Effective March 8, hospitals, including critical access hospitals, must notify Medicare patients when the patients are placed into outpatient observation status. Hospitals must provide oral and written notification through the use of the standard Medicare Outpatient Observation Notification (MOON) form.
On February 22 from 12-1 p.m., WSHA will provide a members-only webinar to help hospitals with implementation. The webinar will include:
- Background on the issue
- Overview of general provisions of the law enacting the new requirements and the MOON form
- Opportunity for hospitals to share their questions, insights and best practices on implementing the notification requirements
