Quick answer: Missouri's nursing home Medicaid is called Vendor Nursing Care. Residents keep a $50 monthly personal-needs allowance and pay the rest of their income toward care after allowed deductions, and the resource maximum after a Division of Assets is $6,220.50.
Missouri's nursing-facility Medicaid pathway is called Vendor Nursing Care, or just Vendor Care. Reimbursement flows directly to the nursing-services provider, and the state's non-MAGI chart describes Vendor Care as covering care in a nursing facility and other specified institutional settings.
The financial side isn't a simple income-cap test. Missouri's July 2026 chart applies a resident's income to the facility as "surplus" only after subtracting the personal-needs allowance and allowable deductions — things like medical insurance premiums, allotments, and child support. That same chart sets the resource maximum at $6,220.50 after a Division of Assets.
Missouri figures
- Resource maximum after Division of Assets
- $6,220.50
- Vendor-care personal-needs allowance
- $50/month
Sources and official resources
Rules and figures change. Confirm current details with the agency before you act.