ONCOLOGY REHAB PARTNERS, LLC
IRVING, TX

About Oncology Rehab Partners Oncology Rehab Partners had a mission is to advance survivorship care by making evidence-based cancer rehabilitation the standard of care for survivors. They worked towards the mission by providing healthcare professionals and institutions with the tools needed to develop and deliver quality cancer rehabilitation services to the millions of survivors throughout the world. They partnered with leaders and visionaries at hospitals, cancer centers and rehabilitation facilities, and with clinicians who share this mission of advancing survivorship care. These partnerships had a profound and immediate impact on the way that cancer care is delivered. Oncology Rehab Partners Oncology Rehab Partners was an innovative healthcare company breaking new ground in the field of cancer care. They were the industry’s first company to provide hospitals and cancer centers with the tools needed to develop and deliver quality, reimbursable oncology rehabilitation services to the millions of cancer survivors who suffer from debilitating side-effects caused by treatments. Julie K. Silver, MD is the founder of Oncology Rehab Partners. She is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as well as a breast cancer survivor. Following her acute treatment for cancer in 2003, Dr. Silver realized there was a large gap in helping survivors to heal as well as possible from toxic cancer therapies. In 2012, Oncology Rehab Partners was recognized by Bloomberg/Businessweek as one of the 12 most promising social entrepreneurial companies in the United States. That same year, Oncology Rehab Partners received two Stevie Awards in the business services category– Most Innovative Company and Company of the Year. What Helped Get Me Through: Cancer Survivors Share Wisdom and Hope Pete has over 10 years of healthcare leadership experience including business development, marketing, operations and sales. Pete joined Oncology Rehab Partners in 2014 so he could contribute to the future of cancer care and help bring positive solutions to millions of cancer survivors. He is committed to improving patient lives by helping healthcare organizations achieve the Triple Aim: improved patient outcomes, improved patient experience, and reduced per capita cost of healthcare. Pete believes in empowering his team, challenging assumptions, and sharing successes. Prior to his current role, Pete led Oncology Rehab Partners’ Business Development team as Senior Director, Business Development. He has worked closely with many leading IDNs and NCI-designated cancer centers across the country to implement solutions aligned to their strategic imperatives. Pete’s early work with post-acute care providers has helped set the foundation for further growth across the rehab care continuum. Before healthcare, Pete served 4 years with the US Army as an Infantry Officer. He holds a B.S. from the University of New Hampshire and an M.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts. Pete and his family live in Windham, NH. Lori received her BS and MA from Ohio University in Speech-Language Pathology and then completed an MBA from Clemson University. She spent 16 years at Bon Secours St. Francis, in Greenville, SC as the Director of Rehab Services. Lori, in collaboration with many staff and departments, developed a continuum of care that took each cancer survivor through each distinct phase of cancer care: from diagnosis through long term survivorship. Knowing that patients ask, “What will help me?”, her focus has been to incorporate patient-centered care and shared decision making into the integration of evidence-based cancer rehabilitation. Lori’s commitment to improving the outcomes of patients and their satisfaction with care while being mindful of reducing per capital healthcare costs has made her a leader in value based cancer rehabilitation care. In 2014, Lori published two research abstracts that were presented at the Academy of Oncology Nurse and Patient Navigators annual conference. The first abstract was titled “Cancer Rehabilitation Service Line Directors Perceive Navigators as Having High Value on Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Teams and Identify 3 Key Barriers to Improving Their Value.” The second abstract was titled “Can Nurses Provide Assessments and Interventions for Prehabilitation? A Survey Study of Cancer Rehabilitation Service Line Coordinators.” Lori works with STAR Programs throughout the United States and helps them to deliver value based cancer rehabilitation care. Oncology Rehab Partners Oncology Rehab Partners was an innovative healthcare company breaking new ground in the field of cancer care. They were the industry’s first company to provide hospitals and cancer centers with the tools needed to develop and deliver quality, reimbursable oncology rehabilitation services to the millions of cancer survivors who suffer from debilitating side-effects caused by treatments. At Oncology Rehab Partners, our flagship certification is STAR Program® Certification.  STAR Program Certification consists of an evidence-based education and training program that hospitals and cancer centers offer to their administrative and clinical staff in order to quickly and expertly develop superior oncology rehabilitation services. Phase 2 is the implementation phase and consists of the evaluation and treatment protocols provided in the STAR Program Certification Manual.  The STAR Program Certification Manual is a comprehensive cancer rehabilitation reference guide that includes physical and occupational therapy evaluation and treatment protocols.  Once Phase 1 (training) is completed, your staff will be ready to implement these protocols and function as an interdisciplinary oncology rehabilitation team.  When your site completes Phases 1 and 2, your program is ready to receive the STAR Program Certification.  Additionally, a key element to completing Phase 2 is implementing the referral process throughout the STAR Program organization.  Each STAR Program is assigned a STAR Program Liaison and STAR Implementation and Outcomes Coordinator to help on the implementation phase and to continue helping each STAR Program continually throughout the year.