Medicare premiums, deductibles, and copays are adjusted each year on a calendar year basis.

Congress delays provisions that would have decreased Medicare payments by about 6 percent starting in January, mitigates cuts made to the Physician Fee Schedule (Medicare Part B).

The Physician Fee Schedule for CY 2022 that lists Medicare Part B reimbursement rates is available on the National Government Services website.

CMS finalizes a SNF rate increase.

CMS continues recalibration efforts.

FY 2022 SNF PPS Final Rule among discussion topics.

The annual payment update proposes a 1.3 percent increase but seeks to recalibrate payments to address an unintended payment increase of 5 percent in 2020 due to the shift to the PDPM methodology.

Congress agrees to hold off on reinstituting 2 percent Medicare reduction until 2022.