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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 5, 2026.

Income limits

Categorically needy nursing-care and HCBS income limit

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Applies to the applicant under the institutional long-term care pathway for nursing-facility and qualifying HCBS services. This is a cap. Details: individual applicant seeking nursing-facility or qualifying HCBS coverage.

State Medicaid agency

Asset limits

Long-term-care applicant resource limit

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Applies to the applicant under the institutional long-term care pathway for nursing-facility and qualifying HCBS services. This is a cap. Details: individual applicant.

State Medicaid agency

Community spouse resource allowance (CSRA)

Minimum community-spouse resource allowance

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

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

State Medicaid agency

Maximum community-spouse resource allowance

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

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

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 and qualifying HCBS services. This is a range. Details: institutionalized applicant with a community spouse under Maine Chart 4.4's federal formulas.

State Medicaid agency

Home-equity limits

State-selected substantial 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 Maine'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.