DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,999

CENTRAL MAINE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONIST
WORKING FROM THEIR HOMES IN MAINE
LEWISTON, MAINE

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 December 15, 2010 on behalf of workers of Central Maine
Healthcare Corporation, medical transcriptionist working from
their homes in Maine, Lewiston, Maine (CMHC). The workers are
engaged in activities related to supplying medical
transcription services.
The investigation revealed that workers of CMHC 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 CMHC firm have become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because CMHC has acquired
medical transcription services from a company who performs
medical transcription services overseas.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
medical transcription services from India by CMHC contributed
importantly to worker group separations at CMHC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Central Maine
Healthcare Corporation, medical transcriptionist working from
their homes in Maine, Lewiston, Maine, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of 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 Central Maine Healthcare Corporation,
medical transcriptionist working from their homes in Maine,
Lewiston, Maine, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 30, 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 11th day of February, 2011.


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