DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,449

APRIA HEALTH LLC
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
APRIA HEALTHCARE GROUP INC.
MEDICAL BILLING DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
CORESTAFF SERVICES, L.P.
OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS

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 petition
filed on November 29, 2016 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Apria Health LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Apria Healthcare Group Inc., Medical Billing Department,
Overland Park, Kansas (Apria Health-Medical Billing Department).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply
of home health care services. The subject worker group (Apria
Health-Medical Billing Department) is engaged in activities
related to the supply of medical billing services and includes on-
site leased workers from Corestaff Services, L.P.
Workers of Apria Health-Medical Billing Department are
eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under an earlier
certification (TA-W-82,838) which expired on June 27, 2016.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Apria Health-Medical Billing
Department 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 services like or directly
competitive with those supplied by the subject workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Apria
Health-Medical Billing Department.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Apria Health-Medical
Billing Department, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of medical billing 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 Apria Health LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Apria Healthcare Group Inc., Medical Billing Department,
including on-site leased workers from Corestaff Services,
L.P., Overland Park, Kansas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 28, 2016 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 11th day of January 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance