DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,464

PEACEHEALTH D/B/A ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTER
TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES DIVISION
LONGVIEW, 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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a Trade
Adjustment Assistance petition filed on March 30, 2012 by a
state workforce official on behalf of workers of PeaceHealth
d/b/a St. John Medical Center, Transcription Services
Division, Longview, Washington (PeaceHealth, Transcription
Services Division). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of healthcare-related
services.
The subject worker group supplies medical transcription
services. The subject worker group does not include any on-
site leased or temporary workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in PeaceHealth,
Transcription Services Division have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country the supply of
services like or directly competitive with the medical
transcription services supplied by the subject workers, which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
PeaceHealth, Transcription Services Division.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of PeaceHealth d/b/a
St. John Medical Center, Transcription Services Division,
Longview, Washington, who supply 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 PeaceHealth d/b/a St. John Medical
Center, Transcription Services Division, Longview,
Washington, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 29, 2011 through two
years from the date of certification, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on the 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 22nd day of May, 2012


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance