NY Health Access About Us   |   Contact Us Empire Justice Center Legal Aid Society NYLAG WNYLC
Financial Eligibility
NYS Medicaid Income and Resource Levels for Past Years - 2001 - 2024 Download
2001_to_2024_NYS_income__resource_level_charts.pdf
Income and Resource levels for Medicaid and other public health programs in NYS for 2001 - 2024. Includes Medicare Savings Programs, Family Health Plus, Child Health Plus, Spousal Impoverishment levels, MBI-WPD, etc.
07 Mar, 2025 3.77 mb Downloads: 301860
Basic Eligibility for Medicaid and Home Care in NYS - Age 65+, Disabled, Blind Download
Medicaid Basic - 2025 final.pdf
This is basic information about Medicaid eligibility for the Disabled, Aged 65+, and Blind (DAB) category and about applying for Community Medicaid in order to receive home care (personal care or consumer-directed personal assistance) through Managed Long Term Care or based on Immediate Need through the local Medicaid program. (updated March 5, 2025 with final 2025 Income and Asset limits released by DOH)
07 Mar, 2025 279 kb Downloads: 193975
Excel Template for Medicaid Non-MAGI Budgeting -2025 FPL: Download
Medicaid Budgeting worksheet 2025.xls
Excel template to calculate Medicaid non-MAGI eligibility under the increased 2025 levels - see http://health.wnylc.com/health/news/90/. Can be used as a tool to estimate spend-down and pooled trust contributions. Template has different tabs for different types of budgeting schemes. -- See list of these at http://health.wnylc.com/health/entry/222/.
07 Mar, 2025 131 kb Downloads: 7366
Currency Conversion Worksheet for Holocaust Reparations Download
Reparation worksheet.xls (2-2025).xlsx
Use this worksheet to convert lifetime total amount received in Holocaust reparations / restitution from foreign currencies (Deutschmarks and Euros) into U.S. Dollars. This is for purposes of taking advantage of the exemption of saved reparations payments from the resource test for Federally-funded means-tested benefits, like Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income. Updated monthly.
01 Mar, 2025 148 kb Downloads: 9094
Medicaid income and resource levels - 2025 (2-14-2025) Download
MAPDR-01 Feb 26 2025.pdf
NYC HRA MAPDR-01 (updated 02-14-2025) -- Although this was issued in Feb. 2025, almost all the figures are in yellow which means that they are still the 2024 figures. The 2025 figures can only be calculated after NYS Dept. of Health issues the 2025 Federal Poverty Levels (FPL) later in February or March (even though the FPLs were announced by the federal govt).
26 Feb, 2025 2.13 mb Downloads: 450569
NYLAG Memo in Support of Repeal of the 30-Month Lookback for Medicaid Home Care (S4786-A1907) Download
A1907 - S04786 Lookback repeal Memo in Support NYLAG 2025.pdf
NYLAG's statement in support of a bill S4786-A1907 to repeal the MRT-II cut enacted in 2020 that would impose a 30-month lookback and transfer penalty for eligibility for Medicaid home care and other community-based services.
25 Feb, 2025 207 kb Downloads: 751
HRA-MAP 931Y E-Fax Medical Bills Cover Sheet (2018) Download
MAP-931Y_E-Fax_Medical_Bills 2018-4-27.pdf
HRA Medicaid Fax Cover Sheet to Fax medical bills to meet spend-down (2018)
29 Jan, 2025 80 kb Downloads: 25602
NYLAG Comments on Proposal to Expand the Medicaid Buy-In Program for Working People with Disabilities (MBI-WPD) Download
MBI-WPD Public Comments by NYLAG - 12.5.24 - FINAL.pdf
Comments submitted by NYLAG with recommendations and support for New York's request to the federal Medicaid agency CMS to approve a waiver that would expand the MBI-WPD program to include people age 65 and over with higher income and resource limits.
19 Dec, 2024 333 kb Downloads: 167
Using an SNT to Eliminate the Medicaid spend-down - Fact Sheet (May 2024) Download
SNT Short 2024-05-02 FINAL.pdf
How to get Medicaid despite having "excess income" - Using a Supplemental Needs Trust to Eliminate the Spend-down for Persons who are Elderly (65+), Blind or Disabled. Written by New York Legal Assistance Group Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program, updated May 2024 with new procedures in NYC for submitting disability forms, and with 2024 figures.
02 May, 2024 450 kb Downloads: 167334
Fact Sheet on Keeping Income During and After a Temporary Nursing Home Stay Download
Fact Sheet on Keeping Income In & After Nursing Home Stays 3-21-2024 FINAL.pdf
NYLAG Fact Sheet on consumer Right to keep more income during a temporary nursing home stay, as well as after a nursing home stay if a consumer is enrolled in a Managed Long Term Care plan or for some consumers who are married.
21 Mar, 2024 816 kb Downloads: 8608
← Prev Next
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


This site provides general information only. This is not legal advice. You can only obtain legal advice from a lawyer. In addition, your use of this site does not create an attorney-client relationship. To contact a lawyer, visit http://lawhelpny.org. We make every effort to keep these materials and links up-to-date and in accordance with New York City, New York state and federal law. However, we do not guarantee the accuracy of this information. To report a dead link or other website-related problem, please e-mail us.