Raymond Chase has over 25 years of revenue cycle experience and is a recognized subject matter expert. He comes to VestaCare after his recent engagement with Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI). At CHI,Mr. Chase served as the VP of Revenue Cycle where he had operational oversight over nine of the 16 hospitals in the Texas Division of CHI. Prior to CHI, Mr. Chase managed the Revenue Cycle functions for three years at the Seha’s Al Ain hospital in Abu Dhabi. He led this hospital to become the best financially performing facility of all hospitals in the city of Al Ain.

Mr. Chase’s primary goal at VestaCare is to use his expert knowledge of the revenue cycle to help VestaCare’s hospital clients build a reputation for providing affordable healthcare to their patients while increasing the financial standing for their organization.

Melissa Mockensturm joined VestaCare in 2006 and operates as the Director of Payer Automation Services, Informatics & System Support as well as the HIPAA Compliance Officer. She has over 32 years of collective healthcare experience in both Managed Care and Third-Party Administration as well as patient care and medical billing programs for physician practices. Ms. Mockensturm is primarily responsible for the departmental oversight in process and workflow analytics, implementation of new automation for health industry clients / partners, and ANSI X12 EDI transaction standards interpretation & application relative to the overall business rule assignment related to health care industry payment standards within the VestaCare Automation.

Prior to joining VestaCare, Ms. Mockensturm served as the Vice President of Operations for Bridge Benefits, Inc. where she was responsible for the Regional Operating Center in Maumee, Ohio as well as the Corporate Information Systems, EDI, scanning, and training of staff members. Other experience includes the role of Health Plan Analyst for Inter community Health Network in Corvallis, Oregon where she specialized in database development and benefit informatics analysis utilizing claim data sets to trend with National Statistics, as well as, eight years with Paramount Health Care as a Provider Relations Advocate responsible for provider contracting, fee negotiations, and NCQA Accreditation.

Eddy Chehade is a passionate Software Engineer, with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and a Master of Business Administration. He has worked on many intricate and successful projects in the telecommunications and the healthcare payment automation fields.

At VestaCare, Mr. Chehade leads the Software Development department, where he works with all team members to provide quality solutions that are in line with the company’s mission and vision. He is very client-oriented and makes sure the maximum value is provided by the company’s various medical billing programs and other products.