Clement Banda, MD

I was with a Medical Oncologist last week.  She was going to go up to see a patient and have a discussion with the patient and family about hospice care.  I asked her if she knew that she could bill for the ACP portion of that visit separate from any therapeutic CPT code she was going to bill.  She had no idea what I was talking about, but was su…[Read more]

I always thought that an effective technique was to shadow you employees periodically.  In healthcare, everyone has such a specialized role.  Shadowing can connect you with those people but it can also give you a feeling for the challenges they have and the level of skill they display.  Engagement is a key issue to employee performance.  As a mat…[Read more]

Welcome aboard Edward.  That short intro will be hard to beat. 

Thank you for your service and “Beat Navy!”.

I am always curious as to where people get their health information.  As a physician, vendors were always coming to me to sell the next great thing that would help my patients.  My decision was almost always based on an extensive review of published literature in the many journals that we have access to.  Just listening to the vendor often ti…[Read more]