Higbee, with more than 30 years of hospice specific experience is one of two founding members of Hope Health Care.
He has been involved with the hospice community from a State level by serving on the Executive Board of The Hospice Association of Oklahoma from 1997-2000 in various roles. In 2017, Higbee was elected to the Executive Board of the Texas & New Mexico Hospice Organization and in 2018 he was elected as President of the Executive Board and served in this capacity until 2023. Higbee was elected again in 2025 to serve a three year term with TNMHPCO. He is a member of the North Texas Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives; and the Dallas Area Gerontological Society.
Higbee graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a BA in Journalism, with minors in Communication and History.
He has been married to Sheila for 34 years and together they have five children: Evan (30), Lauren (28), Megan (26), Owen (24) & London (21).
© 2025 Texas New Mexico Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
The TNMHPO Education Subscription is for agencies who wish to provide on-demand education for the entire staff. This subscription is an add-on to a TNMHPO membership and can’t be purchased separately.
A TNMHPO Membership Plus Education Subscription gives members of the Texas New Mexico Hospice & Palliative Care Organization unlimited access to all archived online education for the entire year. You can provide training to your current staff and utilize these educational opportunities for new employee orientation. There are courses for every discipline on your hospice team and continuing education units and proof of attendance for Administrators, Nurses, Social Workers, and LPCs.
The optional education subscription may only be used by staff of the joining hospice agency, not to train partners, affiliates or sister organization staff. If your hospice is part of a home health, then the home health division will need to pay its own dues and education.
TNMHPO reserves the right to limit users if we feel the system is being misused.
The TNMHPO Education Subscription is 10% of your annual membership dues plus $650.
When purchasing your membership, select the “Education Subscription” option in the drop down on the membership product page.
Already a member? Contact our team directly to upgrade your membership.
For questions regarding our education subscription or its offerings, contact our Director of Operations, Keith Parker, at 512-956-0875 (voice and text) or email at kparker@txnmhospice.org.
