Cortana may refer to: Cortana (software), Microsoft personal assistant software. Cortana (Halo), a fictional artificial intelligence character. Cortana (gastropod), a gastropod genus. Cortana, or Curtana, a ceremonial sword used in the coronation of British monarchs.
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.
Inpatient status is what we typically think of as someone being admitted to the hospital. Observation status is a type of outpatient status. However, someone in hospital observation status can spend several days and nights actually inside the hospital, even though he's technically an outpatient.