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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A10-1930 Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals Ronald E. Troyer, Employee, vs. Vertlu Management Company/ Kok & Lundberg Funeral Homes, and State Auto Insurance Company Relators, and HealthEast Care System, Respondent. ________________________ Robin Simpson, Radd Kulseth, Aafedt, Forde, Gray, Monson & Hagar, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for relators. Todd J. Thun, Thun Law Office, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent. Andrew W. Lynn, Lynn, Scharfenberg & Associates, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Insurance Federation of Minnesota. Roderick C. Cosgriff, Heacox, Hartman, Koshmrl, Cosgriff & Johnson, P.A., St. Paul, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Fairview Health Services. ________________________ Filed: August 17, 2011 Office of Appellate Courts Anderson, Paul H., J.

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SYLLABUS The entity that provides a service, article, or supply directly to an employee in its final, usable form is the "health care provider actually furnishing" the service, article, or supply under Minn. R. 5221.0700, subp. 2A (2009), and is entitled to charge the payer directly for the service, article, or supply. A compensation judge's authority under Minn. Stat.

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