Harrison Burns is a Partner in Strategic Transformation. With over 15 years of experience, he has been privileged to serve many leading healthcare organizations across the country. He specializes in the areas of: strategic partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures; enterprise strategy and growth planning; clinical transformation; service line planning; ambulatory network development; and financial performance improvement.
Harrison’s recent engagements include supporting a $5 billion merger between two leading academic health systems in the Northeast; facilitating the new market entry strategy for one of the top-ranked health systems in the US; spearheading the design and implementation of a statewide partnership between a premier children’s hospital and integrated delivery network in the Southwest; and leading strategic planning for Oncology, Orthopedics, and Women’s Health service lines for a large-scale health system in the Midwest.
Harrison is a regular contributor to the firm’s thought leadership efforts. Recently, he spoke at the American Hospital Association’s Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development Conference. His presentation—Building a Premier Regional Cancer Program in Today’s Rapidly Changing Oncology Landscape—showcased his work with a leading health system in the Midwest, which resulted in the construction of a state-of-the-art comprehensive cancer center.
Prior to joining Chartis, Harrison was a consultant at AmerisourceBergen, where he advised life sciences companies in the areas of product launch and commercialization, reimbursement strategy, and health policy. Previously, Harrison worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield where he designed case management programs for high-risk patient populations.
Harrison holds a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He received his Bachelor of Science in finance and accounting from the University of South Carolina.
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