Barneveld Medicaid Evaluation and Management payments reach $16,402 in 2024

Barneveld Medicaid providers billed $16,402 for Evaluation and Management services in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount reflects a 19.5% jump from 2023, when $13,731 was billed for the same service category.

Medicaid, a state-run public health insurance initiative funded cooperatively by federal and state governments, covers low-income residents, seniors, children, and people with disabilities. It is a key element of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid payments come from taxpayer funding, changes in local billing reflect how public health dollars are spent in the community.

The Evaluation and Management category encompasses services grouped by care type, based on standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. Each billing code used in this analysis was aligned with a specific service category by organizing with consistent prefixes and numeric sequences. This ensures service grouping accuracy and proper ranking over time while preventing double counting.

Evaluation and Management was the top Medicaid spending category in Barneveld in 2024, even as other categories also saw increased payments.

For all of Wisconsin, the Evaluation and Management category ranked as the second highest category by total payments in 2024.

Looking over the five years prior to 2024, Barneveld’s Medicaid payments for Evaluation and Management soared by $15,952, or 3544.5%. Several periods, including 2021 and 2022, saw notable year-over-year increases in spending.

Although spending for Evaluation and Management services was dispersed citywide, it was concentrated within a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 53507 accounted for $16,402—comprising 100% of the Medicaid payments in this category in Barneveld for the year.

Within the Evaluation and Management category, Medicaid reimbursement centered on a small set of individual billing codes.

Comparatively, Barneveld saw a 19.5% year-over-year increase in Evaluation and Management Medicaid payments between 2024 and 2023, mirroring the 19.5% change observed across all claim categories in the locality during that period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, joint federal and state Medicaid expenditures climbed to about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, representing roughly 18% of nationwide health spending. This figure marks a steep rise from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The jump represents around 40% growth in a few years, as larger enrollment and greater utilization contributed to higher costs during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budgets under the Trump administration included major proposals to trim federal Medicaid spending and alter program structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid outlays by over $1 trillion during the next decade, bringing in policies such as work requirements and greater cost-sharing, which may affect coverage and funding for certain enrollees. These measures are designed to shift more financial responsibility to states and place limits on federal support for Medicaid, though the program continues to serve tens of millions.

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.