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	$2,022	January 1, 2009
Home Maintenance Allowance	$701.40	January 1, 2009
Minimum Community Spouse Resource Allowance	$21,912	January 1, 2009
Maximum Community Spouse Resource Allowance	$109,560	January 1, 2009
Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance	$1,822	July 1, 2009
Maximum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance	$2,739	January 1, 2009
Shelter Standard	$547	July 1, 2009
Utility Monthly Allowances		October 1, 2008
Utility Allowance, including heat:	$491
Utility Allowance, non-heating	$258
Utility Allowance, phone only	$32


Avg. Monthly Cost of PA Nursing Facility Care	$7,235.82	January 1, 2009
Avg. Daily Private Pay Rate (Daily Penalty Divisor)	$237.89	January 1, 2009

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 2009 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 2009 Edition, and the Pennsylvania Medicaid Law Source, both published by the George T. Bisel Company, and can be contacted at www.paelderlaw.net with questions or comments.