Expert guides about medicaid in Montana from Brevy Care.
Ignoring a Montana Medicaid recertification packet can end your coverage even if you still qualify.
If your Montana Medicaid is denied, reduced, or terminated, Montana gives you up to 90 days to appeal and request a fair hearing, and some decisions give you only 30.
Montana Medicaid pays for care in your own home and community, not only in a nursing home, and it does so mainly through one program: the Big Sky Waiver (BSW).
In 2026, $50 a month is what most Montana Medicaid nursing facility residents keep as a Personal Needs Allowance, while most of the rest of their income goes toward the cost of care.
Montana Medicaid pays for long-term care for seniors under a $2,000 asset limit, and applicants with income above its $525 medically needy standard can still qualify through a spend-down.
When a husband or wife moves into a nursing home, the financial ground shifts fast for the spouse who stays home. Montana Medicaid spousal impoverishment rules protect that at-home spouse.
Montana's three Medicare Savings Programs can pay your Medicare Part B premium of $202.90 a month in 2026, more than $2,400 a year off your Social Security check.
Montana Medicaid estate recovery is how the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) seeks repayment, after a recipient's death, for the care it paid for.
If your income is over the limit or a parent just entered a nursing home, here is how to apply for Montana Medicaid: online, by phone, by mail, or in person.
Montana Medicaid pays for nursing home care, and it does so once Medicare's short rehabilitation window runs out and a resident needs long-term help.
Montana Medicaid income limits come in two versions, and which one applies depends on your age and on what you need.