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title: "Nevada Medicaid Long-Term Care | Funding LTC Marketplace"
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description: "How Nevada Medicaid, DWSS, the Nevada Health Authority, and ADSD divide long-term-care eligibility and service roles."
last_updated: 2026-10-20
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publisher: Funding LTC Marketplace
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Nevada · Medicaid Program

# Nevada Medicaid Long-Term Care

Last updated 2026-10-20

**Quick answer:** Nevada Medicaid pays for nursing facility care and community-based long-term care. The Division of Welfare and Supportive Services (DWSS) takes applications online, by phone, by mail, by fax or in person.

In Nevada, long-term-care services flow through Nevada Medicaid, which pays for both nursing-facility stays and community-based support. The Nevada Health Authority treats nursing-facility care as a required Medicaid benefit and describes it as covering everything from intermediate assistance up to skilled nursing — a framing that lines up with how the federal Medicaid program more broadly treats long-term services and supports as a covered benefit across institutional and community settings.

What makes Nevada's system worth understanding upfront is how the responsibilities are divided among agencies. The Nevada Health Authority is where the program manuals and policy materials live. The Division of Welfare and Supportive Services (DWSS) is the agency that actually takes applications for Medical Assistance for the Aged, Blind and Disabled, and it accepts those applications online, by phone, by mail, by fax, or in person. Meanwhile, the Aging and Disability Services Division (ADSD), through its Office of Community Living, coordinates with Medicaid on the Frail Elderly and Physical Disabilities waivers. A family navigating a real case is likely to interact with more than one of these three.

## Sources and official resources

- [Nevada DWSS: General Medical Information](https://www.dss.nv.gov/programs/Medicaid/general-medical-information/)
- [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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