Expert guides about medicaid in North Carolina from Brevy Care.
North Carolina Medicaid recertification comes once a year, and ignoring the renewal packet can end your coverage even when you still qualify.
If your North Carolina Medicaid was denied, cut, or terminated, you have the right to appeal and request a fair hearing, and you can often keep your benefits while the appeal is pending.
North Carolina's Medicaid program pays for care at home through the Community Alternatives Program for Disabled Adults, or CAP/DA.
North Carolina's Medicaid Personal Needs Allowance is $70 a month in 2026, the personal spending money a nursing home resident keeps after nearly all their income goes toward the cost of care.
North Carolina Medicaid pays for nursing home care for residents who meet a nursing-facility level of care and the financial limits.
For long-term care Medicaid in North Carolina in 2026, the core financial test is a $2,000 asset limit and a medically needy spend-down, with no income cap and no Miller Trust required.
When one spouse enters a nursing facility and applies for North Carolina Medicaid, federal spousal impoverishment rules protect the at-home spouse from being left with nothing.
North Carolina's Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) pay the Medicare Part B premium for income-eligible residents.
North Carolina Medicaid estate recovery reaches only the probate estate, and only for recipients who were 55 or older, or permanently institutionalized, when they received long-term care.
To apply for North Carolina Medicaid, you have three options: submit an application online through ePASS, visit your county Department of Social Services in person, or mail in your application.
North Carolina Medicaid income limits work differently than most families fear: being "over income" does not shut a senior out.