Q&A: MOON Versus Hospital-Created Notice

Q. Is it mandated to use the CMS MOON notice or can we construct our own notice?

A. The MOON notice is the one that is mandated, although we are still waiting on the final version (as of press time in June 2016). When we read the NOTICE law, it made it clear at that point that it would be CMS’ responsibility to develop the format. I think that probably many of you could improve on it significantly, but this is what they're asking us to use.

Deborah Hale, CCS, CCDS, president and CEO of Administrative Consultant Service, LLC, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, answered this question.

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