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Medicaid Planning · Wyoming

Wyoming Medicaid estate recovery

Medicaid estate recovery rules for Wyoming.

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

Recovery scope

Expanded recovery reaches probate and summary-distribution property plus specified non-probate interests, including joint tenancy, tenancy in common, survivorship life estate, living trust, payable-on-death account, tenancy by the entirety, and similar arrangements.

Source: Wyoming Medicaid Estate Recovery brochure [state-medicaid-agency] — Publication dated March 2022

Controlling authority

Wyoming Medicaid Rules Chapter 35

Source: Wyoming Medicaid Estate Recovery brochure [state-medicaid-agency] — Publication dated March 2022

Exemptions and deferrals

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

State Medicaid agency

Hardship-waiver path

Hardship may be available after the Medicaid client's death when property is part of a working farm or ranch, is the heirs' sole income source, and provides their food and shelter, under the stated process.

Source: Wyoming Medicaid Estate Recovery brochure [state-medicaid-agency] — Publication dated March 2022

Lien practice

Wyoming may impose a pre-death TEFRA lien after institutional admission and a notice-and-hearing determination that return home is unlikely; it also files liens against estate real property.

Source: Wyoming Medicaid Estate Recovery brochure [state-medicaid-agency] — Publication dated March 2022

Sources and update policy

Methodology & sources

Checked at least annually and whenever recovery statutes, waivers, liens, or agency practices change.

This page is educational and is not legal advice.