title: Managing patients with bipolar disorder at home: a family affair and a psychiatric challenge in home healthcare.
abstract: Medicare has covered psychiatric home care for many years, but the delivery of psychiatric services in the home continues to raise questions related to coverage and criteria. What services do psychiatric nurses provide in the home? What are the rules and regulations governing this service? This article presents information related to psychiatric nursing in home care and specifically bipolar disease. These questions are answered within Chapter 7 of the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, April 2011. Section 40.1.2.15.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252-0001, USA. vcars10@verizon.net
authors.forename: Verna Benner
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.forename: Sandra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Yambor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003376:Counseling; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000379:methods; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007342:Insurance Benefits / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D020398:Medicare Part C / Q000191:economics; D055118:Medication Adherence / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods; D012008:Recurrence; D014481:United States