Boedingheimer v. Lake Country Transportation

SIMONETT, Justice.

This case involves the interpretation and validity of a rule of the Department of Labor and Industry which establishes a medical fee schedule for health care servic es for workers’ compensation injuries. The decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA) ruled that the fee schedule set out in the rule applied to hospital services. We reverse.

In 1988 and 1989, Memorial Hospital and Home of Perham (Perham Hospital) submitted bills to the employee’s workers’ compensation carrier, State Fund Mutual Insurance Company, for services rendered to the employee…