Nathan W. Carroll is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Services Administration at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). His research focuses on the financial management of health care organizations and organizational responses to changing reimbursement systems. Dr. Carroll’s research has been published in the American Journal of Managed Care, Health Care Management Review, Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, and Inquiry. He holds a Ph.D. in Health Services Organization and Policy from the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health and an MHA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to entering academia, he worked in both managed care and long-term care.