A task force studying reform of New York's workers' compensation system has recommended that all the state's comp data be put in a central information bank to analyze, benchmark and improve its operation.
The report, which Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo sent to Gov. Eliot Spitzer, called for a secure information bank to correlate and translate detailed medical and other claim-related costs, as well as measurements of quality of access to care, into a common language.
According to an announcement yesterday from Mr. Dinallo, this could be used to provide policymakers with information necessary to make proper policy decisions.
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