CMS Releases Analysis on 2022 Medicare
​Part B Premium Reexamination

CMS - May 27, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a report that recommends that the cost savings from lower-than-expected Medicare Part B spending be passed along to people with Medicare Part B coverage in the calculation of the 2023 Part B premium. Earlier this year, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) instructed CMS to reassess the 2022 Part B premium amount in response to a price reduction for Aduhelm™, a medication used in treating Alzheimer’s disease. Given the information available today, it is expected that the 2023 premium will be lower than 2022. The final determination will be made later this fall.

Medicare Part B covers physician services, outpatient hospital services, certain home health services, durable medical equipment, and certain other medical and health services not covered by Medicare Part A, which covers inpatient hospital care, skilled nursing facility, hospice, lab tests, surgery, home health care.

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