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Medicaid Planning · Arkansas

Arkansas Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility

Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility rules for Arkansas.

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

Income limits

Institutional and waiver income limit

$2,982 per month

Pathway: institutional-long-term-care; setting: nursing-facility and qualifying waiver services; applies to: applicant (per applicant; the chart tests spouses individually for income); measure: cap.

Source: Arkansas Medicaid Quick Reference Chart [state-medicaid-agency] — Posted April 1, 2026

Asset limits

Applicant resource limit

$2,000

Pathway: institutional-long-term-care; setting: nursing-facility and qualifying waiver services; applies to: applicant (single applicant); measure: cap.

Source: Arkansas Medicaid Quick Reference Chart [state-medicaid-agency] — Posted April 1, 2026

Resource limit when both spouses apply

$3,000

Pathway: institutional-long-term-care; setting: nursing-facility and qualifying waiver services; applies to: household (married couple when both spouses apply); measure: cap.

Source: Arkansas Medicaid Quick Reference Chart [state-medicaid-agency] — Posted April 1, 2026

Community spouse resource allowance (CSRA)

Maximum protected community-spouse resources

$162,660

Pathway: spousal-impoverishment; setting: institutional and qualifying waiver services; applies to: community-spouse (institutionalized applicant with a community spouse; formula-based portion up to the stated maximum); measure: maximum.

Source: Arkansas Medicaid Quick Reference Chart [state-medicaid-agency] — Posted April 1, 2026 Additional authority: CMS 2026 SSI and January spousal-impoverishment standards [cms] — SSI, resource, and home-equity standards effective January 1, 2026

Monthly maintenance needs allowance (MMMNA)

Community-spouse monthly maintenance-needs allowance

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Pathway: spousal-impoverishment; setting: institutional and qualifying waiver services; applies to: community-spouse (institutionalized applicant with a community spouse); measure: range.

State Medicaid agency

Home-equity limits

Home-equity limit

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Pathway: institutional-long-term-care; setting: long-term-care services; applies to: applicant (applicant subject to the annually updated Appendix R standard); measure: cap.

State Medicaid agency

Sources and update policy

Methodology & sources

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

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