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Ask the doctor or hospital. You may get a Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) that lets you know if youâre an inpatient or outpatient in a hospital or critical access hospital. You must get this notice if you're getting outpatient observation services for at least 24 hours.
During the time. youâre getting observation services in a hospital, youâre considered an outpatient. This means you canât count this time towards the 3-day inpatient hospital stay. needed for Medicare to cover your SNF stay.