1. Christy Harris Lemak ( ) is a professor in and chair of the Department of Health Services Administration at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. At the time this research was conducted, she was an associate professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor.
2. Tammie A. Nahra is an assistant research scientist in the Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan.
3. Genna R. Cohen is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan.
4. Natalie D. Erb is a program manager at the Health Research and Educational Trust in Chicago, Illinois.
5. Michael L. Paustian is a health care manager in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
6. David Share is senior vice president, value partnerships, at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in Detroit.
7. Richard A. Hirth is a professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan.