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NEWS voted Best Mental Health Services in San Joaquin County. Nominations for this award took place in June and voting took place from July through August. Stockton Physicians Featured on Dignity Health Hello Healthy Podcast Dignity Health recently launched the Hello Healthy Podcast, an audio series featuring expert physicians from the central valley, speaking on an array of health related topics. The latest physicians from Stockton to be featured include Amod Tendulkar, MD, sharing about breakthrough technology to prevent strokes, Pavan Khanna, MD, sharing information about advanced treatments for liver cancer and Kwabena Adubofour, MD, sharing insights on diabetes management. The Hello Healthy audio podcasts are available at StJosephsCares.org and also on several podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio and Stitcher. Revamped for providers –PlanScan, Health Plan of San Joaquin’s quarterly newsletter To better support physicians in its provider network, HPSJ has changed the PlanScan layout. For example, the Fall Issue – now in provider offices – is the HEDIS/MCAS (Managed Care Accountability Sets) Issue. It makes clearer the specific steps needed to meet required measures for some highlighted HEDIS and MCAS measures, including Well-Child Visits and Controlling High Blood Pressure. Stay informed and up-to-date with HPSJ’s latest quarterly PlanScan – and the PlanScan archive –by bookmarking the new featured, online section, www.hpsj.com/PlanScan.
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San Joaquin General Hospital Welcomes Ilia Gur, M.D. to its Surgical Staff. Dr. Ilia Gur has joined SJGH as a full time hepatopancreatic biliary surgeon (HPB) and is accepting referrals from local medical oncologists and medical Ilia Gur, MD professionals. While serving on the staff of San Joaquin General Hospital, Dr. Gur will also be available for surgical cases at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton as well as San Joaquin General. Dr. Gur accomplished his residency at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena and received a fellowship in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery from Oregon Health & Science University, Portland. Insurance programs accepted at San Joaquin General Hospital supporting Dr. Gur are Blue Shield, Health Net, California Health & Wellness, Health Plan of San Joaquin and Medcore (Anthem Blue Cross Medicare Advantage, Humana Medicare Advantage, Health Net Medicare Advantage, Cigna Medicare Advantage, Central Health Medicare Plan, United Healthcare Medicare Advantage}. Dr. Ilia Gur, previously with Sutter Health- Stockton, will see
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