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			<title>NEW JERSEY CODIFIES TRADE SECRET PROTECTION (PART I)</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/new-jersey-codifies-trade-secret-protection-part-i</link>
			<description><![CDATA[By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. a New Jersey Business Law Attorney
A trade secret is defined in the Act as &amp;#8220;information, held by one or more people, without regard to form, including a formula, pattern, business data compilation, program, device, method, technique, design, diagram, drawing, invention, plan, procedure, prototype or process, that: (1) Derives independent economic [...]]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 00:01:24 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>NJ Appellate Court Upholds Arbitration Agreement in Wrongful Termination Case</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/nj-appellate-court-upholds-arbitration-agreement-in-wrongful-termination-case</link>
			<description><![CDATA[By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq., a NJ Arbitration Attorney
 
With alternative dispute resolution becoming more and more popular, many employers and employees are electing to sign agreements mandating parties to bring certain disputes to a particular forum to be resolved. Arbitration is often the choice of these employers and employees, as it typically presents a more [...]]]></description>
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			<title>Senate Democrats’ spending plan offers deeper cuts than Quinn proposed</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/senate-democrats’-spending-plan-offers-deeper-cuts-than-quinn-proposed</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The plan assumes legislators will come to terms on big-ticket items such as a  package that plugs a $2.7 billion hole as well as facility closures.  Democratic budget leaders did not specify how those items would come together, although they did ...]]></description>
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			<title>Cedar Rapids Woman Who Changed  Dies</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/cedar-rapids-woman-who-changed-dies</link>
			<description><![CDATA[CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Katie Beckett, 34, whose battle with a childhood disease and federal bureaucracy made her a national symbol in the 1980s, died Friday. Her mother, Julie Beckett, told the Des Moines Register Friday that doctors predicted she would live ...]]></description>
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			<title>Moody’s lowers Maine’s bond outlook due to  spending, lack of rainy day funds</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/moody’s-lowers-maine’s-bond-outlook-due-to-spending-lack-of-rainy-day-funds</link>
			<description><![CDATA[One of the nation’s top rating agencies has downgraded its outlook for Maine bonds because of the state’s continuing budget problems, especially  spending, and its lack of reserves. Moody’s Investors Service on Friday lowered its ...]]></description>
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			<title>Children&#039;s programs spared from new Alabama  cuts</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/childrens-programs-spared-from-new-alabama-cuts</link>
			<description><![CDATA[MOBILE, Alabama-- Responding to state-mandated budget cuts, Alabama’s  Agency on Friday said that it would cut reimbursements to some health care providers and place new limits on eye care and covered drugs. The agency serves about a million poor ...]]></description>
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			<title>Overpaid New York on Disabled Care, U.S. Says</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/overpaid-new-york-on-disabled-care-us-says</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ALBANY — The federal government paid New York State $700 million more in 2009 than the state needed to care for residents with developmental disabilities who lived in its institutions, according to the inspector general of the Department of ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 00:01:24 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>NY Medicaid development center rates too high: audit - ModernHealthcare.com</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/ny-medicaid-development-center-rates-too-high-audit-modernhealthcarecom</link>
			<description><![CDATA[NY Medicaid development center rates too high: auditModernHealthcare.comBy Rich Daly The New York Medicaid program provided $1.4 billion in “excessive” payments to development centers in a recent year, HHS&#039; inspector general found. The finding (PDF), which came amid continued budget pressure to reduce the cost of the New ...Report Details Medicaid Overpayments to New York StateNew York TimesNY, feds share blame on billions in Medicaid costPoughkeepsie JournalOIG Finds Medicaid May be Overpaying for Developmental Care in New YorkBecker&#039;s Hospital Reviewall 4 news articles]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 00:01:24 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Group sues Neb. over denial of Medicaid coverage - NECN</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/group-sues-neb-over-denial-of-medicaid-coverage-necn</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Group sues Neb. over denial of Medicaid coverageNECN(AP) — An advocacy group filed a lawsuit Friday against the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services over its denial of Medicaid coverage for children with autism and other developmental disabilities. According to the 37-page filing from ...Suit filed on behalf of autistic Neb. childrenOmaha World-Heraldall 31 news articles]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 00:01:24 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Senate Democrats&#039; spending plan offers deeper cuts than Quinn proposed - Chicago Sun-Times</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/senate-democrats-spending-plan-offers-deeper-cuts-than-quinn-proposed-chicago-suntimes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[IGNNSenate Democrats&#039; spending plan offers deeper cuts than Quinn proposedChicago Sun-TimesThe plan assumes legislators will come to terms on big-ticket items such as a Medicaid package that plugs a $2.7 billion hole as well as facility closures. Democratic budget leaders did not specify how those items would come together, although they did ...Quinn approves budget shuffle for child care, MedicaidBloomington PantagraphQuinn signs bill to fund child careChicago TribuneState Senate Dems set budget goal higher than House&#039;sThe State Journal-RegisterFOX Illinois]]></description>
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