Resource Eligibility

News Roundup 1-21-2022

General News Sources: Oldest person in the US reportedly dies at 115 Supreme Court declines to hear case of Delphi…

2 years ago

2022 Spousal Impoverishment Standards

The standards for the 2022 Community Spouse Resource Allowance and Community Spouse Monthly Income Allowance have been updated in the…

3 years ago

Excel Worksheet to Estimate Effect of Gifting with Offsetting Promissory Note

Gifting is usually a last resort when creating a Medicaid Plan. The reason is gifts trigger a transfer of resources…

3 years ago

Medicaid: Income is not a Resource During the Month of Receipt

Sometime people assume monthly income counts toward the $2,000 resource limit. Assets (anything of value) are either income or resources. "…

3 years ago

New 2022 SSI and Medicaid Numbers

Every year the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit rate and Medicaid resource allowances are updated. For 2022, the federal benefit…

3 years ago

Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act of 2021

H.R. 1717, known as the Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act of 2021, and a companion bill in the Senate…

3 years ago

Medicaid Spend-down – What is it?

What are people talking about when they say you have to "spend down" to become eligible for Medicaid? Well, it…

3 years ago

Form: Spreadsheet to Evaluate Resources

The spreadsheet included below can be used to help total your countable and exempt resources when evaluating your eligibility for…

3 years ago

Medicaid: Deeming Terminates After Eligibility is Established

Deeming Terminates After Eligibility Is Established. Four years later, the Duprees were back in Court. At the annual review on…

3 years ago

Medicaid: Homeplace Exemption

Which Home is the Homeplace? Pernie Dupree entered a nursing home on September 11, 2009. Prior to her admission, she had…

3 years ago