Beginning no later than March 8, 2017, and as required by the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act (NOTICE Act),[1] hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) are required to give patients both oral and written notice when they are outpatients and not admitted as inpatients.[2]  Hospitals must use the written notice … Continue reading CMS Issues Instructions Regarding the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON)