COVID-19–related Medicaid claims in Glens Falls reached $24,795 in 2024

At least $24,795 in Medicaid payments were made in Glens Falls in 2024 for services billed using HCPCS codes specifically tied to COVID-19, based on information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database.

Medicaid is a publicly supported health insurance program overseen by the states and funded by both federal and state governments. The program serves low-income people and families, children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities, making it a core component of the U.S. health care framework.

Since Medicaid is taxpayer funded, shifts in billing patterns at the local level illustrate how community health care funding is distributed.

This analysis identifies COVID-19–related services through HCPCS codes that are listed as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus”-related in their billing text or related data sources. Therefore, only services formally recognized as COVID-related by their billing codes are included, and other care influenced by the pandemic but billed differently is excluded.

As a comparison, Brooklyn had the highest amount of Medicaid payments for COVID-19 services in New York in 2024, recording $3,718,101 in claims tied to the virus.

To provide further context, the average Medicaid payment per provider in Glens Falls for COVID-19–labeled services stood at $8,265, falling below the New York state average of $29,403.

In the pandemic years, Medicaid payments for COVID-19–coded services contributed significantly to overall Medicaid spending growth in Glens Falls.

Total Medicaid payments for other claims increased in Glens Falls by $3,579,472 between 2020 and 2024—an increase of 22.4%.

Before the pandemic, the two-year average for annual Medicaid payments in Glens Falls was $8,061,744.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined Medicaid spending at the federal and state levels totaled about $871.7 billion for fiscal year 2023, which made up roughly 18% of all U.S. health expenditures—a significant jump from the $613.5 billion spent in 2019 before COVID-19.

This rise amounts to approximately 40% growth in just a few years, led in part by higher program enrollment and increased health service use during and after the pandemic period.

Recent federal budget actions under the Trump administration have featured major proposals to cut federal Medicaid funding and adjust the program’s framework. One example is the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, which is forecast to trim over $1 trillion in Medicaid funding over 10 years through new policies like work mandates and increased cost-sharing, potentially reducing both funding and coverage for certain groups. Such changes are expected to place a larger share of financial responsibility on states and constrain federal support, while Medicaid continues to insure tens of millions nationwide.

Note: This includes only HCPCS codes that are explicitly designated for COVID-19 services; the total does not capture every health expenditure related to the pandemic.

Data in this report is sourced from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The referenced information is available here.