UMC's Kevin Burns Wins Arizona CFO of the Year Award
2009
Kevin Burns, chief financial officer at University Medical Center in Tucson since 2002, received the Healthcare Industry Special Achievement Award from the Arizona chapter of the Financial Executives International at its CFO of the Year awards ceremony in Scottsdale on Nov 4.
In the past seven years, Burns has shepherded UMC through three bond issues totaling $254 million to support UMC's rapid growth and expansion, paving the way for the construction of the Peter and Paula Fasseas Arizona Cancer Cancer Clinic at UMC North, the hospital's new Trauma Center and Emergency Department, and the six-story Diamond Building, which will house Diamond Children's Medical Center, set to open next spring.
Burns also developed new policies, among the first in the nation, that offer uninsured and underinsured patients the same steep discounts for medical care that Medicare patients receive. He also created and implemented a plan in which employees earn incentive pay when they contribute to UMC's goal of reducing hospital-acquired infections.
A champion of workplace fitness and an avid cyclist, Burns helped devise a plan that rewards UMC employees for meeting fitness goals. At Burns' urging, UMC became the title sponsor of El Tour de Tucson two years ago, and he plans to compete in the 109-mile race on Nov 21.
Burns earned his accounting degree from Arizona State University in 1981 and became a CPA in 1984. Before coming to UMC he spent 17 years with Arthur Andersen, specializing in health care organizations. He also served as an adjunct professor of accounting at the University of Arizona on several occasions from 2003-2006.
Financial Executives International (FEI) is a worldwide professional association for senior financial executives representing 15,000 chief financial officers, controllers, treasurers, tax executives, finance and accounting professors in academia.
Kevin Burns, chief financial officer at University Medical Center in Tucson since 2002, received the Healthcare Industry Special Achievement Award from the Arizona chapter of the Financial Executives International at its CFO of the Year awards ceremony in Scottsdale on Nov 4.