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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 services are covered only when provided by the order of a physician or another. individual authorized by State licensure law and hospital staff bylaws to admit patients to the. hospital or to order outpatient tests. In the majority of cases, the decision whether to discharge a. patient from the hospital following resolution of the reason for the observation care or to admit the. patient as an inpatient can be made in less than 48 hours, usually in less than 24 hours.