Edo Banach is President and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

Prior to that, he was Partner in the firm of Gallagher, Evelius & Jones in Baltimore, MD.  He previously was the Deputy Director of the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Associate General Counsel at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York.  Prior to that, Edo Banach was the Medicare Rights Center’s General Counsel.  Edo also practiced health law at the firm of Latham & Watkins and clerked for U.S. Judge John T. Nixon of the Federal District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.  Prior to attending law school Edo worked for the New York City Department of Homeless Services and Mayor's Office of Operations. Mr. Banach holds a B.A. from Binghamton University and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.