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OPERATIONAL MEMO

HCPF Memo Series can be accessed online: https://www.colorado.gov/hcpf/memo-series Purpose and Audience: The purpose of this memo is to advise Eligibility Sites (county departments of human/social service), Medical Assistance (MA) Sites, and Eligibility Application Partners (EAP)) (referred to in this memo as “agency” or “agencies”) of the increased resource limits for Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMB), Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (SLMB), Qualified Individuals (QI-1), and Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) resource limits. Information: Section 112 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA), signed into law on July 15, 2008, amended Section 1905(p)(1)(C) of the Social Security Title: 2026 Increase to Resource Limits – Medicare Savings Programs and Low- Income Subsidy Topic: Eligibility Policy Audience: County Departments of Human/Social Services, Medical Assistance (MA) Sites and Eligibility Application Partner (EAP) Sites Sub-Topic: Income & Resource Eligibility Supersedes Number: N/A Division: Eligibility Policy Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2026 Office: Medicaid Operations Office Expiration Date: Jan. 1, 2027 Program Area: Eligibility Key Words: 2026, MSP, QMB, SLMB, LIS, QDWI, QI-1, Increase, Resource Limits, Medicare Savings Programs, Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries, Specified Low-Income Beneficiaries, Qualified Individuals-1, Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals, Low-Income Subsidy Legal Authority: CMCS Informational Bulletin - December 9, 2025 Memo Author: Nancy Brenes Operational Memo Number: HCPF OM 25-078 Issue Date: Dec. 29, 2025 Approved By: Marivel Klueckman