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According to the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, there are over 2,400,000 Pennsylvania residents over age 60. More than 240,000 Pennsylvania residents are over age 85. Out of the fifty states, Pennsylvania has the third highest percentage of elderly residents. One in five older Pennsylvanians live in or near poverty. The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) has been implemented in Pennsylvania and is being applied to applications filed on or after March 5, 2007. Year 2010: Pennsylvania Medicaid Numbers (Current as of August 24, 2010) Stay tuned for additional updates...
| Personal Needs Allowance |
$45 effective since July 1, 2007 |
| MNO-MA Resource Limit |
$2,400 |
| NMP-MA and PDA Waiver Resource Limit |
$2,000, plus a $6,000 asset disregard, effectively "$8,000" |
| NMP-MA and PDA Waiver Program Income Limit |
$2,022 effective January 1, 2010 |
| Home Maintenance Allowance |
$701.40 (six month limit) since January 1, 2009. |
| Minimum Community Spouse Resource Allowance |
$21,912 effective January 1, 2010 |
| Maximum Community Spouse Resource Allowance |
$109,560 effective January 1, 2010 |
| Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance |
$1,822 effective since July 1, 2009 |
| Maximum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance |
$2,739 effective January 1, 2010 |
| Shelter Standard |
$547 effective since July 1, 2009 |
| Utility Allowances |
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| Utility Allowance, including heat |
$524 effective since October 1, 2009 |
| Utility Allowance, non-heating |
$276 effective since October 1, 2009 |
| Utility Allowance, phone only |
$33 effective since October 1, 2009 |
| Medicare SNF Co-insurance amount |
$133.50/day since January 1, 2009 |
| Average Cost of PA Nursing Facility Care (Pennsylvania Medicaid Penalty Divisor) |
$7,235.82 since January 1, 2009. ($237.89/day) $7,514.74 ($247.06/day) effective January 1, 2010. | |
