Elder Law Numbers * Important Elder Law Numbers: Updated for January 1, 2018 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefit Standards Eligible Individual $750/month Eligible Couple $1,125/month Medicaid (Oregon) Asset limit for Medicaid recipient $2,000 Long Term Care Income Cap $2,250/month Community Spouse Minimum Resource Standard $24,720 Community Spouse Maximum Resource Standard $123,600 Community Spouse Minimum Monthly Allowance Standard $2,030/month Community Spouse Maximum Monthly Allowance $3,090/month Excess Shelter Allowance Amount Above $609/month Food Stamp Utility Allowance Used to Figure Excess Shelter Allowance $454/month Personal needs allowance in nursing home (Note: for some veterans, the personal needs allowance is $90/month.) $61.38/month Personal needs allowance in community-based care $167/month Room & board rate for community-based care facilities $583/month OSIP Maintenance Standard for person receiving in-home services $1,250/month Average Private Pay Rate for Calculating Ineligibility for Transfer of Assets at less than Fair Market Value after October 1, 2016 $8,425/month Burial account limit $1,500 Medicare Hospital Part A deductible per illness spell $1,340 Skilled nursing facility co-insurance for days 21- 100 $167.50/day Part B premium $134/month (Part B premium is higher if annual income more than $85,000) Part B deductible $183/year Part D Premium Varies by plan
