Medicaid Treatment of the Home: Determining Eligibility and Repayment for Long-Term Care

This policy brief is one of five commissioned by the Dept of Health & Human Services and provides a synopsis of how the home is treated in determining Medicaid eligibility for recipients of long-term care services and the circumstances under which Medicaid may recover spending from equity held in real property. Broad flexibility is conferred on states to implement generic Federal Medicaid rules, resulting in considerable variations in how homes are treated in specific circumstances.