Dep't of Human Servs. v. H. R. E. (In re H. N. F.)

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• concluding that a special master can review fee applications sua sponte
• holding that “this court cannot subscribe to the notion that, because respondent failed to object to certain items, the Special Master was compelled . . . to find [the petitioners’] requests were reasonable, despite obvious indications to the contrary”
• stating that at oral argument counsel for the Secretary “recognized that respondent has an obligation to challenge items believed to be unreasonable, if for no other reason 5 than to preserve the public fisc”
• awarding rheumatologist Dr. Bennett a rate of $400 per hour

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