DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,674

BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF BAPTIST HEALTH LOUISVILLE
MEDICAL CODING UNIT
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

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 February 11, 2020 on behalf of workers and former
workers of Baptist Healthcare System Inc., a subsidiary of
Baptist Health Louisville, Medical Coding Unit, Louisville,
Kentucky (Baptist Healthcare System-Medical Coding). Workers of
Baptist Healthcare System-Medical Coding are engaged in
activities related to the supply of medical coding services. The
subject worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
The petition alleges that worker separations are due to a
shift in the supply of services to a foreign country.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Baptist Healthcare
System-Medical Coding 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 coding services
supplied by the subject workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Baptist Healthcare System-Medical
Coding.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Baptist Healthcare
System-Medical Coding 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 Baptist Healthcare System Inc., a
subsidiary of Baptist Health Louisville, Medical Coding
Unit, Louisville, Kentucky, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 27, 2019
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 19th day of November 2020.

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