS and CPT code groupings. In conducting this analysis, each code was placed into a single service category based on uniform code prefixes and number ranges, enabling grouped comparison and precise tracking of historical rankings without double counting.
Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) were the second-largest category by total Medicaid payments in Sewell in 2024, despite an overall growth in spending across several areas.
Across New Jersey, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) were the fifth-highest Medicaid payment category statewide for 2024.
Medicaid payments linked to Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) saw a $227,443 increase, or 7.9%, in Sewell over the five years prior to 2024. Certain periods, such as 2020 and 2023, recorded especially strong year-over-year spending growth.
In Sewell, Medicaid funds for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) spanned the city but were most concentrated in select ZIP codes. One ZIP code, 08080, accounted for $3,124,551 in 2024—representing 100% of all Medicaid payments in this category for the city that year.
Within this service grouping, only a few individual billing codes dominated payment volume.
When compared with all Medicaid categories in Sewell, the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) group registered a 13.8% year-over-year rise from 2023 to 2024, while all categories combined rose by 20.2% in the same timeframe.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid outlays reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023. That makes up about 18% of national health expenditures, marking a sharp increase from around $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
This rise amounts to about 40% growth over just a few years, mainly driven by greater enrollment and higher health care use during and after the pandemic.
Recent federal spending packages enacted during the Trump administration have featured sweeping proposals to reduce Medicaid funding from the federal government and reshape the program. One example is the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, which foresees more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid reductions in the coming decade. The law introduces requirements like mandatory work and higher cost-sharing, both of which could limit access and support for certain beneficiaries. Such changes are likely to shift more fiscal responsibility to states and slow federal program expansion, even as Medicaid continues to serve millions of Americans.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2,897,108 | 13.9% |
| 2021 | $2,707,218 | -6.6% |
| 2022 | $2,459,202 | -9.2% |
| 2023 | $2,746,270 | 11.7% |
| 2024 | $3,124,551 | 13.8% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $16,972,203 | 67.1% |
| 2 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $3,124,551 | 12.3% |
| 3 | Evaluation and Management | $1,990,856 | 7.9% |
| 4 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $1,317,998 | 5.2% |
| 5 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $887,018 | 3.5% |
| 6 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $780,022 | 3.1% |
| 7 | Surgery | $211,522 | 0.8% |
| 8 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $18,955 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Procedures / Professional Services | $3,224 | <0.1% |
| 10 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $2,246 | <0.1% |
| 11 | Prosthetic Procedures | $1,600 | <0.1% |
| 12 | Radiology Procedures | $725 | <0.1% |
| 13 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $252 | <0.1% |
| 14 | Vision Services | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| S5102 | Adult day care per diem | $3,124,551 | 36 |
| S0500 | Dispos cont lens | $0 | 7 |
| S0581 | Nonstnd lens | $0 | 1 |
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.
