Happy New Year, Home Health Care News readers! And welcome back from the holidays. The Home Health Care News team is back from from the break and ready to bring you all the latest industry news.

In case you were busy ringing in the new year, we’re bringing you some of the news stories you might have missed around the web:

Illinois Governor Again Rejects Elderly Home Care Plan—Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed plans once more to changes to the state’s Community Care Program, which serves 36,000 residents and aims to keep elderly out of nursing homes.

Kindred Shareholder: Timing ’Terrible’ On Sale to Humana and Private Equity Firms—A Kindred (NYSE: KND) shareholder, Brigade Capital, penned a public letter in opposition to the recently announced acquisition by Humana (NYSE: HUM), citing the price as “disappointing.”

Written by Amy Baxter