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

• 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.
• 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.