Iowa Medicaid Payments and Recipient Counts by County and Month

Iowa Medicaid data aggregates payments, eligible recipient counts, and served recipient counts by month and county, starting from January 2011. The dataset is provided by the State of Iowa and includes information on eligibility groups and spend-down policies. It was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in monthly Medicaid payments per county to identify regions with high expenditure growth.
• Compare counts of eligible recipients versus served recipients by county to assess service coverage gaps.
• Model the relationship between eligibility group categories and aggregate payment amounts over time.
• Track seasonal patterns in recipient counts served across different Iowa counties.

Strengths

• Time series begins in January 2011, providing over a decade of monthly data.
• Data is aggregated at both county and month levels for granular spatial and temporal analysis.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count and specific column definitions limit analytical planning.
• Data may have geographic bias as it only covers the state of Iowa.

Provenance

Source

State of Iowa

Collection Method

Aggregated administrative records from the Iowa Medicaid program.

Time Range

From January 2011 onward

Freshness

Last updated April 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

State of Iowa, aggregated by county