Benchmark: 2026 Medicare Hospital Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center Proposed Payment and Quality Updates

Take this benchmark to assess how much you would benefit from taking the course on the Medicare and Medicaid Programs—Proposed Rule for Hospital OPPS, ASC Payment, Quality Reporting, Star Ratings, and Price Transparency. In a few minutes, you’ll see whether you grasp the intent behind site-neutral payments, the impact of price transparency changes, the stakes of phasing out the IPO list, how market-based data could reshape payment weights, and what quality reporting shifts mean for operations, equity, and burden. Your results will highlight where the course can save you time, reduce compliance risk, and sharpen your strategy—whether you manage reimbursement, quality, finance, compliance, or care delivery. If the prompts feel tricky, that’s by design: they test understanding of trade-offs and real-world implications, not memorization. Use this snapshot to target your learning, get more value out of public commenting, and prepare your organization for the 2026 rule changes.