Lynda Hilliard (lyndahilliard@hotmail.com) is Principal of Hilliard Compliance Consulting in Mount Shasta, CA.

What is the constant in our professional lives that we can depend on occurring every day? Change. Change nationally: revision to laws, regulations, payment practices. Change organizationally: new ownership, mergers, acquisitions, new services. We must be prepared for the regulatory impact those changes will have on our organizations. We are only one department, but now more than ever, we need to be integrated throughout our organizations so we can proactively navigate regulatory changes.