Medicaid spending on Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) services rises 34.5% in Lomita for 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Lomita billed a total of $1,623,886 for services within the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending data show. This represented a 34.5% rise compared with 2023, when the same service category saw $1,207,593 in Medicaid claims.

Medicaid, run by state governments with support from federal funding, covers low-income individuals, families, seniors, children and people with disabilities, making it a central component of U.S. health care.

Since Medicaid payments come from taxpayer funds, fluctuations in local billing reflect how public resources are distributed within a community.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” grouping consists of Medicaid services identified by the nature of care provided, sorted by standardized HCPCS and CPT code sets. This analysis sorted each billing code into just one service category using consistent code patterns, which helped to group related services, avoid duplicating data and guarantee accurate rankings over different years.

Though Medicaid spending increased across several categories, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) was the city’s second-largest category by total Medicaid payments in 2024.

For California as a whole, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) placed seventh statewide by overall Medicaid payment volume in 2024.

From 2020 through 2024, Medicaid outlays for this category in Lomita grew by $427,794, or 35.8%. There were noted surges in spending over certain periods, especially year-to-year gains in 2020 and 2022.

Spending for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) was distributed citywide, but payments concentrated in a small selection of ZIP codes. In 2024, the ZIP code 90717 made up $1,623,885 in Medicaid payments, with the top ZIP code accounting for the entire total in the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) group that year.

Additionally, a limited set of billing codes contributed the majority of Medicaid payments within this group.

In comparison, Medicaid payments linked to the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) group climbed 34.5% in Lomita between 2024 and 2023, while total Medicaid claims citywide increased by 17.3% during the same timeframe.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that federal and state Medicaid payments totaled about $871.7 billion for fiscal year 2023, representing roughly 18% of all national health expenditures. This is a sharp increase from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This upturn marks about 40% growth over several years, driven mostly by expanded Medicaid enrollment and greater service use during and after the pandemic.

Federal budget measures during the Trump administration have brought forward proposals reducing federal Medicaid funding and restructuring the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid expenditures by over $1 trillion in the coming decade and introduces work requirements and higher cost-sharing, which may limit coverage and funding for some members. These changes are anticipated to shift greater costs to states and constrain increases in federal Medicaid funding, even as the program continues to serve tens of millions nationwide.

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.