Voorhees Medicaid spending on non-oral drug administration services climbs to $362,625 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Voorhees billed $362,625 for Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method services, based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount was a 201.1% rise compared with 2023, when billings reached $120,452 for these services.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program operated by the states and financed collectively by federal and state governments, covers low-income residents, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, and is one of the largest components of the national health care system.

Because Medicaid funding is sourced from taxpayers, shifts in local billing give insight into how public health dollars are distributed in communities.

The “Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method” service category encompasses a set of Medicaid-reimbursed services grouped by the specific type of care delivered, using standardized HCPCS and CPT coding conventions. For this examination, each billing code was assigned to a single category using definitive code prefixes and ranges to accurately analyze related services, avoid duplicate counting, and maintain ranking integrity over time.

While Medicaid expenditures rose across various care categories, Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method was the 11th highest in Voorhees in 2024 by total payments.

Statewide in New Jersey, the Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method category also ranked 11th by total Medicaid dollars spent in 2024.

From 2019 to 2024, Medicaid spending associated with Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method services in Voorhees rose by $70,558, representing a 24.2% increase. Some years, including 2023 and 2020, saw particularly notable increases in spending for this category.

Though services in the Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method category were provided citywide, most Medicaid payments were concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 08043 was responsible for $362,625, or 100% of the Medicaid payments for this service category in Voorhees that year.

Medicaid reimbursements for Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method services also tended to be weighted toward a select group of billing codes.

When comparing the year-over-year change, Medicaid payments for the Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method category in Voorhees grew by 201.1% from 2023 to 2024, while total Medicaid payments for all services in the city increased by 11.6% during that period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined state and federal Medicaid spending reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, accounting for around 18% of all national health expenditures, up sharply from an estimated $613.5 billion in 2019 before COVID-19.

This change represents roughly 40% growth in just a few years, driven mainly by expanding enrollment and increased service utilization during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget legislation enacted during the Trump administration included major proposals to reduce federal Medicaid allocations and reshape the program. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion from federal Medicaid spending over the coming decade and introduces work requirements and increased cost sharing that could affect coverage and funding for various beneficiaries. These changes are projected to increase the financial burden on states and limit future federal Medicaid growth, even as the program continues to provide coverage for tens of millions of Americans.

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.