DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,795

MINISTRY HEALTH CARE INC.
PATIENT FINANCIAL SERVICES BRANCH
A SUBSIDIARY OF ASCENSION HEALTH
WOODRUFF, WISCONSIN

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 May 4, 2018 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Ministry Health Care Inc., Patient Financial Services Branch,
a subsidiary of Ascension Health, Woodruff, Wisconsin. The
workers are engaged in activities related to the supply of
revenue cycle and hospital billing services. The worker group
does not include leased 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 such workers' firm 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 services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Ministry Health Care Inc., Patient Financial Services Branch,
a subsidiary of Ascension Health, Woodruff, Wisconsin.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ministry Health Care
Inc., Patient Financial Services Branch, a subsidiary of
Ascension Health, Woodruff, Wisconsin, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of revenue cycle and hospital
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 Ministry Health Care Inc., Patient
Financial Services Branch, a subsidiary of Ascension Health,
Woodruff, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 3, 2017 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 15th day of June 2018.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance