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Medicaid Planning · Georgia

Georgia Medicaid look-back rules

Medicaid look-back rules rules for Georgia.

Published: September 4, 2026. Last checked: September 5, 2026.

Look-back period

60 months for transfers on or after February 8, 2006

Source: Georgia Medicaid Policy 2342: Transfer of Assets [state-medicaid-agency] — Policy 2342 effective April 2020; reviewed in Manual Transmittal 59

Transfer-penalty divisor

$11,122 per month

Source: Georgia Medicaid Appendix A1: 2026 ABD limits [state-medicaid-agency] — CSRA and MMMNA rows effective January 2026; penalty-divisor row effective April 2026

How the state administers the rule

Georgia develops possible transfers at application and review, divides uncompensated value by the current monthly rate without dropping fractional months, and starts the penalty on the later date specified by Policy 2342.

Source: Georgia Medicaid Policy 2342: Transfer of Assets [state-medicaid-agency] — Policy 2342 effective April 2020; reviewed in Manual Transmittal 59

Sources

Methodology & sources

Checked at least annually and whenever the state publishes a new transfer-penalty divisor or administration rule.

General information, not legal advice.