In this episode of Talking Dementia, Dr. Emily Silverman speaks with Edo Banach, healthcare attorney, policy leader, and newly appointed partner and co-chair of Foley Hoag’s healthcare practice. With more than 25 years shaping policy for older adults, Edo brings experience from CMS’s Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office to leading the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Today, he advises healthcare organizations and chairs the national GUIDE Council.

Edo shares his path from social services in New York City to becoming a leading voice in Medicare, hospice, and palliative care, reflecting on lessons from government, advocacy, and clinical care. The conversation centers on Medicare’s new GUIDE model, exploring how it shifts dementia care toward proactive, person-centered, interdisciplinary support, placing caregivers and non-medical services at the heart of care, and why it may serve as a blueprint for broader Medicare transformation.

About this episode’s featured guest

Edo Banach is a healthcare attorney, policy leader, and nationally recognized expert in aging, hospice, and serious illness care. He is a partner and co-chair of the healthcare practice at Foley Hoag, where he advises organizations on Medicare, Medicaid, and long-term services and support. He previously served as President and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and as Deputy Director of CMS’s Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office, shaping programs for some of the nation’s most vulnerable populations. Edo now chairs the GUIDE Council, helping steer the future of dementia care, and serves on the board of The Connecticut Hospice, the first hospice in the country.

About Remo’s host Dr. Emily Silverman

Dr. Emily Silverman is an internal-medicine physician, Assistant Volunteer Professor of Medicine at UCSF. She is the creator and host of The Nocturnists, an award-winning medical storytelling program that has uplifted the voices of more than 450 clinicians since 2016 through its podcast and live performances. Her work has been supported by a MacDowell fellowship and widely published in numerous publications including JAMA, The New York Times, and NPR. Learn more about Emily by visiting her website.

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