Amber Marie Richardson Detty

I am the Director of State Performance Outcomes with AmeriHealth Caritas and a Doctor of Healthcare Administration. Previously, I was Manager of Analytics for Southeastern Health Partners, Senior Manager of Data & Analytics at Buckeye Health Plan, and a Health Services Policy Analyst with the Ohio Department of Health. I have over 19 years of experience in population health and public health analytics and 11 years of experience in managed care and healthcare analytics. I am also an adjunct assistant professor in Healthcare Informatics at the University of Cincinnati.

I received my B.A. in Sociology from Berea College in Berea, KY, with a minor in Spanish in 2004. I then received my M.A. in Sociology from The Ohio State University in 2006. I returned for a graduate certificate in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology through a joint program between the University of Arizona and the University of Kentucky. In 2017, I earned a Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA) credential from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Then, in 2018, I became an approved trainer in the CHDA curriculum. In the spring of 2025, I completed a Doctor of Healthcare Administration (DHA) at Franklin University.

I am a member of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and an advisory group volunteer, and I am also a board member of the Ohio Health Information Management Association (OHIMA) for the past several years.

Doctor of Healthcare Administratoin: Franklin University Columbus, OH, 2025

Graduate Certificate: University of Arizona Tempe, AZ, 2013 (Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology)

Master of Arts: The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, 2006 (Sociology)

Bachelor of Arts: Berea College Berea, KY, 2004 (Sociology)

Healthcare Analytics, Population Health Analytics, Managed Care Analytics, Social Determinants of Health, Public Health Surveillance, Program Evaluation, Epidemiology, Oral Health, Health Disparities, School-Based Surveys, Screening Surveys, Sociology of Health, GIS Mapping

2021 - Director, State Performance Outcomes and Reporting, Built and manage a team of performance outcomes consultants and provide analytics support to performance and quality improvement projects across multiple Medicaid, Medicare, and Exchange plans. Collaborate and provide analytical expertise to population health and quality leadership on numerous enterprise wide initiatives to improve quality, including quality withhold, pay for performance, health plan rating (HPR), and HEDIS hybrid projects., AmeriHealth Caritas, Philadelphia, PA

2019 -2022 Manager, Analytics, Developed analytic plan for the organization and led implementations of strategic analytic priorities across four member organizations. Developed, coordinated, tested, and implemented streamlined and automated reporting solutions for the organization. Coordinated with and oversaw analytic priorities for team of 10 local analysts while providing guidance and expertise in data management and analytics to senior leadership., Southeastern Health Partners, Greenville, SC

2014 -2019 Senior Manager, Data and Analytics, Manage the advanced analytic team, including oversight of risk adjustment, clinical, quality, population health and provider performance analytics., Buckeye Health Plan, Centene Corporation, Columbus, OH

2006 -2014 Researcher | Health Policy Analyst, Collect, clean, analyze, and maintain data and datasets related to Oral Health. Also collect and maintain data available online through the Ohio Oral Health Surveillance System. Primarily organize, maintain and analyze Chlamydia and Gonorrhea screening data for the STD Prevention program. , Ohio Department of Health, Columbus, OH

2006 -2012 Adjunct Professor, I taught introductory Sociology courses such as Intro (101) and Social Problems (202) both in a traditional classroom setting and online., Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH

2005 -2006 Graduate Teaching Assistant, I was a teaching assistant for Sociology of Deviance (210) and taught independent Introduction to Sociology (101) courses., The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Published Abstracts

Candace Zheng, Meera Patel-Zook, Amber M.R. Detty, Evelyn Quarshie (2018. ) Cost-Savings Analysis of a Manged Medicaid Plan Pharmacy Lock-In Program .[Abstract]Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy, 24 (4a ) ,S105Co-Author

Y Li, Meera Patel-Zook, Amber M.R. Detty, Candace Zheng, J Zaucha (2018. ) Impact of Point-of-Sale Utilization Management Edits on Opioid Utilization .[Abstract]Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy, 24 (10a ) ,S46Co-Author

Peer Reviewed Publications

Amber M.R. Detty (2012. ) School-Based Survey Participation: Oral Health and BMI Survey of Ohio Third Graders.Maternal and Child Health, , 17 ,1208 More Information

Mark D. Siegal; Amber M.R. Detty (2010. ) Targeting school-based dental sealant programs: who is at “higher risk?”.Journal of Public Health Dentistry, , 70 (2 ) ,140 More Information

Amber M. Richardson Detty; Mark D. Siegal (2009. ) Validation of a Method for Collecting Annual, Population-based Oral Health Data for the MCH Title V Block Grant.Maternal and Child Health, , 13 (3 ) ,349 More Information

Amber M.R. Detty; Reena Oza-Frank (2014. ) Oral health status and academic performance among Ohio third-graders, 2009-2010.Journal of Public Health Dentistry, , 74 (4 ) ,336 More Information

Other Publications

Amber Marie Richardson Detty (2025. ) The Impact of Annual Preventive Visits on Long-Term Patient Outcomes .OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center,