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Medicaid Planning · Nebraska

Nebraska Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility

Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility rules for Nebraska.

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

Income limits

Institutional long-term-care income test

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Pathway: institutional-long-term-care; setting: long-term-care services; applies to: applicant (applicant); measure: cap.

State Medicaid agency

Asset limits

Applicant resource limit

$4,000

Pathway: aged-blind-disabled; setting: AABD medical-assistance services; applies to: applicant (individual); measure: cap.

Source: Nebraska DHHS 477-000-012, Resource Standards [state-medicaid-agency] — Revised May 8, 2026

Couple resource limit

$6,000

Pathway: aged-blind-disabled; setting: AABD medical-assistance services; applies to: household (couple); measure: cap.

Source: Nebraska DHHS 477-000-012, Resource Standards [state-medicaid-agency] — Revised May 8, 2026

Community spouse resource allowance (CSRA)

Community-spouse resource allowance

$32,532 minimum to $162,660 maximum

Pathway: spousal-impoverishment; setting: long-term-care services; applies to: community-spouse (institutionalized applicant with a community spouse); measure: range.

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

Pathway: spousal-impoverishment; setting: long-term-care services; applies to: community-spouse (institutionalized applicant with a community spouse; Nebraska publishes whole-dollar amounts); measure: minimum.

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

Pathway: spousal-impoverishment; setting: long-term-care services; applies to: community-spouse (institutionalized applicant with a community spouse; $615 is the separately published utility standard); measure: maximum.

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

Pathway: institutional-long-term-care; setting: long-term-care services; applies to: applicant (applicant subject to Nebraska's home-equity rule); measure: cap.

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

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.