State law and regulations impose income and asset limits on persons applying for Medicaid.
State law and regulations impose income and asset limits on persons applying for Medicaid. | State law and regulations impose income and asset limits on persons applying for Medicaid.
State law and regulations impose income and asset limits on persons applying for Medicaid.
The income limit for the institutional Medicaid program and certain home and community-based waiver programs is determined by the Wyoming Department of Health and is set at 300% of the Federal Benefit Rate. For 2026, the Medicaid income limit for individuals eligible is $2,982 per month.
To be eligible for Medicaid, an individual may not have assets in excess of $2,000 as of the first day of the month. A married couple, when both are applicants, may not have assets in excess of $3,000; if only one spouse applies, the non-applicant spouse may retain up to $162,660 in assets.
The look-back period for transfers is 60 months from when the person first applied for Medicaid.
The penalty period beings the first month an applicant is otherwise Medicaid eligible or a month after WDH is notified and a client has transferred a resource while eligible.
The penalty period is the number of months and days determined by dividing the uncompensated value by the average private pay rate of $7,936 (adjusted periodically for inflation).
Wyoming Medicaid Eligibility Online Manual, Table 1A
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