Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) | CMS Under CMS’ final NOTICE Act regulation, published August 2, 2016, hospitals and CAHs may deliver the MOON to individuals receiving observation services as an outpatient before such individuals have received more than 24 hours of observation services
Know When to Give Hospital Patients the MOON - AAPC Every Medicare patient who receives observation care in the hospital for more than 24 hours must receive a Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON), form CMS-10611
Medicare Moon Letter: What It Is and What It Means - Healthline Under federal law, hospitals must give you a MOON letter to inform you if you’re being observed as an outpatient for more than 24 hours Your status as inpatient versus outpatient affects how
Inpatient or outpatient hospital status affects your costs You may get a Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) that lets you know you’re an outpatient in a hospital or critical access hospital The hospital must give you this notice if you're getting outpatient observation services for more than 24 hours
HOSPITAL “OUTPATIENT” OBSERVATION STATUS - Center for Medicare Advocacy A: Since March 2017, federal law has required acute care hospitals to provide oral and written notification to patients who are classified as outpatients or Observation Status patients for more than 24 hours Notice of non-inpatient status must be provided within 36 hours
Understanding The MOON and Observation - NGS Medicare How should hospitals and CAHs complete the “You’re a hospital outpatient receiving observation services You are not an inpatient because” free-text field? Does CMS plan to provide specific language or examples for free-text field?
Observation - JE Part A - Noridian - Noridian Medicare Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) - Effective no later than March 8, 2017 Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) must deliver the MOON to any Medicare beneficiary (including Medicare Advantage enrollee) who receives observation services as an outpatient for more than 24 hours
Notices and Forms | CMS - Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services As under original Medicare, a hospital must issue to plan enrollees, within two days of admission, a notice describing their rights in an inpatient hospital setting, including the right to an expedited Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) review at their discharge
Frequently Asked Questions: Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice and . . . The “Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice”, or “MOON,” is a standardized document that Medicare developed for hospitals to use to explain observation status All Medicare patients receiving observation services for more than 24 hours must receive a MOON 3 Who should receive the MOON?
Inpatient Hospital Admission Notification Guidelines - Medica Hospital: A facility that provides diagnostic, medical, therapeutic, and surgical services by or under the direction of physicians and with 24-hour RN nursing services Inpatient: Admission to a hospital at an inpatient status