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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Blackbaud Data Breach Impacts At Least 11 Healthcare Systems

• 09/17/20

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A security breach earlier this year at cloud software company Blackbaud, has impacted over 25,000 nonprofit organizations all over the world, including several ...
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Medical Provider Compensation Increases Another Year

• 09/15/20

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A survey published earlier this month by American Medical Group Association (AMGA) shows that while there was very little increase in work relative value units ...
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Could EFT Therapy Be An Alternative Treatment For Pain And Anxiety?

• 09/14/20

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – As alternative therapies such as acupuncture become more commonplace for treatment of pain, one psychological acupressure technique shows some promise for not ...
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At least Four More Hospitals Shut Their Doors Within the Last Month

• 09/11/20

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – So far this year 14 rural hospitals have shut down according to data from the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. In fact, an analysis from ...
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New Report Ranks State Health By Health And Social Metrics

• 09/10/20

Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Atlanta based digital holistic healthcare company Sharecare recently released a report ranking states from data analyzed across multiple health metrics. The ...
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Over Half Of COVID-19 Cases Undetected in Healthcare Workers

• 09/04/20

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – According to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a high percentage of ...
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Telehealth Gets A Boost From Rural Telehealth Initiative

• 09/03/20

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Telehealth, especially in rural areas, has gotten another boost this week from the Federal Trade Commission (FCC). In an FCC press release on September 1st, ...
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CDC Study Shows Public Health Workers Have The Highest Asthma Rates

• 09/01/20

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – In the U.S., 50 percent of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) cases, and 44 percent of asthma cases are the result of workplace exposures, according ...
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Texas Pain Management Physicians Pay Out $450,000 In Billing Fraud Allegations

• 08/28/20

Houston, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – Medical coding guidelines and rules change on a continual basis, requiring providers and billing staff to jump through numerous hoops in order to know the rules ...
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