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Jordan Banks
Principal Research Scientist
Jordan Banks advises clients on a range of issues, including payer coverage, pricing, the evolving landscape of innovative payment models, and payer value frameworks.
She leverages her rich experience in research and analytics for life sciences organizations, employer groups, health plans, providers, and academic publications, to generate strategic insights.
In her last role, Jordan was a director of Reporting and Analytics at Anthem, managing analytics for a large national commercial employer. She also created product evaluations that leveraged new data and enhanced methodologies for commercial employer clients across Anthem. Before that, Jordan spent time as a consultant in the market access space for specialty therapeutics for many conditions, including diseases affecting the immune system (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, Crohn’s disease), multiple sclerosis, cancers, hemophilia, and other orphan diseases. She is experienced in analyzing claims, provider quality and outcomes, social drivers of health, digital utilization, and clinical programs for the purposes of understanding value for different stakeholders. Some of her publications can be found in the Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Medical Care, and Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
Jordan has a PhD in health services research with a focus in economics from the University of Washington. Her dissertation was on an innovative payment solution for products that are initially costly but have significant lifetime benefit for the member and payer (e.g., cell and gene therapies). She also has a Master of Public Affairs concentrating in public policy analysis and a BS in business from Indiana University.