MassHealth LTC Cost-of-Living Adjustments

The following cost-of-living adjustments are effective (retroactively to) January 1, 2009.

• The maximum* monthly spousal maintenance needs allowance increased from $2,610.00 to $2,739.00.
• The maximum amount of assets that can be kept by an institutionalized individual’s spouse increased from $104,000 to $109,560.

These regulations are being issued as emergency regulations, effective January 1, 2009.

*unless it has been increased as the result of a fair-hearing decision based on exceptional circumstances.

-From MassHealth Eligibility Letter 191, November 1, 2009 “ 2009 RSDI Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for Community and Long-Term-Care MassHealth Cases”, with additional information from regulation 130 CMR 520.026(B)(2) at http://www.mass.gov/Eeohhs2/docs/masshealth/regs_member/regs_memb_520.pdf retrieved 11/25/09.

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