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Medicaid Planning · Wisconsin

Wisconsin Medicaid look-back rules

Medicaid look-back rules rules for Wisconsin.

Published: September 4, 2026. Last checked: September 2, 2026.

Look-back period

60 months

Source: Wisconsin Medicaid Eligibility Handbook P-10030 [state-medicaid-agency] — Release 26-02; 2026 figures effective January 1, 2026

Transfer-penalty divisor

$352.06 per day and $10,708.49 per month

Source: Wisconsin Medicaid Eligibility Handbook P-10030 [state-medicaid-agency] — Release 26-02; 2026 figures effective January 1, 2026

How the state administers the rule

Wisconsin evaluates divestments during the 60 months before the relevant application and institutional eligibility point and calculates the penalty with the current daily or monthly nursing-home private-pay rate.

Source: Wisconsin Medicaid Eligibility Handbook P-10030 [state-medicaid-agency] — Release 26-02; 2026 figures effective January 1, 2026

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.