Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON)

Manual instructions regarding implementation of the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) / CMS-10611 now are available on the CMS website. The new manual instructions provide more specific detail on notice delivery and are available at  https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-General-Information/BNI/index.html?redirect=/bni

CMS released the MOON, along with its form instructions, December, 2016.  Hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must begin using the MOON no later than March 8, 2017. Please visit the above webpage for more information.

For questions concerning the MOON, please send an email to: MoonMailbox@cms.hhs.gov