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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.
Typically a decision to discharge or admit is made within 24 hours. Medicaid allows up to 48 hours. Private Insurances may vary but most permit only 23 hours in observation. At the end of your observation stay, your physician will decide the hospital or to admit you as an inpatient.or example: Medicare observation services cannot exceed 48 hours. Typically a decision to admit or discharge is made within 24 hours. Medicaid allows up to 48 hours. Private Insurances may vary but most permit only 23 hours in observa-tion.