DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-54,593

MERIDIAN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT
WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance


In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on March 25, 2004, in response
to a petition filed by the Employment Development Department of the
State of California on behalf of workers of Meridian Health Care
Management, Inc., Woodland Hills, California. The workers provide
claims processing and professional services to the health care
industry
The investigation revealed that Meridian Health Care
Management, Inc., Woodland Hills, California, does not produce an
article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. In
order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker
group seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is
being sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article and there must be a relationship between
the workers' work and the article produced by the workers' firm
or appropriate subdivision. The workers at the subject firm do
not support a firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an
article domestically and thus the worker group can not be
considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production
of an article.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Meridian Health Care Management, Inc., Woodland Hills, California
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 10th day of May 2004.

/s/ Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance