Ambulance and other transport Medicaid spending in Minford rises to $15,731 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Minford billed $15,731 for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This was a 35.6% increase from 2023, when claims in this service category totaled $11,599.

Medicaid, funded jointly by federal and state governments and managed at the state level, insures low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and those with disabilities. The program forms one of the largest components of the U.S. health care system.

Because Medicaid relies on taxpayer contributions, shifts in local billing figures reflect how public health care funding is deployed within the community.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” group includes several Medicaid-billed services classified by care provided, organized according to standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. Each service code in this analysis was mapped to a specific category using code prefixes and ranges for consistency, enabling like services to be tracked together and maintaining accurate service rankings while avoiding double counting.

Among all service categories in Minford, spending on Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies led Medicaid payments in 2024.

Statewide in Ohio, this service category ranked 11th in total Medicaid payments for 2024.

Looking at the five-year period ending in 2024, Medicaid payments in Minford for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies climbed $10,779, or 40.7%. Periods of faster growth included notable year-over-year increases in 2021 and 2022.

Payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies were distributed citywide, but the funding was heavily concentrated in just a few ZIP codes. In 2024, the 45653 ZIP code had Medicaid payments totaling $15,730 for this category, accounting for 100% of those payments in Minford during the year.

Within this service category, Medicaid reimbursements focused on a small group of billing codes rather than being spread more broadly.

Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies saw a 35.6% payment increase from 2023 to 2024 in Minford. Citywide Medicaid payments across all categories rose 18.3% during the same time frame.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total federal and state Medicaid spending reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, representing about 18% of overall U.S. health care spending. This marked a steep climb from about $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The overall uptick equates to growth of around 40% over several years, fueled primarily by growing enrollment and higher use of services during and after the pandemic.

Recent changes to the federal budget under the Trump administration included proposals to trim federal Medicaid funding and restructure the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is projected to decrease federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion over 10 years. The legislation adds policies like work requirements and increased cost-sharing, potentially limiting coverage and support for some. These adjustments are poised to raise states’ funding share and slow federal Medicaid growth while the program continues providing for millions across the country.

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.