Medicaid Rates & Figures (2024)

Resources & Allowances

The New York State Department of Health has issued resource and income allowances for the year 2024. All figures are effective as of January 1, 2024.

Institutional/
Nursing Home Care

Applicant Resource Allowance
$30,182
$30,182
Community Spouse* Resource Allowance (min)
$74,820
$74,820
Community Spouse* Resource Allowance (max)
$154,140
$154,140
Applicant Income Allowance (monthly)
$50
$50
Community Spouse Income Allowance (monthly)
$3,853.50
$3,853.50

Community-Based Care
(Home Care, etc.)

Applicant Resource Allowance
$30,182
$30,182
Community Spouse* Resource Allowance (min)
$74,820
$74,820
Community Spouse* Resource Allowance (max)
$154,140
$154,140
Applicant Income Allowance (monthly)
$1,677
$1,677
Community Spouse Income Allowance (monthly)
$3,853.50
$3,853.50

*With a properly executed Spousal Refusal, a Community Spouse can typically retain assets in excess of these limits.

Medicaid Regional Rates

The following figures represent the Department of Health's assessment as to the average cost of nursing home care in each region. These figures are used to calculate Medicaid penalty periods for gifts and asset transfers.

Long Island
$14,668

 (Nassau/Suffolk)

$14,668
New York City
$14,273

(5 Boroughs)

$14,273
Central
$12,196

(Syracuse, Broome, Cayuga, Oswego, etc.)

$12,196
Northeastern
$13,235

(Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, etc.)

$13,235
Northern Metropolitan
$14,165

(Westchester, Orange, Dutchess, Rockland, Putnam, Ulster & Sullivan)

$14,165
Rochester
$14,419

(Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, etc.)

$14,419
Western
$12,241

(Buffalo, Erie, Niagara, Genesee, etc.)

$12,241

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