East Greenwich Medicaid Durable Medical Equipment payments rise 2.7% to $240,640 in 2024

Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows Medicaid providers in East Greenwich billed $240,640 for services categorized under Durable Medical Equipment in 2024. This total reflects a 2.7% increase over 2023, when Medicaid claims for these services reached $234,340.

Medicaid, a publicly funded health insurance initiative operated by the states with joint federal and state funding, covers eligible low-income individuals, families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities. The program constitutes one of the biggest components in the U.S. health care system.

With Medicaid financed by tax dollars, changes in local billing reveal shifts in the distribution of public health care resources within individual communities.

The “Durable Medical Equipment” service group represents a set of Medicaid billing codes based on uniform HCPCS and CPT groupings. This analysis designated each code to a single category through aligned prefixes and numeric ranges to properly aggregate related services, maintain accurate rankings, and prevent double counting.

Durable Medical Equipment ranked as the second largest Medicaid payment category in East Greenwich for 2024, amid spending increases seen in other categories as well.

Statewide in Rhode Island, Durable Medical Equipment was the 13th most-funded Medicaid service category by total payments in 2024.

From 2019 through 2024, Medicaid payments for Durable Medical Equipment services in East Greenwich rose by $71,120—an increase of 42%. Accelerated year-over-year spending occurred in certain years, especially 2022 and 2021.

Although spending in the Durable Medical Equipment category was spread across East Greenwich, Medicaid payments were heavily concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 02818 accounted for $240,640—constituting 100% of the Medicaid payments made within this category for the city that year.

Medicaid funding within the Durable Medical Equipment group was proportionally focused on just a subset of individual billing codes.

For further context, local Medicaid payments for Durable Medical Equipment in East Greenwich grew by 2.7% over the year, while the city’s Medicaid spending across all claim types climbed 8.2% in the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid spending totaled approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023. This amount represented nearly 18% of nationwide health expenditures and surged from about $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This jump reflects about 40% growth in just a few years, mainly influenced by expanded enrollment and greater utilization during and following the pandemic period.

Under the Trump administration, recent federal budget bills included major proposals to scale back federal Medicaid support and change the structure of the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is projected to reduce federal Medicaid funding by more than $1 trillion in the next decade and establish measures such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing for certain beneficiaries. With these changes, states may shoulder more cost burden and experience capped growth in federal Medicaid aid, risking reduced coverage and funding for some recipients even as the overall program continues to support tens of millions.

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.