tci Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2017 Issue 2

Outpatient Compliance/MOON update: MOON Launch: How To Handle the New Beneficiary Notice Like a Pro

Master required timelines, HIPAA Guidelines & More It’s official. The Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) has launched. Shortly after publishing the final MOON form and instructions, CMS published CR 9935, which contains guidance on how hospital outpatient staff should handle MOON. “All hospitals and CAHs are required to provide the MOON, per CMS guidance, beginning no later than March 8, 2017,” says Sarah L. Goodman, MBA, CHCAF, COC, CCP, FCS, president of the consulting firm SLG, Inc., in Raleigh, N.C.   Background: MOON attempts to remedy what many Medicare beneficiaries and health policy experts say...

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