Owner: Joyce Thomas, 47
Current business: Chino Hills, California-based Medical Reimbursement Specialists, a Medicare-compliance company that has had three
Employees: One. When she was training women how to do electronic claims processing, Thomas had multiple offices and 15 employees.
Year founded: 1987
Previous life: Thomas worked in the healthcare industry for 20 years. She has been a midwife, a clinical nurse and a manager of multimillion-dollar medical groups in Los Angeles and Orange County, CA. Thomas holds a master's in healthcare administration.