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Medicaid Planning · Alaska

Alaska Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility

Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility rules for Alaska.

Published: Not yet published. Last checked: September 2, 2026.

Income limits

Institutional and waiver income limit

$2,982 per month

Applies to the applicant under the institutional long-term care pathway for institutional care and qualifying waiver services. This is a cap. Details: single applicant.

Source: Alaska Medicaid State Plan Supplement 1 to Attachment 2.6-A [state-plan] — TN 11-005 effective January 1, 2011; approved November 10, 2011 Additional authority: CMS 2026 SSI and January spousal-impoverishment standards [cms] — SSI, resource, and home-equity standards effective January 1, 2026

Asset limits

Applicant resource limit

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Applies to the applicant under the institutional long-term care pathway for institutional care and qualifying waiver services. This is a cap. Details: single applicant.

State Medicaid agency

Community spouse resource allowance (CSRA)

Protected community-spouse resources

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Applies to the community spouse under the spousal impoverishment pathway for institutional care and qualifying waiver services. This is a cap. Details: institutionalized applicant with a community spouse; Alaska selects the federal maximum rather than a half-share range.

State Medicaid agency

Monthly maintenance needs allowance (MMMNA)

Community-spouse monthly maintenance-needs allowance

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Applies to the community spouse under the spousal impoverishment pathway for institutional care and qualifying waiver services. This is a range. Details: institutionalized applicant with a community spouse.

State Medicaid agency

Home-equity limits

Home-equity limit

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Applies to the applicant under the institutional long-term care pathway for long-term-care services. This is a cap. Details: applicant subject to Alaska's substantial-home-equity rule.

State Medicaid agency

Sources

Methodology & sources

Checked at least annually and whenever the state or CMS publishes new long-term-care eligibility figures.

General information, not legal advice.