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Saundra Glover, PhD
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Phone: 803.251.6317 E-mail: sglover@gwm.sc.edu
University of South Carolina
Completed Projects
Assessment of Barriers to the Delivery of Medicare Reimbursed Diabetes Self-Management Education in Rural Areas, Lead researcher
Research center:
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Funder:
Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics:
Chronic diseases and conditions,
Medicare,
Minority health
Rural Minority Health Data Warehouse, Lead researcher
Research center:
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Funder:
Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics:
Health disparities,
Minority health,
Rural statistics and demographics
Publications
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Assessment Of Barriers To The Delivery Of Medicare Reimbursed Diabetes Self-Management Education In Rural Areas
Author(s): M. Paige Powell, Saundra H. Glover, Janice C. Probst, Sarah B. Laditka
Research center:
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Topics:
Chronic diseases and conditions,
Medicare
Date: 09 / 2004
Explores the barriers that rural practitioners face in providing diabetes education services to Medicare beneficiaries. Survey results from a random sample of ADA-recognized diabetes education facilities indicated that insufficient Medicare reimbursement, staffing, institutional support as well as the ADA recognition process all constituted barriers to diabetes self-management education in rural areas. Executive summary available online.
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Barriers Associated With the Delivery of Medicare Reimbursed Diabetes Self-Management Education
Author(s): M. Paige Powell, Saundra H. Glover, Janice C. Probst, Sarah B. Laditka
Research center:
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Topics:
Chronic diseases and conditions,
Medicare
Citation: Diabetes Educator, 31(6), 890-9 Date: 2005
Describes the results of a study to explore the barriers that practitioners face in providing diabetes self-management education (DSME) to Medicare beneficiaries, with a special focus on barriers faced by rural providers. Barriers identified for rural providers include costs, reporting requirements, the shortage of designated specialists, fewer resources, high application fees for ADA recognition, staffing/institutional support, amount of Medicare reimbursement, lack of hours covered, and transportation.
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