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February 8, 2021
Judge Randolph D. Moss of the District of Columbia District Court, in “the final chapter” of broader litigation involving more than a thousand hospitals, has upheld a previous decision that denied interest payments to a subset of the plaintiffs.
After a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulation imposed a 0.2% reduction in Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rates which are used to compensate hospitals under Medicare an array of hospitals across the country challenged the rule, eventually leading to the HHS secretary proposing a rule to remove the rate reduction and adopting a one-time 0.6% rate increase for fiscal year 2017.
Joe Biden withdraws nomination of Indian-American advocate for post of Associate Judge firstpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from firstpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Biden cancels Trump s nomination of Indian American as judge
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Arul Louis ( IANS) |
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New York, Feb 5 : US President Joe Biden has cancelled the nomination of Vijay Shanker to be a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in Washington.
The White House on Thursday informed the Senate that it was withdrawing his nomination, which was made by former President Donald Trump in June.
The Senate did not take up Shankar s nomination while Trump was in office and the Republican party had the majority.
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Joe Biden cancels Trump s nomination of Indian American as judge
US President Joe Biden has cancelled the nomination of Vijay Shanker to be a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in Washington. The White House on Thursday informed the Senate that it was withdrawing his nomination, which was made by former President Donald Trump in June.
The Senate did not take up Shankar s nomination while Trump was in office and the Republican party had the majority.
His was one of 32 nominations, 17 of them for judges, that were held over from the Trump administration and pulled back by Biden.