The Vivature Health Team

A hands-on CEO with a strong vision for Vivature Health’s future growth, Andrew Menter brings wide-ranging experience in all facets of corporate management to his dual role of maximizing the company’s overall performance while increasing profitability for its school clients.

Prior to spearheading the launch of Vivature Health in 2003, Mr. Menter had extensive global finance experience, including tenures at J.P. Morgan, where he concentrated in mergers and acquisitions, and with a European-based firm specializing in fixed-income products.

After graduating from high school in the Dallas area, Mr. Menter earned a B.A. from Brown University and a joint JD and MBA, with a concentration in Finance, from the University of Houston. Mr. Menter is a member of the State Bar of Texas.

Beverly Morse brings 14 years experience in managed healthcare. She was the Director of Network Services for Aetna Health Plans and was responsible for developing and managing HMO, PPO and POS networks. She was responsible for contracting with hospitals, physicians and ancillary services. As a representative of Aetna, she sat on the credentialing committee which provided peer review for physicians applying for participation in the health plans. She also worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas in the Quality Department where she assisted the local HMO team in developing policies and procedures for their pending visit from the National Committee for Quality Assurance to get their accreditation.

Beverly's experience also includes working for Aperture, Inc., a credentialing verification organization. She was responsible for sales of this service to HMO's in the northeast. Additionally, she was with Voluntary Hospitals of America, analyzing and reporting hospital utilization patterns. Her experience also includes working with two physician practice management companies where she was instrumental in developing the credentialing department and a peer review committee.

Beverly will be responsible for managed care strategy, preparing physicians for contracting with managed care plans and for the credentialing process.

Harold Whittington has a professional track record of unparalleled success in clinician credentialing, health care billing and coding, compliance, and practice analysis. He will ensure that the third party billing operations of Vivature's partner campuses are efficient, rigorous, and effective. He is responsible for health center training for coding and billing, regulatory compliance, and claims auditing.

Mr. Whittington worked for 13 years with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, where he managed millions of federally-funded budget dollars. During Mr. Whittington's nearly 10 year tenure at Texas Medicare, his departments were rated among the most efficient in the nation. After leaving corporate and government programs, Mr. Whittington established his own consulting businesses. His accomplishments in the area of reimbursement and legislation became nationally renowned, and his private consulting firm, Harold Whittington and Associates, became one of the largest of its kind in the nation.

He is an expert speaker and educator on issues related to ethical and effective coding and billing of health care claims, as well as a wide range of issues in health care compliance. He was a highly sought consultant in the field of medical practice analysis, aiding his clients greatly in the development of billing and coding processes that assure compliance with regulations while maintaining an optimal revenue stream.

Jeff is responsible for Vivature's network and information systems. He works to ensure they integrate with our client's systems and business processes. This includes the exchange of data between Vivature's billing software and university patient management systems and bursar offices.

His IT and management experience, in a wide variety of departments and across several industries, gives him an innate ability to see all sides of a problem, and develop simple yet effective business solutions. His IT experience involves designing and developing end user applications, developing management reports, designing databases, training end users and integrating systems.

Jeff earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems from McMurry University.

Micah Wong joined Vivature Health in March of 2009 and was responsible for building and managing both Quality Assurance and Customer Care teams. Micah is now the Director of Engineering, and is responsible for managing all facets of engineering which include development, quality assurance, operations, and customer care.

Prior to joining the Vivature Health, Micah started his career at Websense, Inc. where he was a Senior QA Engineer working on their desktop security product. After Websense, Inc. he moved to Veoh Networks, Inc. where he built and managed both Quality Assurance and Customer Care teams. He also spent his last year at Veoh Networks, Inc. as a Program Manager where he managed the release of all consumer facing products.

Micah has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.

Jay Farabee has over 20 years of healthcare experience in diverse markets. His experience with Aetna Health Plans began their Customer Service division and progressed to Network Management & Provider Relations. Following Aetna, Jay joined AHI Texas Healthcare Systems as their Senior Regional Network Manager overseeing their entire physician practice management operations. His broad experience provided extensive knowledge of payor, physician and ancillary contracting. The products Jay oversaw included commercial, Medicare and Medicaid products.

Jay’s most recent position was Area Vice President of Operations for Total Sleep Diagnostics, a national diagnostic sleep clinic, where he managed five markets in Texas and Arizona with annual revenue of $13M.

As Vivature’s Director of Campus Relations, Jay is responsible for directing the implementation process for new clients and as well as providing leadership and support to Vivature’s existing client base.