DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,909

HERITAGE VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM
PENNSYLVANIAN MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONIST
WORKING FROM THEIR HOMES AND
REPORTING TO
MOON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA

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 November 23, 2010 on behalf of workers of Heritage
Valley Health Systems, Pennsylvanian Medical Transcriptionist,
working from their homes and reporting to Moon Township,
Pennsylvania ("HVHS"). The workers are engaged in activities
related to supplying medical transcription services. The group
will not include any medical transcriptionist working on-site at
Moon Township, Pennsylvania
The investigation revealed that workers of HVHS who are
engaged in activities related to supplying medical
transcription services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at HVHS have become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by the workers' firm to a foreign country in the supply of
services like or directly competitive with those supplied by the
HVHS.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of medical
transcription services to India by HVHS contributed
importantly to worker group separations at HVHS.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Heritage Valley
Health Systems, Pennsylvanian Medical Transcriptionist,
working from their homes and reporting to Moon Township,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to supplying
medical transcription 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 Heritage Valley Health Systems,
Pennsylvanian Medical Transcriptionist, working from
their homes and reporting to Moon Township, Pennsylvania,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 5, 2009, 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 20th day of January, 2011.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance