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In 2024, Medicaid providers in Attalla billed $23,630 for Medicine Services and Procedures—a 713% jump compared with the prior year.

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Leesburg billed $4,823 for Pathology and Laboratory Procedures services, marking an 11% increase compared to the prior year.

Rainbow City Medicaid providers charged $725,783 for Pathology and Laboratory Procedures services in 2024, reflecting a 562.3% increase from the prior year.

Medicaid payments for Dental Services in Gadsden reached $958,684 in 2024, rising 5% compared to the prior year amid shifts in usage and reimbursement trends.

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Gadsden billed at least $164,132 for services tied to COVID-19-specific HCPCS codes, with 37.2% of virus-related payments made during the high pandemic periods of 2020 and 2021.

COVID-19 service claims represented under 0.1% of Centre’s total Medicaid spending in 2024, amounting to at least $531,591 connected to virus-specific HCPCS codes.

In 2024, Medicaid claims in Rainbow City for COVID-19 services reached a minimum of $30,604, less than 0.1% of all Medicaid payments in the city that year.

Earlier today, law enforcement officers in Cherokee County apprehended a suspect connected to a recent robbery in Floyd County, Georgia.

A recent investigation by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, as part of the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, resulted in the arrest of Brandon Lee Wynn from Centre.

Deputies recovered a stolen vehicle this morning near the intersection of County Road 71 and County Road 128.