Income limits
ABD one-person income standard
$1,197 per month
Pathway: aged-blind-disabled; setting: aged, blind, or disabled Medicaid and long-term-care budgeting; applies to: applicant (one-person household; higher income may use a client-share route, so this is not a universal nursing-facility gross-income cap); measure: cap.
Asset limits
Individual resource limit
Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.
Pathway: aged-blind-disabled; setting: regular aged, blind, or disabled Medicaid rules; applies to: applicant (single applicant; an institutionalized or HCBS spouse may retain the individual amount); measure: cap.
Couple resource limit
Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.
Pathway: aged-blind-disabled; setting: regular aged, blind, or disabled Medicaid rules; applies to: household (married couple under the regular ABD standard); measure: cap.
Community spouse resource allowance (CSRA)
Community-spouse resource allowance
$32,532 minimum to $162,660 maximum
Pathway: spousal-impoverishment; setting: institutional and qualifying HCBS services; applies to: community-spouse (institutionalized applicant with a community spouse; one-half share subject to the stated floor and ceiling); measure: range.
Monthly maintenance needs allowance (MMMNA)
Current 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); measure: allowance.
Home-equity limits
Home-equity limit
$752,000
Pathway: institutional-long-term-care; setting: long-term-care services; applies to: applicant (applicant unless a spouse, child under 21, or blind or disabled child resides in the home); measure: cap.
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.