Ms. Berg serves as CFO of Cuyuna Regional Medical Center, a rural critical access hospital, overseeing budgeting, financial reporting, cash flow management, revenue cycle operations, and compliance with federal and state regulations. She manages the hospital’s Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement strategy, including cost-based reimbursement for critical access hospitals and payment methodologies for rural health clinics. She also oversees IT, purchasing and compliance functions. Under her financial leadership, Cuyuna Regional Medical Center opened three new freestanding clinics and one new rural health clinic, while adding service lines including interventional spine and pain management, endocrinology, neurology, surgical podiatry, an opioid treatment program, osteopathic manipulation, surgical weight loss and urology. Ms. Berg oversaw four major hospital building projects that relied on complex financing structures, including government bond financing, U.S. Department of Agriculture financing and New Market Tax Credit financing. She has also helped establish key partnerships, including a cardiology services collaboration with Minneapolis-based Allina Health and a skilled nursing partnership with Roseville, Minn.-based Presbyterian Homes. Ms. Berg helped maintain organizational stability throughout the Covid-19 pandemic while keeping the hospital focused on patient care. She previously served as director of finance and corporate controller at the organization.
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