In a first, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that with no increase in the consumer price index upon which the spousal impoverishment standards are based, there will be no increase in the community spouse resource allowances (CSRA) and the maximum monthly maintenance needs allowance for 2010. The figures for 2009 will remain in effect.

For the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' memo announcing the unchanged spousal impoverishment standards for 2010, click here.