Ambulance and transport Medicaid payments in Elmwood Place jump 275.2% in 2024

According to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database, Medicaid providers in Elmwood Place billed $42,942 for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in 2024. This figure represents a 275.2% rise from 2023, when the claims for this category totaled $11,445.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program administered by the states and funded jointly by the federal and state governments, serves low-income individuals, families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a significant part of the U.S. health care framework.

As Medicaid funds are sourced from taxpayers, shifts in local claim volumes reflect how publicly funded health care dollars are spent within communities.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” classification comprises services billed to Medicaid, identified by specific care types and standardized HCPCS and CPT code ranges. For this report, each billing code was matched to a single service category using detailed code prefixes and ranges to group related services and prevent duplication for a clear longitudinal ranking.

Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies became the top-ranked Medicaid payment category in Elmwood Place in 2024 amid overall spending growth across several categories.

Across Ohio, this service group placed 11th by total Medicaid payments for 2024.

From 2020 through 2024, Medicaid payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Elmwood Place climbed by $38,419, or 849.5%. The trend saw spending pick up pace in certain years, with particularly robust year-on-year increases in both 2022 and 2021.

While care billed under this category was found throughout Elmwood Place, 2024 data show payments mostly centered in a small number of ZIP codes. That year, ZIP code 45216 registered $42,941 in Medicaid payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies—making up 100% of these claims in the community for this category.

A limited set of individual billing codes accounted for the majority of Medicaid payments under the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies group.

For further comparison, the 275.2% increase in Medicaid spending for this service category between 2023 and 2024 in Elmwood Place was the same as that seen across all Medicaid claim categories in the city during this timeframe.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total state and federal Medicaid spending reached about $871.7 billion in 2023, which represented around 18% of total U.S. health expenditures. That was a substantial rise from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This surge equates to a growth of roughly 40% in just a few years, mainly driven by increased enrollment and higher usage rates during and following the pandemic period.

Bills passed under the Trump administration in recent federal budget cycles have included major initiatives aimed at lowering federal Medicaid funding and redesigning the structure of Medicaid. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid funding over 10 years and incorporate measures like work requirements and greater cost-sharing. These new policies could lead to reduced coverage and funding for some recipients, likely shifting more financial responsibility to states and further restraining Medicaid’s federal growth even as millions continue to rely on its coverage.

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.