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Medicaid Planning · Maine

Maine Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility

Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility rules for Maine.

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

Income limits

Categorically needy nursing-care and HCBS income limit

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Pathway: institutional-long-term-care; setting: nursing-facility and qualifying HCBS services; applies to: applicant (individual applicant seeking nursing-facility or qualifying HCBS coverage); measure: cap.

State Medicaid agency

Asset limits

Long-term-care applicant resource limit

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

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

State Medicaid agency

Community spouse resource allowance (CSRA)

Minimum community-spouse resource allowance

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

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

State Medicaid agency

Maximum community-spouse resource allowance

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

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

State Medicaid agency

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 HCBS services; applies to: community-spouse (institutionalized applicant with a community spouse under Maine Chart 4.4's federal formulas); measure: range.

State Medicaid agency

Home-equity limits

State-selected substantial 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 Maine's substantial-home-equity rule); 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.

This page is educational and is not legal advice.