Greenville records $41,888 in Medicaid payments for COVID-19-related services in 2024

At least $41,888 in Medicaid payments went toward services billed under COVID-19-specific HCPCS codes in Greenville in 2024, according to data provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database.

Medicaid, a public health insurance initiative managed by states and jointly financed by federal and state governments, covers low-income adults and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities. This makes it one of the largest components of the U.S. health care system. More details are available from the Commonwealth Fund.

Since Medicaid is taxpayer-funded, shifts in local billing offer insight into how public health care funding is distributed within a community.

For this review, analysts identified COVID-19–related services by selecting HCPCS codes labeled or described as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus”-related in billing records or reference material. Therefore, the payment totals capture only services specifically marked as COVID-related and do not include all pandemic-driven health care billed under other or more general codes.

Louisville recorded the highest Medicaid payment total tied to COVID-19 services in Kentucky for 2024, with $614,714 in related claims.

Data indicates that Oh Muhlenberg, LLC was the sole provider filing Medicaid claims for COVID-19–specific services in Greenville during 2024.

In the pandemic years, Medicaid spending in Greenville saw a substantial boost from COVID-19–specific services.

Total Medicaid payments for all other service categories rose by $2,313,077 from 2020 to 2024, equating to a 62.2% increase.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data shows combined federal and state Medicaid spending reached roughly $871.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year. This represented around 18% of all U.S. health expenditures, up from about $613.5 billion in 2019, before the pandemic.

This marks an approximate 40% increase over several years, mainly attributed to expanded program enrollment and increased utilization during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures signed into law during the Trump administration propose deep reductions to federal Medicaid funding and restructuring of the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is estimated to cut over $1 trillion from federal Medicaid over the next 10 years and includes requirements like work participation and higher cost-sharing, which may decrease access and shift more costs to states.

Note: Figures include only COVID-19-specific HCPCS codes; amounts are not representative of all health spending related to the pandemic.

Information in this report comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. Access the full data here.