This is the 12th annual report to track key performance metrics of the New York workers’ compensation benefit delivery system.

Originally established to monitor the system following reforms in 2007, the report has evolved into a tool for tracking key metrics of system performance on an ongoing basis, as subsequent legislative and regulatory changes have been implemented. This regular monitoring helps policymakers and system stakeholders focus attention on policy objectives that are being met, objectives that are not being met, and unintended consequences that have emerged.

The analysis in this edition includes trends in indemnity benefits, medical payments, and benefit delivery expenses from 2007 to 2017 evaluated as of 2018 for claims at different maturities. Various interstate comparisons from other WCRI studies are provided to help put the performance of the New York system into perspective, such as prices paid for medical services and the frequency and amount of opioids dispensed to workers.

Monitoring Trends in the New York Workers’ Compensation System, 2019 Edition. William Monnin-Browder and Carol A. Telles. October 2019. WC-19-46.

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