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title: "Michigan Nursing Home Medicaid | Funding LTC Marketplace"
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description: "Michigan nursing-facility Medicaid, the post-eligibility patient-pay calculation, and current $60, $90, and $37 personal-needs allowances."
last_updated: 2026-10-20
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Michigan · Nursing Home Coverage

# Michigan Nursing Home Medicaid

Last updated 2026-10-20

Once someone is approved for Michigan nursing-facility Medicaid, the state's Bridges Eligibility Manual (BEM 546) calculates what the resident actually owes each month using a post-eligibility formula: total income minus total need.

"Total need" is more layered than it sounds. It can include the personal-needs allowance, a home-maintenance disregard, an income allowance for a spouse remaining in the community, allowances for dependent family members, health-insurance premiums, and certain guardianship or conservator expenses — meaning the final patient-pay number is rarely just gross income minus the facility bill.

Current personal-needs allowances under this framework are $60 per month generally, $90 per month for a veteran receiving VA Improved Pension, and $37 per month for residents who are also SSI-eligible.

## Michigan figures

- Personal-needs allowance (general): $60/month
- Personal-needs allowance (veteran, VA Improved Pension): $90/month
- Personal-needs allowance (SSI dual-eligible): $37/month

## Sources and official resources

- [MDHHS: Nursing Facility Eligibility](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Doing-Business-with-MDHHS/Forms-and-Applications/nursing_fac_elig_134653_7.pdf)
- [CMS: 2026 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards](https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/cib04272026.pdf)

Rules and figures change. Confirm current details with the agency before you act.

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