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Medicaid Planning · Wyoming

Wyoming Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility

Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility rules for Wyoming.

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

Income limits

Institutional and waiver income limit

$2,982 per month

Pathway: institutional-long-term-care; setting: nursing-home, swing-bed, listed HCBS waiver, ICF-IID, inpatient-hospital, and hospice pathways; applies to: applicant (individual applicant); measure: cap.

Source: Wyoming EOM Table 1A, ABD Income and Deduction Standards [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective January 1, 2026 Additional authority: CMS 2026 SSI and spousal-impoverishment standards [cms] — Published December 9, 2025; cited figures effective January 1, 2026

Asset limits

Institutionalized individual resource limit

$2,000

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

Source: Wyoming EOM M806, Assessing Spousal Resources [state-medicaid-agency] — Policy effective November 1, 2015 Additional authority: Wyoming Medicaid Rules Chapter 18 [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective June 16, 2021 Additional authority: CMS 2026 SSI and spousal-impoverishment standards [cms] — Published December 9, 2025; cited figures effective January 1, 2026

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 waiver 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 waiver services; applies to: community-spouse (institutionalized applicant with a community spouse); measure: maximum.

State Medicaid agency

Monthly maintenance needs allowance (MMMNA)

Minimum monthly maintenance-needs allowance

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Pathway: spousal-impoverishment; setting: post-eligibility long-term-care calculation; applies to: community-spouse (institutionalized applicant with a community spouse); measure: minimum.

State Medicaid agency

Maximum monthly maintenance-needs allowance

$4,066.50 per month

Pathway: spousal-impoverishment; setting: post-eligibility long-term-care calculation; applies to: community-spouse (institutionalized applicant with a community spouse; actual allowance depends on the state calculation); measure: maximum.

Source: Wyoming EOM Table 1A, ABD Income and Deduction Standards [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective January 1, 2026

Home-equity limits

Home-equity limit

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Pathway: institutional-long-term-care; setting: institutional and qualifying waiver services; applies to: applicant (applicant subject to Wyoming's 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.