PASRR is the named screening process
Nebraska uses Preadmission Screening and Resident Review, or PASRR, for Medicaid-certified nursing facilities. DHHS says a person requesting admission to or continued residence in such a facility must have PASRR active and in place on or by the date of admission (Nebraska DHHS Nursing Facilities).
For community alternatives, DHHS describes nursing-facility level of care as needs similar to services provided in a nursing home, such as help with dressing, bathing, eating, walking safely, medication management, memory problems, or health conditions. The same functional concept is used in Nebraska’s AD Waiver eligibility requirements (Nebraska DHHS HCBS overview; Nebraska DHHS AD Waiver).
The personal-needs allowance is $75
Nebraska statute requires DHHS to include a $75 monthly personal-needs allowance in the standard of need for eligible aged, blind, and disabled people who reside in an alternative living arrangement. The statutory definition includes a long-term-care facility as well as board-and-room and other listed arrangements (Nebraska Revised Statute 68-1006.01).
The current DHHS 2026 standards table likewise lists $75 as the nursing-home personal-needs amount. The allowance is not an additional benefit payment; it is part of the Medicaid budgeting structure that preserves a stated monthly amount for the resident’s personal needs before the applicable share of cost is determined (DHHS 2026 facility standards; DHHS share-of-cost explanation).
Income may be handled through share of cost
Nebraska’s Medically Needy program can help people whose income exceeds ordinary Medicaid requirements when they have medical need and sufficient medical expenses. DHHS specifically says that a share of cost paid to a nursing home is paid directly to the provider, which is why the facility calculation needs the actual current eligibility decision (Nebraska DHHS Medically Needy and Share of Cost).
Nursing-facility checklist: Confirm Medicaid financial eligibility, nursing-facility level of care, medical necessity, PASRR, the provider’s certification, and the resident’s current share of cost. The published personal-needs allowance is $75 per month (
DHHS Nursing Facilities;
Nebraska personal-needs statute).
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