New Hyde Park Medicaid billing for COVID-19 services reached $1,333,636 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid payments in New Hyde Park totaled at least $1,333,636 for services billed with HCPCS codes directly related to COVID-19, based on records from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database.

Medicaid, managed by individual states and funded by both federal and state governments, insures low-income people and families, seniors, children and those with disabilities, and has become one of the largest components of the national health system.

Since Medicaid money is sourced from taxpayers, a change in local billing amounts gives insight into how public health care resources are distributed within a community.

The analysis identified COVID-19–related services using HCPCS codes that were tagged or categorized as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus” within billing records or code references. Thus, only services explicitly designated as COVID-related in claims data are included here, omitting broader impacts potentially billed under other medical codes.

By comparison, Brooklyn tallied $3,718,101 in Medicaid reimbursement for coronavirus services in New York in 2024, the highest total in the state.

Two providers in New Hyde Park submitted Medicaid claims for COVID-19–category services in 2024, with the COVID Specific code being most frequently billed for a cumulative $1,301,901.

The average amount per provider claiming COVID-19–related Medicaid funding in New Hyde Park was $666,818, considerably above the state average, which stood at $29,403 per provider.

During the pandemic years, billing for COVID-19–marked services contributed to overall Medicaid spending growth in New Hyde Park.

From 2020 to 2024, Medicaid payments for all other service categories grew by $574,475,500—a 151.8% increase.

In the two years leading up to the pandemic, New Hyde Park’s average annual Medicaid spending reached $168,773,164.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data shows joint federal and state Medicaid spending was around $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, or approximately 18% of all U.S. health expenditures, up from nearly $613.5 billion in 2019 before the pandemic.

This increase amounts to a growth of about 40% in just those years, a change associated mainly with greater enrollment and increased usage stemming from the pandemic period and following years.

Recent federal legislation passed during the Trump administration brought major proposals to scale back Medicaid funding and realign the structure of the program. Among them, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, enacted in 2025, is expected to slash over $1 trillion in federal Medicaid funds over the next ten years and implement policies including work mandates and increased cost-sharing. These revisions could lead to decreased coverage and less federal funding for some recipients, pushing more responsibility to states while Medicaid continues to serve tens of millions across the country.

Note: Includes only HCPCS codes explicitly identified for COVID-19 services; the totals do not account for all pandemic-associated health care expenditures.

Data in this report originates from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The source material can be reviewed here.