Heather Porter is the chief clinical officer at NMC Health. She joined NMC Health in 2003. She has served in a variety of roles including medical case manager, director of case management, and associate chief nursing officer of population health.
Porter graduated from Fort Hays State University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and has a Masters of Science in Nursing with an emphasis in Health Care Administration from the University of Phoenix. Porter is specially certified as a Nurse Executive and accredited case manager-registered nurse. Serving on boards of the Missouri-Kansas chapter of the American Case Management Association (ACMA) and the Hesston College Nursing Advisory Council. Porter is a past member of Kansas Insurance Department’s Utilization Review Advisory Committee. She recently served on the Governors Alzheimer Disease Plan Working Group to begin development of a state Alzheimer plan.
She and her husband, Bob, have four grown children.
Current role
Chief Clinical Officer at Helio Health
Chief Clinical Officer at Acadiana Management Group, LLC
Chief Clinical Officer at Woodfords Family Services
Chief Clinical Officer at El Paso Children's Hospital
Chief Clinical Officer at Central Clinic Behavioral Health