Medicaid Financial Eligibility Rules for Nursing Home Care in New York State should be updated as follows:
HOME EQUITY LIMIT FOR 2017
The home equity limit for Medicaid coverage of nursing facility services is $840,000 for 2017. GIS 16 MA/18, page 2.
For an explanation of how this rule works, see pages 13-14 of Medicaid Financial Eligibility Rules for Nursing Home Care in New York State.
Medicaid Financial Eligibility Rules for Nursing Home Care in New York State should be updated as follows:
INCOME LEVEL FOR 2017 – MONTH ONE – PERSON IN A NURSING HOME WHO DOES NOT HAVE A COMMUNITY SPOUSE
The Medically Needy Income Level for a household of one for 2017 is $825 per month. There is no change from 2015 or 2016. GIS 16 MA/18, page 2 and Attachment.
INCOME LEVEL FOR 2017 – MONTH ONE – PERSON IN A NURSING HOME WHO DOES HAVE A COMMUNITY SPOUSE
The Medically Needy Income Level for a household of one for 2017 is $825 per month. There is no change from 2015 or 2016. GIS 16 MA/18, page 2 and Attachment.
INCOME LEVEL FOR 2017 – AFTER MONTH ONE – PERSON IN A NURSING HOME WHO DOES NOT HAVE A COMMUNITY SPOUSE
The person in the nursing home is allowed to keep a Personal Needs Allowance of $50 per month for 2017 if he/she does not have a community spouse. GIS 16 MA/18, Attachment.
INCOME LEVEL FOR 2017 – AFTER MONTH ONE – PERSON IN A NURSING HOME WHO DOES HAVE A COMMUNITY SPOUSE
The person in the nursing home is allowed to keep a Personal Needs Allowance of $50 per month for 2017 if he/she has a community spouse. GIS 16 MA/18, Attachment.
INCOME LEVEL FOR 2017 – COMMUNITY SPOUSE
The community spouse is allowed to keep a Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance of $3,022.50 per month for 2017. GIS 16 MA/18, page 2 and Attachment.
Medicaid Financial Eligibility Rules for Nursing Home Care in New York State should be updated as follows:
RESOURCE LEVEL FOR THE MEDICAID APPLICANT FOR 2017:
For 2017, the resource level for the Medicaid applicant is $14,850. There is no change from 2015 or 2016. GIS 16 MA/18, page 2 and Attachment.
RESOURCE LEVEL FOR THE COMMUNITY SPOUSE FOR 2017:
For 2017, the minimum resource level for the community spouse is $74,820 and the maximum is $120,900. GIS 16 MA/18, page 2 and Attachment. For an explanation of how this rule works, see page 9 of Medicaid Financial Eligibility Rules for Nursing Home Care in New York State.
Page 54 of Medicaid Financial Eligibility Rules for Nursing Home Care in New York State describes how to calculate a penalty period when someone has made a gift. You need to know the regional rate in order to calculate the penalty period. The regional rates for 2017 are found in GIS 16 MA/16. The GIS tells you which counties are in which region.
The GIS reminds you to use the regional rate which is in effect as of the date of the application, for the region in which the facility is located.
The 2017 regional rate are:
CENTRAL: $9,511
Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, St. Lawrence, Tioga and Tompkins.
NORTHEASTERN: $10,242
Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Oswego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington.
WESTERN: $10,078
Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming.
NORTH METROPOLITAN: $12,198
Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester.
NEW YORK CITY: $12,157
Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Queens and Richmond (Staten Island).
LONG ISLAND: $12,811
Nassau and Suffolk.
ROCHESTER: $11,237
Chemung, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates.
Pages 123 through 133 of Medicaid Financial Eligibility Rules for Nursing Home Care in New York State discuss the Long Term Home Health Care Program. This program also has been referred to as the “Nursing Home Without Walls Program” and the “Lombardi Program.”
GIS 16 MA/11 states that this program was to formally close on May 27, 2016.
There are new life expectancy tables to use when determining if an annuity, loan, promissory note or mortgage is actuarially sound.
GIS 16 MA/10 stated that the life expectancy table in its attachment is to be used in place of the life expectancy table at 06 OMM/ADM-5. The heading on the attachment is, “2015 Life Expectancy Table.”
GIS 16 MA/15 stated that the life expectancy table in its attachment is to be used in place of the life expectancy table at 06 OMM/ADM-5. The heading on the attachment is, “2016 Life Expectancy Table.”