Important Elder Law Numbers: Updated for January 1, 2021
| Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefit Standards |
| Eligible Individual |
$794/month |
| Eligible Couple |
$1,191/month |
| Medicaid (Oregon) |
| Asset limit for Medicaid recipient |
$2,000 |
| Burial account limit |
$1,500 |
| Long Term Care Income Cap |
$2,382/month |
| Community Spouse Minimum Resource Standard |
$26,076 |
| Community Spouse Maximum Resource Standard |
$130,380 |
| Community Spouse Minimum Monthly Allowance Standard |
$2,155 /month |
| Community Spouse Maximum Monthly Allowance |
$3,259.50/month |
| Excess Shelter Allowance |
Amount Above $646.50/month |
| SNAP Utility Allowance Used to Figure Excess Shelter Allowance |
$442/month |
| Personal needs allowance in nursing home (Note: for some veterans, the personal needs allowance is $90/month.) |
$64.94/month |
| Personal needs allowance in community-based care |
$177/month |
| Room & board rate for waivered community-based care facilities |
$617/month |
| OSIP Maintenance Standard for person receiving in-home services |
$1,294/month
SSI ony: $816 |
| Average Private Pay Rate for Calculating Ineligibility for Transfer of Assets at less than Fair Market Value after October 1, 2020 |
$9,551/month |
| Medicare |
| Hospital Part A deductible per illness spell |
$1,484 |
| Skilled nursing facility co-insurance for days 21–100 |
$185.50/day |
| Part B premium |
$148.50/month |
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(Part B premium is higher if annual income is more than $85,000 single or $170,000 married couple) |
| Part B deductible |
$203/year |
| Part D Premium |
Varies by plan |
The need standard for an individual who receives in-home services is now the OSIPM maintenance standard ($794 per month in 2021) plus $500, which equals $1,294 per month for 2021. |
