ELDER LAW NUMBERS
QUICK REFERENCE

Robert C. Gerhard, III Esquire

		EFFECTIVE SINCE
Personal Needs Allowance	$45	July 1, 2007
MNO-MA Resource Limit	$2,400
NMP-MA and PDA Waiver Resource Limit	$2,000 plus $6,000 disregard ($8,000 total)
NMP-MA and PDA Waiver Program Income Limit	$1,911	January 1, 2008
Home Maintenance Allowance	$664.40	January 1, 2008
Minimum Community Spouse Resource Allowance	$20,880	January 1, 2008
Maximum Community Spouse Resource Allowance	$104,440	January 1, 2008
Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance	$1,750	July 1, 2008
Maximum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance	$2,610	January 1, 2008
Shelter Standard	$525	July 1, 2008
Utility Monthly Allowances		October 1, 2007
Utility Allowance, including heat:	$466
Utility Allowance, non-heating	$248
Utility Allowance, phone only	$31


Avg. Monthly Cost of PA Nursing Facility Care	$6,942.10	January 1, 2008
Avg. Daily Private Pay Rate (Daily Penalty Divisor)	$227.61	January 1, 2008

Pennsylvania Medicaid Long-term Care is updated and published annually. Visit the George T. Bisel Company website, www.bisel.com, regularly for the most up-to-date “Elder Law Numbers” and the online “pocket part” to this work. To purchase the 2008 edition of Pennsylvania Medicaid, Long-Term Care, please call the George T. Bisel Company directly at (215) 922-5760.

Robert C. Gerhard, III Esquire limits his Montgomery County practice to elder law matters. He specializes in asset protection and planning for long-term care. He is author of the legal treatise, Pennsylvania Medicaid, Long-Term Care 2008 Edition, and the Pennsylvania Medicaid Law Source 2007- 2008 Edition, both published by the George T. Bisel Company, and can be contacted at www.paelderlaw.net with questions or comments.