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Risk management reports steady open claims, a reopened 2022 case and plans to correct reporting errors
Summary
Risk management presented injury and liability claim metrics: eight open workers’ compensation claims (including a reopened 2022 case under independent medical evaluation), three claims closed in January, and a report error the department will correct and reissue.
Shelley Pierce, Cowlitz County risk manager, updated commissioners on Feb. 3 about workers’ compensation and liability claims, saying the county had eight open workers'‑comp claims and had closed three claims in January.
The risk manager said one claim opened in 2022 had been reopened and that the county is arranging an independent medical evaluation to confirm next steps. "Reopen claims from last year are are actually they're pretty rare," Pierce said, later noting the reopened file is being reviewed…
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