“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” ~ Sir Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

When healthcare compliance became a career more than 25 years ago, there was no clear path to the profession. Many first-generation compliance professionals were drafted into their roles because of their backgrounds in a related line of work, such as accounting, auditing, billing and coding, communications, legal, risk management, quality, or clinical expertise.