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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.
Observation Care. Although outpatient observation stays are now commonplace in hospitals, you may be unfamiliar with what it actually means to you, the patient. Following are some frequently asked questions and answers that will help you better understand outpatient observation status and billing.