DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,708

ALEXIAN BROTHERS - AHS MIDWEST REGIONS CO.
D/B/A AMITA HEALTH
MEDICAL COLLECTIONS
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER
AHS MIDWEST MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
LISLE, ILLINOIS

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 April 9, 2019 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Alexian Brothers - AHS Midwest Regions Co. d/b/a AMITA Health,
Medical Collections, including workers whose wages were
reported under AHS Midwest Management Services, Inc., Lisle,
Illinois ("AMITA Health"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of healthcare services,
managing and operating the present and future business,
services and healthcare activities of the covered affiliates
located in the Illinois region. The subject worker group is
engaged in activities related to the supply of collecting sums
due from patients and third-party payers' services.
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 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 AMITA
Health.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Alexian Brothers -
AHS Midwest Regions Co. d/b/a AMITA Health, Medical
Collections, including workers whose wages were reported under
AHS Midwest Management Services, Inc., Lisle, Illinois, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of collecting sums
due from patients and third-party payers' 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 Alexian Brothers - AHS Midwest Regions Co.
d/b/a AMITA Health, Medical Collections, including
workers whose wages were reported under AHS Midwest
Management Services, Inc., Lisle, Illinois, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 8, 2018, 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 14th day of June 2019.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance