F.J. Thomas has worked in healthcare business for more than fifteen years in Tennessee. Her experience as a contract appeals analyst has given her an intimate grasp of the inner workings of both the provider and insurance world. Knowing first hand that the industry is constantly changing, she strives to find resources and information you can use.

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More Workers Have Access To Paid Leave

• 09/30/19

Washington, D.C. (WorkersCompensation.com) – The government has released a study on paid leave from supplemental data that was gathered in the American Time Use Survey. It seems more American workers ...
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Study Suggests Engineering Developments Have Dramatically Decreased Agricultural Fatalities

• 09/26/19

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Engineering improvements in the agriculture sector have had a substantial impact on the number of farming fatalities, suggests a new study by Salah F. Issa, ...
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Rhode Islandss State WC System Sees 54% Cost Increase in Last Decade

• 09/25/19

Providence, RI (WorkersCompensation.com) – A recent investigation by Providence-based TV station  WPRI Target 12 shows that the State of Rhode Island has had a 54 percent increase in the number of ...
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AG Report Shows Misclassification of Workers Avoids 16.7 Percent In Labor Costs

• 09/24/19

Washington, D.C. (WorkersCompensation.com) – D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine released a report written by labor economists Dale Belman from Michigan State University and Aaron Sojourner from ...
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OSHA Hits Construction Industry with Citations Totaling $300,000

• 09/16/19

Dayton, OH (WorkersCompenation.com) – Three organizations were issued citations in one day totaling over $300,000, according to OSHA. Roofing companies from Florida and Ohio, and a homebuilder from ...
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Iowa Study Suggests High Number Of Healthcare Workers Are Coming To Work With Flu Symptoms

• 09/12/19

Iowa City, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Two new studies suggests that a large number of healthcare workers are going to work sick even when they have flu-like symptoms. Attitudes about sickness ...
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Pharmaceutical Company Mallinckrodt Agrees To Pay Out $15 Million for ‘Wining and Dining’

• 09/09/19

Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The U.S. Department Of Justice has announced that drug company Mallinckrodt will pay out $15.4 Million to resolve allegations that one of its subsidiaries ...
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Report Alleges Multiple Worker Issues In Meat Processing Industry

• 09/05/19

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report written by Brian Stauffer indicates that workers in the meat processing industry suffer from a multitude of injuries and ...
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Disneyland Construction Worker Killed In Fatal Accident

• 09/03/19

Anaheim, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – West Covina construction worker, 37 year old Javier Jimenez, Jr died early Thursday following a construction accident at Disneyland, according to the  ...
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