Ocoee Medicaid spending on COVID-19 services surpassed $20,700 in 2024

At least $20,754 in Medicaid funds were spent in Ocoee in 2024 on services billed under HCPCS codes specifically designated for COVID-19, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows.

Medicaid operates as a public health insurance system overseen by the states and is financed through federal and state contributions. It serves low-income households, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities, and is one of the main components of America’s health care sector.

Since Medicaid spending comes from taxpayer money, variations in local billing help illustrate how communities apportion resources to public health care.

This analysis categorized COVID-19 services using HCPCS codes marked or listed as either “COVID-19” or “coronavirus”-related in billing records or reference datasets. As a result, these totals reflect only those services explicitly identified as COVID-related in billing, without encompassing broader pandemic care billed under different codes.

For context, Spring Hill saw the highest COVID-19–related Medicaid spending in Tennessee for 2024, with claims adding up to $4,274,403.

Bradley Polk Walk In Clinic appeared as the only provider filing Medicaid claims for COVID-19–related services in Ocoee in 2024.

In previous pandemic years, COVID-19–specific claims contributed significantly to the rise in Medicaid spending in the city.

During the two years before the pandemic, Ocoee’s average annual Medicaid payments were $173,829.

Data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services indicates that state and federal Medicaid expenditures reached nearly $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023—about 18% of overall national health spending—a significant jump from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The surge marks an increase of close to 40% within just a few years and has been mainly driven by higher enrollment and service use during and following the pandemic period.

Recent federal budget initiatives from the Trump administration contained proposals to scale back the federal Medicaid commitment and modify the structure of the program. One example is the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, which is projected to cut federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over 10 years, while establishing provisions such as work requirements and increased cost-sharing that may reduce some recipients’ benefits and funding. These actions may transfer greater financial responsibility to states and hold back growth in federal Medicaid aid, even as the program covers tens of millions of people.

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

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