Tecumseh Medicaid providers report at least $780 in COVID-19-related billing for 2024

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database, at least $780 in Medicaid payments were reported in Tecumseh for 2024 under HCPCS codes directly linked with COVID-19.

Medicaid operates as a state-administered health insurance program, supported through a partnership of federal and state funding. The program offers coverage to low-income individuals and families, seniors, children and people with disabilities, forming a core part of America’s health care safety net.

Because tax dollars fund Medicaid payments, local billing trends illustrate how health resources are distributed within each community.

For this report, researchers identified COVID-19–related services using HCPCS codes labeled or classified as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus”-related within billing databases. Thus, figures outlined here represent services explicitly categorized as COVID-19-related, not including health care delivered for pandemic-related needs under broader or alternative codes.

For context, Lawton had the highest total in Oklahoma for Medicaid payments connected to COVID-19-coded services in 2024. That city recorded $1,223,479 in virus-specific Medicaid claims.

Only Immediate Care Of Oklahoma, LLC submitted Medicaid claims for COVID-19-related services in Tecumseh in 2024, data show.

Looking at all other categories of Medicaid claims, total payments climbed by $43,853 from 2021 to 2024—a 16.3% increase.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicaid spending reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023 in combined federal and state funds—approximately 18% of overall U.S. health expenditures, sharply higher than $613.5 billion in 2019 before COVID-19.

The data reflect growth of around 40% in a short time, attributed mainly to increased enrollment and higher usage during and after the pandemic era.

Recent federal budget measures from the Trump administration have proposed major cuts to federal Medicaid funding and structural changes. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is on track to reduce federal Medicaid expenditures by more than $1 trillion over a decade and implements policies such as work requirements and higher participant cost-sharing, potentially affecting coverage for some enrollees. These adjustments are expected to leave states covering a larger share of costs and limit federal Medicaid funding growth, while the program continues to serve tens of millions across the U.S.

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

The data for this article comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database, available here.