Amanda Forys is Managing Partner at Magnolia Market Access. Her consulting and manufacturer experience has covered a wide range of commercialization topics, including health policy, pricing and rebating, coding, coverage and reimbursement, health economics, budget impact modeling, patient assistance design, and training for specialty pharmaceuticals, biosimilars, organ transplantation, and devices.
Amanda often uses quantitative methods for her strategic work, utilizing public and private claims data sources for payment system modeling, budget scoring, and chronic disease studies. Her work, coupled with the invaluable insights gathered by her colleagues through primary and secondary research, provides Magnolia’s clients with a comprehensive look at the marketplace throughout their product’s life cycle.
Prior to joining Magnolia, Amanda worked for United Therapeutics, a manufacturer of specialty drugs for orphan diseases and organ transplantation products. She also has over a decade of consulting experience, working for manufacturers and trade associations. Amanda serves as a national speaker on healthcare and has represented her previous company and clients in meetings with members of Congress, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), federal budget offices, and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).
Amanda received her Master of Science in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a concentration in health policy and administration. During this time, she completed an internship with the Government Accountability Office’s healthcare team. She has a Bachelor of Science in biopsychology and cognitive sciences and a Bachelor of Arts in voice performance from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.