Amber Cropper, MBA, BSN, RN, CMCN

Nominated by her director at St. Elizabeth Physicians, Amber Cropper, BSN, RN, CMCN earned her CMCN in 2022 and has been an AAMCN member for over five years. Amber is an exceptional mentor who invests in the success, confidence, and development of others, creating a culture of learning, growth, and professional excellence. As Manager of Value Based Performance, she provides ongoing coaching, career development guidance, and leadership support to her team. Amber also serves as an educator across the organization, teaching nurses, operational leaders, and cross-functional teams.

At her current workplace, she is recognized for pushing the bounds of innovation, supporting her team through tough transitions, coaching associates on professional skill development, partnering more closely with colleagues to broaden the scope of their teams responsibilities, and effectively implementing strong change management principles. Amber has led initiatives to reduce avoidable emergency department utilization through post-ED outreach, fall prevention efforts, care management interventions, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams across the organization. In addition, she has led efforts to optimize payer reporting, HEDIS data exchange, financial forecasting, and coding performance, and has helped to shape programs that are more actionable for providers and more effective for patients.