Norman Estes is the President and CEO of NHS Management, LLC. He started Northport Health Services Inc. in 1981 with three nursing facilities and has built companies which now own, operate or manage 41 nursing facilities throughout the Southeast.

He has worked in nursing facilities all of his life continuing a family tradition started three generations ago. He has a current Nursing Home Administrator’s license and participates in numerous industry related meetings. Mr. Estes is involved in other business ventures within the long-term care industry including pharmacies, therapy companies, and a medical supply company.

Mr. Estes has been a leader in various trade associations for the states in which NHS affiliates operate, specifically: the Alabama Nursing Home Association, the Missouri Health Care Association, the Florida Health Care Association and the Arkansas Health Care Association. He is also an active member of the American Health Care Association and has served on its Regional Multi-facility CEO Committee, the Policy Council and the Steering Committee to Save Long Term Care, where he was Chairman of the Tort Reform Sub-committee. Mr. Estes has served as President of the Alabama Nursing Home Association and Chairman of the Payment for Services Committee, where he successfully negotiated with Medicaid on behalf of the nursing industry. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Missouri Health Care Association and its Legislative and Payment for Services Committee.