DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,480

INTERDENT SERVICE CORPORATION
CENTRAL BUSINESS OFFICE
BILLING AND COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 2, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of InterDent Service Corporation, Central Business
Office, Billing and Collections Department, Vancouver,
Washington. The workers provide billing and collection
services.
The investigation revealed that workers of InterDent who
are engaged in employment related to billing and collections
services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers in the Billing and Collections Department are
threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with the services provided by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
billing and collections services from India by InterDent
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Billing and Collections Department in Vancouver, Washington.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of InterDent Service
Corporation, Central Business Office, Billing and Collections
Department, Vancouver, Washington, who are engaged in
employment related to billing and collections services, meet
the worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of InterDent Service Corporation, Central
Business Office, Billing and Collections Department,
Vancouver, Washington, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 29, 2008,
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on date of certification through
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 5th day of November, 2009

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