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Medicaid Planning · Nebraska

Nebraska Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility

Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility rules for Nebraska.

Published: September 4, 2026. Last checked: September 5, 2026.

Income limits

Institutional long-term-care income test

$392 medically-needy income level; income above that level is handled through monthly share of cost, with a $75 nursing-home personal-needs standard

Applies to the applicant under the medically needy pathway for nursing-facility services. This is an allowance. Details: applicant whose income above the medically-needy level is reduced through monthly share of cost.

Source: Nebraska DHHS 477-000-012, Resource Standards [state-medicaid-agency] — REV. MAY 8, 2026; cited annual figures effective January 1, 2026 Additional authority: Nebraska DHHS Share of Cost Provisions [state-medicaid-agency] — August 19, 2025

Asset limits

Applicant resource limit

$4,000

Applies to the applicant under the aged, blind, or disabled pathway for AABD medical-assistance services. This is a cap. Details: individual.

Source: Nebraska DHHS 477-000-012, Resource Standards [state-medicaid-agency] — REV. MAY 8, 2026; cited annual figures effective January 1, 2026

Couple resource limit

$6,000

Applies to the household under the aged, blind, or disabled pathway for AABD medical-assistance services. This is a cap. Details: couple.

Source: Nebraska DHHS 477-000-012, Resource Standards [state-medicaid-agency] — REV. MAY 8, 2026; cited annual figures effective January 1, 2026

Community spouse resource allowance (CSRA)

Community-spouse resource allowance

$32,532 minimum to $162,660 maximum

Applies to the community spouse under the spousal impoverishment pathway for long-term-care services. This is a range. Details: institutionalized applicant with a community spouse.

Source: Nebraska DHHS 477-000-029, Spousal-Impoverishment Standards [state-medicaid-agency] — Annual CSRA, maximum maintenance allowance, and utility standard effective January 1, 2026

Monthly maintenance needs allowance (MMMNA)

Community-spouse minimum monthly maintenance-needs allowance

$2,705 base and $812 excess-shelter threshold

Applies to the community spouse under the spousal impoverishment pathway for long-term-care services. This is a minimum. Details: institutionalized applicant with a community spouse; Nebraska publishes whole-dollar amounts.

Source: Nebraska DHHS 477-000-029, July maintenance-needs standards [state-medicaid-agency] — Minimum maintenance-needs allowance effective July 1, 2026

Community-spouse maximum monthly maintenance-needs allowance

$4,067 maximum; $615 utility standard

Applies to the community spouse under the spousal impoverishment pathway for long-term-care services. This is a maximum. Details: institutionalized applicant with a community spouse; $615 is the separately published utility standard.

Source: Nebraska DHHS 477-000-029, Spousal-Impoverishment Standards [state-medicaid-agency] — Annual CSRA, maximum maintenance allowance, and utility standard effective January 1, 2026

Home-equity limits

Home-equity limit

$752,000

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

Source: Nebraska DHHS 477-000-014, Home-Equity Standard [state-medicaid-agency] — Revised December 17, 2025; amount effective January 1, 2026

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.