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Medicaid Planning · Mississippi

Mississippi Medicaid look-back rules

Medicaid look-back rules rules for Mississippi.

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

Look-back period

60 months for institutional applications filed on or after February 8, 2006

Source: Mississippi Medicaid Administrative Code Part 103, Rule 7.1 [state-medicaid-agency] — Administrative Code effective April 1, 2026

Transfer-penalty divisor

$9,430 per month and $309 per day

Source: Mississippi Medicaid Appendix A-2 institutional limits and transfer divisors [state-medicaid-agency] — Revised July 1, 2026; cited annual limits and divisors effective January 1, 2026

How the state administers the rule

Mississippi begins the penalty on the later of the transfer month or the date the person is otherwise eligible for institutional or waiver coverage. It divides cumulative uncompensated value by the average private-pay rate, retains fractional days, and aggregates overlapping penalties.

Source: Mississippi Medicaid Administrative Code Part 103, Rule 7.1 [state-medicaid-agency] — Administrative Code effective April 1, 2026

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.