COVID-19–related Medicaid spending reached $719 in Fort Duchesne for 2024

Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show that in 2024, at least $719 in Medicaid payments were made in Fort Duchesne for services billed under HCPCS codes specifically designated for COVID-19 care.

Medicaid, a government-run health insurance program administered at the state level and financed in partnership by federal and state governments, provides coverage for low-income residents, seniors, children and people with disabilities. It is one of the country’s largest healthcare programs.

Taxpayer dollars fund Medicaid payments, so any shifts in local billing patterns indicate how health care resources are allocated in the community.

For this report, COVID-19–specific services were included if they fell under HCPCS codes identified as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus”-related in either billing descriptions or reference data. That means the numbers only represent services directly assigned these codes, not the entire range of pandemic-related care that could use different medical billing codes.

By comparison, in 2024, Salt Lake City posted the state’s highest Medicaid payments for COVID-19 services with $39,316 in claims for virus-related care.

Only one provider, Dhhs Ihs Phoenix Area, submitted Medicaid claims for COVID-19–linked services in Fort Duchesne during 2024, according to the data.

COVID-19–designated medical services drove considerable Medicaid spending growth in Fort Duchesne over the pandemic period.

In the two years before the pandemic, average yearly Medicaid payments in Fort Duchesne were $391,410.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid spending totaled about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, making up about 18% of overall national health expenditures—a large increase from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the pandemic.

This represents approximately 40% growth over several years, fueled mainly by higher enrollment and greater health care utilization during and after pandemic disruptions.

Recent federal budget measures passed under the Trump administration include major proposals to reduce federal Medicaid allocations and change the program’s structure. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to cut federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over 10 years and introduce policies like work requirements and higher cost-sharing. These changes could shift more financial responsibility to state governments and slow federal Medicaid funding growth, despite the program’s continuing coverage for millions of Americans.

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

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