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title: "Minnesota Nursing Home Medicaid | Funding LTC Marketplace"
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description: "Minnesota Medical Assistance for nursing homes: the level-of-care determination and how resident income is applied to care after allowed deductions."
last_updated: 2026-10-20
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Minnesota · Nursing Home Coverage

# Minnesota Nursing Home Medicaid

Last updated 2026-10-20

Medical Assistance can cover nursing-home costs for someone who both needs a nursing-home level of care and meets the program's financial rules — provided they haven't triggered a transfer penalty from an uncompensated asset transfer. Once those boxes are checked, MA steps in to help pay whatever remains after the resident's own contribution is calculated.

Getting to that level-of-care determination has its own Minnesota-specific process and timeline. DHS requires a Long-Term Care Consultation completed within 60 days before facility entry, or alternatively a preadmission screening, either of which must find that the person needs nursing-home level of care. This consultation isn't purely a financial gatekeeping step — it also helps families explore community-based alternatives and plan an eventual transition out of a facility if that becomes possible.

## Sources and official resources

- [Minnesota DHS: People Who Need Nursing Home Care](https://mn.gov/dhs/health-care/nursing-home-care/)
- [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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