Arlene Maxim, RN, HCS-C, is a home health and hospice expert with A.D. Maxim Holdings, LLC, and is a frequently sought-after speaker in all areas of patient care quality, analysis, and administrative functions in the post-acute healthcare world. She is a board member and vice-chair for the AHCC. With more than 40 years of nursing experience, Maxim previously co-founded regional multimillion-dollar Medicare certified home healthcare companies, hospital-based homecare and hospice companies, and transitional care programs. Early in her nursing career, she combined her clinical knowledge with her homecare/hospice interests and began working as a consultant in the homecare and hospice field in 1986.