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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 5, 2026.

Income limits

Institutional and waiver income limit

$2,982 per month

Applies to the applicant under the institutional long-term care pathway for nursing-home, swing-bed, listed HCBS waiver, ICF-IID, inpatient-hospital, and hospice pathways. This is a cap. Details: individual applicant.

Source: Wyoming Eligibility Online Manual Table 1A [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective Date: 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

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

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

State Medicaid agency

Resource limit when both spouses apply

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Applies to the household under the institutional long-term care pathway for institutional and qualifying waiver services. This is a cap. Details: married couple when both spouses apply.

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 waiver 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 waiver services. This is a maximum. Details: institutionalized applicant with a community spouse.

State Medicaid agency

Monthly maintenance needs allowance (MMMNA)

Minimum monthly maintenance-needs allowance

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Applies to the community spouse under the spousal impoverishment pathway for post-eligibility long-term-care calculation. This is a minimum. Details: institutionalized applicant with a community spouse.

State Medicaid agency

Maximum monthly maintenance-needs allowance

$4,066.50 per month

Applies to the community spouse under the spousal impoverishment pathway for post-eligibility long-term-care calculation. This is a maximum. Details: institutionalized applicant with a community spouse; actual allowance depends on the state calculation.

Source: Wyoming Eligibility Online Manual Table 1A [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective Date: January 1, 2026

Home-equity limits

Home-equity limit

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Applies to the applicant under the institutional long-term care pathway for institutional and qualifying waiver services. This is a cap. Details: applicant subject to Wyoming's 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.