{"id":14971,"date":"2020-01-14T08:46:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T13:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14971"},"modified":"2020-01-14T08:46:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T13:46:05","slug":"what-is-a-medicare-outpatient-observation-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14971","title":{"rendered":"What is a Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those with Original Medicare there is an important Medicare rule called Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) you should be aware of.\u00a0 According to the \u201cMedicare and You\u201d handbook, \u201cStaying overnight in a hospital doesn\u2019t always mean you are an inpatient\u2026you or a family member should always ask if you\u2019re an inpatient or an outpatient each day during your hospital stay, since it affects what you pay.\u201d In Toni King\u2019s column, she answers a reader\u2019s question on why he had to sign the MOON form and how it affects not only what you pay but whether you\u2019ll qualify for Part A coverage. Read her column<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/neighborhood\/memorial\/opinion\/article\/TONI-KING-Am-I-an-inpatient-or-outpatient-during-14959702.php\"> here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9838\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those with Original Medicare there is an important Medicare rule called Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) you should be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14972,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14971\/revisions\/14972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}