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Medicaid Planning · Maine

Maine Medicaid look-back rules

Medicaid look-back rules rules for Maine.

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

Look-back period

60 months for transfers made on or after February 8, 2006

Source: Maine transfer-of-assets law, H.P. 1023 [state-legislature] — Sixty-month rule applies to transfers made on or after February 8, 2006

Transfer-penalty divisor

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

State Medicaid agency

How the state administers the rule

Divide uncompensated value by the current average monthly private-pay semiprivate-room rate. Maine recalculates that rate annually from facility cost reports with June 1 effective dates.

Source: MaineCare Rule 302, Chart 4.3 penalty-divisor method [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective June 5, 2023; annual rate effective dates begin June 1

Sources and update policy

Methodology & sources

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

This page is educational and is not legal advice.