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Medicaid Planning · Wyoming

Wyoming Medicaid look-back rules

Medicaid look-back rules rules for Wyoming.

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

Look-back period

60 months

Source: Wyoming Statutes section 42-2-402 [state-statute] — Cited from the 2026 Wyoming Statutes compilation; 60-month rule effective July 1, 2007 Additional authority: Wyoming Medicaid Rules Chapter 18 [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective June 16, 2021

Transfer-penalty divisor

$10,114 per month

Source: Wyoming Eligibility Online Manual Table 1A [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective Date: January 1, 2026

How the state administers the rule

Wyoming divides the cumulative uncompensated value of transfers made during the 60-month period by the average monthly private-pay nursing-facility cost on the application date. The penalty begins on the later statutory date, and returned assets and undue-hardship requests are handled under the cited rule.

Source: Wyoming Statutes section 42-2-402 [state-statute] — Cited from the 2026 Wyoming Statutes compilation; 60-month rule effective July 1, 2007 Additional authority: Wyoming Medicaid Rules Chapter 18 [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective June 16, 2021

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.