COVID-19 Medicaid services in Baileyton accounted for over $567 in 2024 claims

Baileyton providers received $567 or more in Medicaid payments in 2024 for care identified by HCPCS codes specific to COVID-19, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database.

Medicaid is a government health insurance initiative operated by individual states and funded by federal and state governments working together. It provides coverage for low-income families, older adults, children, and people with disabilities and is among the largest U.S. health programs.

Patterns in Medicaid billing, supported by taxpayer money, indicate how communities spend public funds for health care.

Services considered COVID-19–related for this report were identified with HCPCS codes specifically labeled with “COVID-19” or “coronavirus” in their descriptions or supporting data. Accordingly, these numbers solely include services distinctly marked as COVID-related in Medicaid claims data, missing any other pandemic-era care coded under more generic billing.

By comparison, Medicaid claims for COVID-19–designated services totaled $1,029,178 in Birmingham for 2024, the highest in Alabama.

Records show that in 2024, Daily Medical, LLC was the only Baileyton provider filing Medicaid claims for COVID-19–related codes.

COVID-19–coded services filled only a small portion of the overall Medicaid spending growth seen in Baileyton during the pandemic years.

Between 2020 and 2024, Medicaid spending for all other types of claims rose by $21,369 in Baileyton, a 52.8% increase.

In the two years before the pandemic, the city saw average annual Medicaid payments of $2,884.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data indicates that total Medicaid outlays from federal and state sources reached about $871.7 billion for fiscal 2023—about 18% of all healthcare spending nationally, with a substantial increase from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, the year before COVID-19.

The data shows nearly a 40% surge in Medicaid spending in just a few years, mostly because of more people enrolling and greater service use during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget initiatives from the Trump administration have suggested and enacted significant cuts to Medicaid, including fundamental program redesign. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” became law in 2025 and is projected to shrink federal Medicaid contributions by more than $1 trillion in the coming decade, adding measures like work requirements and higher out-of-pocket costs that may impact coverage and shift more responsibilities to states as the program continues serving tens of millions.

Note: Includes only HCPCS codes specifically designated for COVID-19; figures do not reflect all spending related to pandemic health care.

This information is based on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending data. Find the full dataset here.