SWCB Chief Vows Changes for Embattled Comp System

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefNew York State Workers' Compensation Board (SWCB) Executive Director Jeffrey Fenster said on Friday the board is preparing to announce details of a series of initiatives that will streamline a claims system buried in paper and expand a set of 2010 medical treatment guides and is discussing changes to reform legislation signed into law by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer in 2007."The (2007) reform was not the panacea for New York State," Fenster said. "All of the reforms we are discussing are aimed at reducing the costs of workers' compensation without ...