Conference Panel

  Outbreaks of infectious disease, disasters, and conflict have reminded the world of the reality that it is still prone to health emergencies with global consequences. Significant gaps still exist in the ability of many countries to address all hazards, health emergencies, and disaster risks. WHO has played an increasingly operational role in the past few years. Ongoing conflict and inadequate health systems mean that many countries cannot provide the most basic health, nutrition, and social services. It is in these vulnerable settings where most deaths among children under five occur, as well as the highest rates of maternal mortality, unintended pregnancy, sexual and gender-based violence, malnutrition, mental disorders, underimmunisation, and infectious disease outbreaks. Conflict, climate change, population growth, and movements are changing the context in which we operate. An estimated 1.4 billion people live in fragile, conflict-affected, and vulnerable settings. Eighty perc...

  What is the non-compete law in New York 2024? Non-compete agreements are legally binding agreements that some employers impose on their employees to restrict them from working for a competing company for some time after leaving the job. Given that Employees who signed non-competes are unlikely to leave because the legal agreement limits their mobility, the classic non-compete components included preventing the complaining party from obtaining a trade secret or a customer relationship for a specific amount of time. The current global picture regarding litigation of non-compete has started to change. Recent proposals, such as Assembly Bill A1278, targeting further restrictions on the use and the enforcement of non-compete, will potentially decrease further legal battles on whether a non-compete can be enforced or not. The law would make it illegal for businesses to counteroffer without the approval of the Ministry of Economy. It would ban the use of non-compete clauses for most emp...

  The updates to the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting are minimal for 2025. Most of the updates are necessary to maintain consistency in how things are referenced in the guidelines based on the addition of new codes. The International Classification of Diseases 10th revision clinical modification is adapted from time to time to keep up with the changes in the University's clinical practice, the development of new diseases, and the changing of relevant regulatory guidelines. The updates of codes of ICD-10-CM Code updates 2025 are many and significant for healthcare practitioners and medical coders to learn in order to document correctly, optimally reimburse, and comply with regulations. Key Changes in ICD-10-CM Code Updates 2025 include but are not limited to: Expansion of diagnosis codes The updated codes for the year 2025 include 500 plus additional codes, which will include all known emerging diseases and conditions, for example, The code's long-term com...