Maxim Healthcare Group announced it has separated its two business units into independently operated companies — Maxim Healthcare Services and Maxim Healthcare Staffing — and will retire the umbrella Maxim Healthcare Group brand. The company stated the move allows each to build on existing growth, expand services and better serve its healthcare customers.

Bill Butz, longstanding Maxim leader, will serve as president of Maxim Healthcare Staffing, which provides healthcare staffing and workforce solutions for hospitals, schools, government programs, correction facilities and managed care organizations.

Jarrod DePriest, former senior VP of operations, has been appointed president of home health provider Maxim Healthcare Services.

“Rapid changes in health care are challenging our industry to seek new, better ways to deliver care,” Butz said. “Separating our business units into independently operated companies is an important milestone in our company’s growth, allowing each to strengthen with the focus and scale necessary to fuel innovation for our patients, customers and healthcare professionals.”

Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Maxim Healthcare was founded in 1988 and ranks sixth on SIA’s list of largest healthcare staffing firms in the US.