NY revamped home care for 200,000 patients. Now their caregivers risk losing certification

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Thousands of home care workers statewide have an Oct. 1 deadline to be recertified, but many are scrambling to complete a required physical exam in time, families and advocates say.

That threatens to upend care for as many as 200,000 New Yorkers, who rely on the home aides for meals, bathing and other everyday life needs. Without recertification, these workers won’t get paid through Medicaid.