Okmulgee Medicaid COVID-19 claims total $11,811 in 2024

At least $11,811 was paid out through Medicaid in Okmulgee in 2024 for services connected to COVID-19, according to information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database.

Medicaid, a publicly funded health insurance program run at the state level and backed in partnership with federal and state governments, covers low-income individuals and families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities. It remains one of the country’s largest health financing programs.

As Medicaid funding comes from taxpayers, fluctuations in local provider billing demonstrate the allocation of public health resources within a community.

COVID-19–related services in this report were determined based on HCPCS codes marked or categorized as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus”-related in claim descriptions or reference data. Consequently, these figures account only for care specifically identified as COVID-19 in billing and do not include pandemic care filed under other codes.

In comparison, Lawton reported the highest sum for Medicaid payments linked to COVID-19 services within Oklahoma in 2024, totaling $1,223,479 in claims tied to the virus.

Records indicate Medrite Health LLC was the sole Medicaid provider filing COVID-19–related claims in Okmulgee during 2024.

COVID-19–specific care accounted for an identifiable portion of Medicaid spending increases in the city during the major pandemic period.

Across all other service categories, Medicaid payments grew by $1,201,104 from 2021 to 2024, which is a 30.2% rise.

For the two years before the pandemic, Okmulgee had average annual Medicaid payments of $2,688,976.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total Medicaid spending at the federal and state level reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023—around 18% of the nation’s health expenses and up from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This jump equates to about 40% growth over a short span, driven mainly by enrollment expansions and the increased use of Medicaid during and after the height of the pandemic.

Recently enacted federal budget measures from the Trump administration contain major proposals aimed at trimming Medicaid outlays and revising its structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which became law in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid expenditures by more than $1 trillion in the next decade and implements changes such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing, potentially reducing benefits and funding for certain enrollees. States may need to absorb greater costs due to these reforms, while federal Medicaid support growth will be limited even as millions continue to rely on the system.

Note: Includes HCPCS codes explicitly labeled for COVID-19 services; totals do not represent all pandemic-related health care spending.

This article draws on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The source is available here.